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Howard County Housing Commission is a housing authority that participates in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), and Public Housing programs.
Howard County Housing Commission serves Howard County.
Waiting List | Status |
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Howard County Housing Commission Housing Choice Voucher | Closed |
Howard County Housing Commission Public Housing | Closed |
Housing Authority offices may be closed on Monday, July 4, 2022, in observance of Independence Day.
Howard County Housing Commission Website: http://www.househoward.org.
Howard County Housing Commission Phone: (443) 518-7800.
Last Updated on 07/14/2016.
Last Updated on 05/22/2015.
More information about Howard County Housing Commission can be found on its website at http://www.househoward.org.
Representatives of Howard County Housing Commission may be available by phone at (443) 518-7800. Unless otherwise noted above, applications will not be provided or accepted by phone.
As of 07/01/2022, it is not known if Howard County Housing Commission is either absorbing or billing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher portability requests for porting in. Learn more about porting Housing Choice Vouchers to a new area here.
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Howard County Housing Commission manages 866 active Housing Choice Vouchers.
The following is a summary of the types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of September 30th, 2021:
Standard | Homeownership | Tenant Protection | Ported Out | Non-Elderly Disabled | |
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Vouchers | 713 | 1 | 59 | 13 | 33 |
Monthly Cost Per Voucher | $1,134 | $831 | $1,160 | $809 | $991 |
Monthly Cost | $808,638 | $831 | $68,442 | $10,512 | $32,705 |
According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 3% having issued approximately 434 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 10 years and 6 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 77 months on the waiting list1.
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.5 persons and has a household income of $19,320 per year. 89% of households were very low income (VLI) and 68% were extremely low income (ELI). 37% of households had wages as a major source of income, 4% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 56% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
1% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 52% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 23% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 24% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 2% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.
47% of households included children, 3% of which had two adults in the household. 46% of households with children have a female head of household. 86% of all households were headed by a female.
79% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 73% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Howard County Housing Commission Housing Choice Voucher program, 23% include at least one person with a disability. 34% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 67% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
29% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 34% with 2 bedrooms and 38% with 3 or more bedrooms. 11% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.
The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Howard County Housing Commission voucher holders in 2016 was $515 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $2,100. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $182.
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.