This housing agency serves Presque Isle, Maine.
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The Presque Isle Housing Authority (PIHA) is currently accepting public housing waiting list applications for families and senior/disabled individuals.The PIHA offers one community dedicated to senior/disabled individuals, and two family communities ranging in size from 2 to 4 bedrooms.There are four ways to apply:1. Visit the PIHA to pick up an application, located at 58 Birch St., Presque Isle, ME 04769, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday-Thursday, and Fridays from 8:30 am until 12:00 pm.2. Request to have an application emailed, faxed, or mailed by calling 207-768-8231 between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday-Thursday, and on Fridays from 8:30 am until 12:00 pm.Once the application has been completed, it can be mailed or hand delivered to the address listed above. No documents are needed at this time.The PIHA does have a preference point system that may improve your spot on the waiting list: displaced by government action, or displaced by natural disaster.More information can be found by visiting the PIHA website at http://www.pihousing.org, or by calling 207-768-8231 between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm Monday-Thursday and on Fridays 8:30 am until 12:00 pm.
Presque Isle Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 260 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
58 Birch Street, Presque Isle, ME
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Presque Isle Housing Authority serves 173 low-income households. The agency manages 159 Housing Choice Vouchers and 181 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 60 percent of households served by Presque Isle Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 89 percent of Presque Isle Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 36 households and make up 21 percent of households served by Presque Isle Housing Authority.
There are 115 female-headed renter households living in Presque Isle Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 67% of those served by the Presque Isle Housing Authority.
| Black | 3 |
| Native American | 5 |
| White | 157 |
| Hispanic | 5 |
There are 50 households headed by seniors served by the Presque Isle Housing Authority. Senior households are 29% of households in Presque Isle Housing Authority housing.
There are 62 persons with disabilities living in Presque Isle Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 36% of households served by the Presque Isle Housing Authority.
The Presque Isle Housing Authority 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.
Know your rights as a Section 8 tenant.
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