Fall River Housing Authority

Waiting Lists

Massachusetts Housing Choice Voucher Centralized is open.
Fall River Housing Authority Public Housing is open.

Learn more about Fall River Housing Authority.

Open: Massachusetts Housing Choice Voucher Centralized

This housing authority participates in the Massachusetts Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Centralized Waiting List, which is a partnership between most of the housing authorities in Massachusetts. Applicants submit one application to apply to a centralized waiting list. Selected applicants will be placed on the centralized waiting list, and will be under consideration for every participating housing authority.

The Massachusetts Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Centralized Waiting List is currently open.

The Massachusetts Centralized waiting list will accept applications from January 6, 2003, until further notice.

There are three ways to apply during the opening period:

Complete the online application available here.
Download and print the application online. Select the link titled "Preliminary Application" in your native language.
Contact a participating housing authority request an application by mail. Participating housing authority contact information can be found here.

Once the paper application has been completed, it can be mailed or hand delivered to any participating housing authority. Participating housing authority address information can be found here.

Income limit information can be found here.

The waiting list will be sorted differently by each housing authority according to its own preferences.

Participating housing authorities may have any of the following preferences: Activated military personnel to Persian Gulf; Board of Health condemnation; Disabled; Displaced by hate crime or reprisal, Displaced by landlord non-renewal; Displaced by natural disaster; Displaced by public action; Displaced by domestic violence; Elderly (62+); Near elderly (55+); Extremely low income; Health disability affecting housing need; Homeless; Participant in Metro Program in Wayland school; Rent burdened 50% of income; Rent burdened 40% of income; one-person family; substandard housing; tenants of Project-Based units; clients for Project-Based units; Veteran; Working. Further explanation of each preference can be found here.

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application has been received, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the website here, or contact a participating housing authority listed here.

Sources: This information was verified by the Massachusetts Centralized page on December 28, 2022.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via 1-877-868-0040.

Last Updated on 08/08/2023.

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Open: Fall River Housing Authority Public Housing

Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.

The Fall River Housing Authority (FRHA) is currently accepting public housing waiting list applications for families and senior/disabled individuals.

The FRHA offers eleven public housing communities with 2,042 units for families and senior/disabled individuals.

There are two ways to apply:

1. Visit the FRHA to pick up an application, located at 220 Johnson St., Fall River, MA between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday-Friday.

2. Download the application here, then print and complete.

Once the application has been completed, it can be hand delivered to the address listed above.

Be sure to include copies of these documents with your application: birth certificates, social security cards, photo IDs for all adult household members, notarized statement of child support payments, updated savings book, last six months of checking statements, student letter, and present and previous landlord information.

Please note: You must bring in your own copies, and all adult household members must be present.

The FRHA does have a preference points system that may improve your spot on the waiting list: displaced by fire, displaced by natural disaster, displaced by government action, live and/or work in Fall River, working/educational/training program, or victim of domestic violence.

More information can be found by visiting the FRHA website at http://www.fallriverha.org/, or by calling 508-675-3519 during normal office hours.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (508)675-3500.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 06/19/2015.

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About Fall River Housing Authority

85 Morgan Street, Fall River, MA | Visit Website | (508) 675-3511

Fall River Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 4,504 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by Fall River Housing Authority is located in Fall River, MA.

Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.