Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority
Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority is a housing authority that participates in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing, Homeownership Voucher, Public Housing Homeownership, Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH), and Mainstream Voucher programs. As of April 11th, 2021, Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority has 1 waiting lists that are open now or opening soon.
Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority serves Kansas City.
Open Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority Waiting Lists
Due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, some waiting list openings may be postponed until further notice. Visit the housing authority's website for the latest on its current operations, if one is available. If there is no information online, contact the housing authority directly. Due to a high volume of calls and modified office hours in most areas, it may take days or weeks to get a response.
Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority Website: http://www.kckha.org/.
Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority Phone: (913) 281-3300.
Open Until Further Notice:
Public Housing Waiting List
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
How To Apply to the Public Housing Waiting List
The Kansas City, Kansas Housing Authority (KCKHA) Public Housing waiting list is currently open, until further notice. Waiting lists for a specific community or bedroom size may be closed.
To apply, download and print the Application Information Packet here, then call (913) 281-3300 and ask for Tenant Selection to schedule an in-person appointment.
For more information, visit the KCKHA website, or call the office at (913 ) 281-3300.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (913) 281-3300.
Next Steps
Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.
Last Updated on 11/29/2018.
Other Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority Waiting Lists
Closed:
Kansas City, Kansas Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List
How To Apply to the Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List
The Kansas City, Kansas Housing Authority (KCKHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last open for one week in December, 2018; and before that in August, 2012. 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: Live or Work in the Local Area, Displaced by Government Action, Veterans, Homeless,Victims of Domestic Violence, Displaced by Natural Disaster.
1,500 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the KCKHA website, or call the office at (913 ) 281-3300.
Last Updated on 02/08/2019.
About Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority
More information about Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority can be found on its website at http://www.kckha.org/.
Representatives of Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority may be available by phone at (913) 281-3300. Unless otherwise noted above, applications will not be provided or accepted by phone.
HCV Portability Status
As of April 11th, 2021, it is not known if Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority is processing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher portability requests for porting in due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As of
11/29/2018,
Kansas City Kansas 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.
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program
For more information, visit the KCKHA Section 8 webpage here.
About the Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority manages 1,291 active Housing Choice Vouchers.
The following is a summary of the types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of December 31st, 2019:
|
Standard | Homeownership | Tenant Protection | Ported Out | VASH |
Vouchers |
1,226 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 35 |
Monthly Cost Per Voucher |
$654 | $529 | $211 | $728 | $470 |
Monthly Cost |
$801,939 | $2,115 | $1,263 | $14,569 | $16,441 |
Household Characteristics of Voucher Holders for Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority
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 11% having issued approximately 124 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 6 years and 4 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 2.3 persons and has a household income of $12,304 per year. 97% of households were very low income (VLI) and 76% were extremely low income (ELI). 24% 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 65% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
Heads of Household Characteristics
2% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 52% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 21% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 25% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 5% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.
46% of households included children, 3% of which had two adults in the household. 42% of households with children have a female head of household. 81% of all households were headed by a female.
81% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 77% of all heads of households being Black and 0% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 20% include at least one person with a disability. 37% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 51% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
Bedroom Size and Overhousing
22% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 42% with 2 bedrooms and 36% with 3 or more bedrooms. 31% 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 Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $293 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $681. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $131.
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.
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