AffordableHousingOnline

Dania Beach Housing Authority

Waiting Lists

Learn more about Dania Beach Housing Authority.

Closed: Dania Beach, Florida Section 8 HCV

The Dania Beach Housing Authority (DHA) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from March 21, 2023, until March 22, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

The maximum income limits for each household size were as followed:

  • 1 Person $31,750 | 5 Persons $49,000
  • 2 Persons $36,300| 6 Persons $52,650
  • 3 Persons $40,850 | 7 Person $56,250
  • 4 Persons $45,350 | 8 Persons $59,900

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Families that has been terminated from its HCV program due to insufficient program funding.
  • Elderly
  • Foster Youth
  • Mainstream

500 selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the DHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the DHA notice on March 13, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Dania Beach, Florida.

Last Updated on 03/22/2023.

↑ Back To Top

Closed: Saratoga Crossing, 1-Bedroom Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Dania Beach Housing Authority (DHA) last accepted Section 8 waiting list applications for 1-Bedroom apartments at Saratoga Crossing from March 3, 2023, until March 8, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

The maximum income limits for each household size were as followed:

  • 1 Person $31,750 | 5 Persons $49,000
  • 2 Persons $36,300| 6 Persons $52,650
  • 3 Persons $40,850 | 7 Person $56,250
  • 4 Persons $45,350 | 8 Persons $59,900

Preferences have been confirmed.

200 selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the DHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the DHA notice on March 13, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Dania Beach, Florida.

Last Updated on 03/13/2023.

↑ Back To Top

Closed: Dania Beach Housing Authority Public Housing

The Dania Beach Housing Authority (DBHA) is not accepting Public Housing waiting list pre-applications at this time. The 3-7 bedroom family waiting list was last open on August 7, 2015.

Dania Beach, FL is about 20 miles north of Miami, FL.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to call the DBHA office.

The DBHA closed the waiting list once 50 names were received. 

For more information, call the DBHA office at (954) 920-9662.

Last Updated on 05/31/2016.

↑ Back To Top

About Dania Beach Housing Authority

715 West Dania Beach Boulevard, Dania Beach, FL | Visit Website | (954) 920-9662

Dania Beach Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 536 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by Dania Beach Housing Authority is located in Dania Beach, FL.

Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.

About the Dania Beach Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Dania Beach Housing Authority manages 474 active Housing Choice Vouchers.

The following table summarizes types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of December 31st, 2021:

Standard Family Unification Tenant Protection Ported Out VASH
Vouchers 411 25 31 6 1
Monthly Cost Per Voucher $909 $797 $1,197 $1,051 $1,975
Monthly Cost $373,715 $19,918 $37,111 $6,307 $1,975
Waiting List and Tenancy

According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 4% having issued approximately 121 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 10 years and 9 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 43 months on the waiting list1.

Income Characteristics

According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.9 persons and has a household income of $16,652 per year. 93% of households were very low income (VLI) and 67% were extremely low income (ELI). 34% of households had wages as a major source of income, 1% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 63% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.

Heads of Household Characteristics

1% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 53% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 17% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 28% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 1% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.

51% of households included children, 3% of which had two adults in the household. 50% of households with children have a female head of household. 90% of all households were headed by a female.

92% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 82% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.

Of all households participating in the Dania Beach Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 22% include at least one person with a disability. 35% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 61% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.

Bedroom Size and Overhousing

27% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 39% with 2 bedrooms and 34% with 3 or more bedrooms. 12% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.

Rent, Assistance, and Utility Allowances

The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Dania Beach Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $410 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $953. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $78.

1. This Picture of Subsidized Households data field is the average wait time of those who received a voucher in the preceding 12 months. Due to special voucher programs like VASH, recent waiting list purges, or waiting list preferences the average wait time can vary significantly from one year to the next and it is entirely possible many current applicants on the waiting list have been waiting for assistance for far longer.