This housing agency serves Simmesport, Louisiana.
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The Housing Authority of the Town of Simmesport (HATS) is not accepting Public Housing waiting list pre-applications at this time.
Housing Authority of the Town of Simmesport provides affordable housing for up to 56 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher programs.
637 East Project Street, Simmesport, LA
(318) 941-2806Section 8 Application Checklist
DownloadKeep track of everything you need to apply for a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher in this printable checklist created by Affordable Housing Online
Housing Authority of the Town of Simmesport serves 48 low-income households. The agency manages 0 Housing Choice Vouchers and 48 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 76 percent of households served by Housing Authority of the Town of Simmesport. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 98 percent of Housing Authority of the Town of Simmesport households.
Working adults head 9 households and make up 20 percent of households served by Housing Authority of the Town of Simmesport.
There are 39 female-headed renter households living in Housing Authority of the Town of Simmesport housing. Households headed by females are 82% of those served by the Housing Authority of the Town of Simmesport.
| Black | 41 |
| White | 6 |
| Hispanic | 1 |
There are 12 households headed by seniors served by the Housing Authority of the Town of Simmesport. Senior households are 27% of households in Housing Authority of the Town of Simmesport housing.
There are 5 persons with disabilities living in Housing Authority of the Town of Simmesport housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 12% of households served by the Housing Authority of the Town of Simmesport.
The Housing Authority of the Town of Simmesport 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.
Section 8 vouchers can be moved to another area.
Once certain conditions are met, a Section 8 voucher may be transferred to another area (known as "porting").Judy Robinson Fiebiger says:
"Affordable Housing Online is an awesome website. It sure helps a lot of people who have financial issues."