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Closed: Genesee County, Michigan Section 8 HCV

The Flint Housing Commission (FHC) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from December 15, 2020, until December 17, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

500 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery.

For more information, visit the FHC website.

Sources: This information was verified by the FHC public notice on December 11, 2020.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Genesee County, Michigan.

Last Updated on 06/14/2021.

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Closed: Berkeley Place Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Flint Housing Commission (FHC) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for apartments at Berkeley Place is currently closed. Applications were last accepted since at least May, 2021 until May 4, 2021.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

150 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery.

For more information, visit the FHC website.

Sources: This information was verified by the Michigan Live Journal public notice, on May 26, 2021.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Flint, Michigan.

Last Updated on 03/10/2022.

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Closed: 1 and 2-Bedroom Public Housing

The Flint Housing Commission (FHC) Public Housing waiting list for 1 and 2-Bedroom apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from September 11, 2017 until January 18, 2021.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to pick up an application at the FHC office.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Working for 6 months consistently without interruptions
  • Elderly (62 yrs. & older)
  • Disabled
  • Involuntarily Displaced due to disaster (fire, flood, earthquake, etc.), Federal, State, or local government action related to code enforcement, public improvement or development, or HUD disposition.
  • Veteran of any declared United States war or conflict
  • Victim of Domestic Violence (Witness Protection Program)
  • Runaway & Homeless Youth Aging out of Foster Care

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the FHC website.

Sources: This information was verified by the FHC on May 26, 2021.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Flint, Michigan. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 06/03/2021.

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Closed: Efficiency/0-Bedroom Public Housing

The Flint Housing Commission (FHC) Public Housing waiting list for Efficiency/0-Bedroom apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted on June 3, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

  1. Complete the online application.
  2. Print the paper application.

Once the application was completed, it must have been either:

  1. Mailed to the FHC.
  2. Dropped off at the FHC.
  3. Faxed to the FHC.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Involuntary Displacement
    • Disaster (Fire, flood, earthquake, etc.)
    • Will or had to vacate due to owner action
    • Avoid reprisals due to providing law enforcement info
    • Victim of hate crimes
    • Inaccessibility of unit
    • HUD Disposition
  • Victim of Domestic Violence
  • Working (Head of Household and /or Spouse)
    • Elderly 62 years & older
    • Disabled
    • Employed
  • Veterans
  • Youth maxing out of the Foster Care System
  • Homeless

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the FHC website.

Sources: This information was verified by the FHC on May 26, 2021.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Flint, Michigan. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 06/04/2021.

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About Flint Housing Commission

3820 Richfield Road, Flint, MI | Visit Website | (810) 736-3050

Flint Housing Commission provides affordable housing for up to 2,215 households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs.

Housing Authority Jurisdiction
Low-income housing managed by Flint Housing Commission is located in Genesee County, MI.

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

About the Flint Housing Commission Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Flint Housing Commission manages 720 active Housing Choice Vouchers.

The following table summarizes types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of December 31st, 2021:

Standard Family Unification Tenant Protection VASH
Vouchers 659 1 18 42
Monthly Cost Per Voucher $412 $268 $530 $325
Monthly Cost $271,233 $268 $9,534 $13,642
Waiting List and Tenancy

According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 2% having issued approximately 394 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 8 years and 2 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 23 months on the waiting list1.

Income Characteristics

According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.5 persons and has a household income of $11,779 per year. 92% of households were very low income (VLI) and 68% were extremely low income (ELI). 38% of households had wages as a major source of income, 2% 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.

Heads of Household Characteristics

0% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 67% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 22% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 11% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 0% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.

54% of households included children, 1% of which had two adults in the household. 53% of households with children have a female head of household. 86% of all households were headed by a female.

95% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 94% of all heads of households being Black and 0% being Hispanic.

Of all households participating in the Flint Housing Commission Housing Choice Voucher program, 21% include at least one person with a disability. 31% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 91% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.

Bedroom Size and Overhousing

23% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 32% with 2 bedrooms and 45% with 3 or more bedrooms. 18% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.

Rent, Assistance, and Utility Allowances

The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Flint Housing Commission voucher holders in 2016 was $304 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $522. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $159.

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.