This housing agency serves Somerville, Massachusetts.
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Somerville Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 1,805 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
30 Memorial Road, Somerville, MA
Visit Website — (617) 625-1152Somerville Housing Authority serves 1,760 low-income households. The agency manages 1,322 Housing Choice Vouchers and 571 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 81 percent of households served by Somerville Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 94 percent of Somerville Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 492 households and make up 28 percent of households served by Somerville Housing Authority.
There are 1249 female-headed renter households living in Somerville Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 71% of those served by the Somerville Housing Authority.
Black | 422 |
Asian-Pacific Islander | 88 |
White | 950 |
Hispanic | 299 |
There are 756 households headed by seniors served by the Somerville Housing Authority. Senior households are 43% of households in Somerville Housing Authority housing.
There are 510 persons with disabilities living in Somerville Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 29% of households served by the Somerville Housing Authority.
The Somerville 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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