This housing agency serves Charlestown, Indiana.
Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown provides affordable housing for up to 320 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
200 Jennings Street, Charlestown, IN
(812) 256-6311Section 8 Application Checklist
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Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown serves 306 low-income households. The agency manages 73 Housing Choice Vouchers and 245 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 69 percent of households served by Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 93 percent of Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown households.
Working adults head 91 households and make up 30 percent of households served by Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown.
There are 223 female-headed renter households living in Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown housing. Households headed by females are 73% of those served by the Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown.
| Black | 21 |
| White | 269 |
| Hispanic | 15 |
There are 97 households headed by seniors served by the Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown. Senior households are 32% of households in Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown housing.
There are 55 persons with disabilities living in Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 18% of households served by the Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown.
The Housing Authority of the City of Charlestown 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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