This housing agency serves Bossier Parish and Shreveport, Louisiana.
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| Closed: Bossier Parish, Louisiana Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List | Learn More |
This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental housing assistance in Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
The Bossier Parish Housing Authority (BPHA) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from December 5, 2023, until December 7, 2023. This waiting list was last open in January, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
1,000 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery.
For more information, visit the BPHA website.
Sources: This information was confirmed by the BPHA public notice on November 13, 2023.
Bossier Parish Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 893 low- and moderate-income households through its public housing programs.
| Monday | 8:00am-12:00pm , 1:00pm-4:00pm |
| Tuesday | 8:00am-12:00pm , 1:00pm-4:00pm |
| Wednesday | 8:00am-12:00pm , 1:00pm-4:00pm |
| Thursday | 8:00am-12:00pm , 1:00pm-4:00pm |
| Friday | 8:00am-12:00pm , 1:00pm-4:00pm |
3022 Old Minden Road, Bossier City, LA
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Bossier Parish Housing Authority serves 900 low-income households. The agency manages 968 Housing Choice Vouchers and 0 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 67 percent of households served by Bossier Parish Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 94 percent of Bossier Parish Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 216 households and make up 24 percent of households served by Bossier Parish Housing Authority.
There are 648 female-headed renter households living in Bossier Parish Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 72% of those served by the Bossier Parish Housing Authority.
| Black | 756 |
| White | 117 |
| Hispanic | 18 |
There are 270 households headed by seniors served by the Bossier Parish Housing Authority. Senior households are 30% of households in Bossier Parish Housing Authority housing.
There are 252 persons with disabilities living in Bossier Parish Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 28% of households served by the Bossier Parish Housing Authority.
Bossier Parish Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list was last opened on January 13, 2020 and closed on January 15, 2020.
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