This housing agency serves Chicopee, Massachusetts.
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The Chicopee Housing Authority (CHA) is currently accepting public housing waiting list applications for families and senior/disabled individuals.The CHA offers three public housing communities with 383 units for families and senior/disabled individuals.To apply, visit the CHA to pick up or fill out an application, located at 128 Meetinghouse Rd., Chicopee, MA 01013, between the hours of 8:30 am and 11:45 am and 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm, Monday-Friday.Once the application has been completed, it can be hand delivered to the address listed above during the above times listed.Be sure to include copies of these documents with your application: birth certificate, social security cards, proof of all income, and photo IDs for all adult household members.No preferences were noted.More information can be found by visiting the CHA website at http://www.chicopeehousing.org, or by calling 413-592-6131 during normal office hours.
Chicopee Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 939 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
128 Meeting House Road, Chicopee, MA
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Chicopee Housing Authority serves 882 low-income households. The agency manages 574 Housing Choice Vouchers and 360 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 77 percent of households served by Chicopee Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 96 percent of Chicopee Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 202 households and make up 23 percent of households served by Chicopee Housing Authority.
There are 687 female-headed renter households living in Chicopee Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 78% of those served by the Chicopee Housing Authority.
| Black | 62 |
| White | 247 |
| Hispanic | 573 |
There are 264 households headed by seniors served by the Chicopee Housing Authority. Senior households are 30% of households in Chicopee Housing Authority housing.
There are 343 persons with disabilities living in Chicopee Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 39% of households served by the Chicopee Housing Authority.
The Chicopee 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.
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