This housing agency serves St John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana.
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| Closed: St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List | Learn More |
| Closed: The New Garyville Oaks Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Waiting List | Learn More |
This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental housing assistance in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana.
The St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority (SJBPHA) ilast accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waitlist applications from October 2, 2023, until October 16, 2023.There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply while the waitlist was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the SJBPHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the SJBPHA notice on September 6, 2023.
The St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority (SJBPHA) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last open for The New Garyville Oaks for three days in July, 2019. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
Please note:
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
This waiting list had the following preferences: Local preference for eligible public housing tenants residing at the Edgard, LaPlace, Reserve and Garyville public housing developments.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the SJBPHA website.
St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority - Section 8 provides affordable housing for up to 260 low- and moderate-income households through its public housing programs.
1708 Chantilly Drive, Suite D, LaPlace, LA
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St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority - Section 8 serves 312 low-income households. The agency manages 417 Housing Choice Vouchers and 0 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 65 percent of households served by St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority - Section 8. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 94 percent of St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority - Section 8 households.
Working adults head 118 households and make up 38 percent of households served by St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority - Section 8.
There are 290 female-headed renter households living in St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority - Section 8 housing. Households headed by females are 93% of those served by the St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority - Section 8.
| Black | 271 |
| White | 12 |
| Hispanic | 25 |
There are 40 households headed by seniors served by the St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority - Section 8. Senior households are 13% of households in St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority - Section 8 housing.
There are 40 persons with disabilities living in St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority - Section 8 housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 13% of households served by the St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority - Section 8.
St. John the Baptist Parish Housing Authority - Section 8’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list was last opened on October 2, 2023 and closed on October 16, 2023.
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").Ellie Ruedas says:
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