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Peru Housing Authority is a housing authority that participates in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), and Public Housing programs.
Peru Housing Authority serves Cass County, Grant County, Howard County and Miami County on behalf of Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority.Waiting List | Status |
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Cass, Grant, Howard and Miami County, Indiana Housing Choice Voucher | Closed |
Peru Housing Authority Public Housing | Unknown |
The Peru Housing Authority (PHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from March 22, 2021 until March 26, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
This waiting list had the following preferences:
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the IHCDA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the IHCDA on February 25, 2021.
This waiting list is for Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Cass County (excludes within the city limits of Logansport), Grant County (excludes within the city limits of Marion), Howard County (excludes within the city limits of Kokomo), and Miami County, Indiana.
Last Updated on 03/29/2021.
Last Updated on 03/22/2021.
Representatives of Peru Housing Authority may be available by phone at (765) 473-6601. Unless otherwise noted above, applications will not be provided or accepted by phone.
As of August 13th, 2022, it is not known if Peru Housing Authority is processing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher portability requests for porting in due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As of 12/27/2018, Peru Housing Authority is absorbing for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher port-in requests. Learn more about porting Housing Choice Vouchers to a new area here.
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Peru Housing Authority manages 161 active Housing Choice Vouchers.
The following is a summary of the types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of September 30th, 2021:
Standard | Ported Out | |
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Vouchers | 160 | 1 |
Monthly Cost Per Voucher | $396 | $296 |
Monthly Cost | $63,424 | $296 |
According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 27% having issued approximately 7 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 4 years and 6 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 31 months on the waiting list1.
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.2 persons and has a household income of $10,737 per year. 95% of households were very low income (VLI) and 74% were extremely low income (ELI). 28% 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 69% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
6% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 54% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 20% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 20% 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.
46% of households included children, 11% of which had two adults in the household. 43% of households with children have a female head of household. 78% of all households were headed by a female.
14% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 9% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Peru Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 21% include at least one person with a disability. 36% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 57% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
47% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 36% with 2 bedrooms and 17% with 3 or more bedrooms. 2% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.
The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Peru Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $265 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $510. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $130.
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.