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Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 1,617 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
5302 Brown Street, Graceville, FL
(850) 263-5303Section 8 Application Checklist
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Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority serves 1,195 low-income households. The agency manages 1,242 Housing Choice Vouchers and 314 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 61 percent of households served by Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 89 percent of Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 346 households and make up 29 percent of households served by Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority.
There are 1027 female-headed renter households living in Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 86% of those served by the Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority.
| Black | 848 |
| White | 323 |
| Hispanic | 24 |
There are 358 households headed by seniors served by the Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority. Senior households are 30% of households in Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority housing.
There are 239 persons with disabilities living in Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 20% of households served by the Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority.
The Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority is rated as a high performer by HUD.
HUD rates the performance of Public Housing Agencies. The department looks at physical condition of properties, financial condition, management operations, and use of Public Housing Capital Funds for improvements.
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