Saint Paul Public Housing Agency
Saint Paul Public Housing Agency is a housing authority that participates in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing, Family Self-Sufficiency, Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH), Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV), Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), and Family Unification Program (FUP) programs. As of May 26th, 2022, Saint Paul Public Housing Agency has 1 waiting lists that are open now or opening soon.
Saint Paul Public Housing Agency serves Saint Paul.
Open Saint Paul Public Housing Agency Waiting Lists
Open Now:
Scattered Site Homes and Duplexes Public Housing Waiting List
The Saint Paul Public Housing Agency Public Housing waiting list for 3, 4 and 5-Bedroom apartments at Scattered Site Homes and Duplexes is currently open.
The St. Paul PHA is accepting applications for this waiting list from April 21, 2022 at 8:00 am MT, until June 20, 2022.
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application available here. Applications are not available at the PHA offices. Fax or e-mail requests are not accepted.
The maximum income limit for each household size are as follows:
- 1 Person: $55,950 | 5 Persons: $86,300
- 2 Persons: $63,950 | 6 Persons: $92,700
- 3 Persons: $71,950 | 7 Persons: $99,100
- 4 Persons: $79,900 | 8 Persons: $105,500
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
Applications received between 8:00 am on April 21, 2022, through 12:00 am on April 27, 2022 will be placed on the waiting list by random lottery. Applications received after April 27, 2022, will be placed on the waiting list by the date and time the application is received.
For more information, visit the St. Paul PHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the HousingLink public notice on March 28, 2022.
Service Area
This waiting list is for rental assistance in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via a written request to the PHA’s Rental Office at: St. Paul Public Housing Agency 555 Wabasha St N, Suite 300 St. Paul, MN 55102.
Next Steps
Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.
Last Updated on 04/21/2022.
Other Saint Paul Public Housing Agency Waiting Lists
Closed:
St. Paul, Minnesota Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List
The St. Paul Public Housing Authority (SPPHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed. It was last open for one week in June, 2019. 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.
This waiting list had the following preferences: Live, work or attend school locally, Referred by Local Assistance Program, Veterans.
3,500 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preference.
According to the SPPHA, "The housing agency will award 95% of waiting list placements to applicants whose head of household or spouse lives, works, or attends school in St. Paul, or to applicants who have been deemed “homeless” through Ramsey County’s Coordinated Entry System. The remaining 5% of waiting list placements will be awarded to any other applicant."
For more information, visit the SPPRA website.
Last Updated on 03/28/2022.
About Saint Paul Public Housing Agency
More information about Saint Paul Public Housing Agency can be found on its website at https://www.stpha.org/.
Representatives of Saint Paul Public Housing Agency may be available by phone at (651) 298-5664. Unless otherwise noted above, applications will not be provided or accepted by phone.
About the Saint Paul Public Housing Agency Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Saint Paul Public Housing Agency manages 4,832 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 | Family Unification | Tenant Protection | Ported Out | VASH |
Vouchers |
3,769 | 136 | 33 | 651 | 210 |
Monthly Cost Per Voucher |
$686 | $989 | $639 | $889 | $588 |
Monthly Cost |
$2,585,468 | $134,569 | $21,097 | $578,897 | $123,409 |
Household Characteristics of Voucher Holders for Saint Paul Public Housing Agency
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 11% having issued approximately 389 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 8 years and 9 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 21 months on the waiting list1.
Income Characteristics
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.6 persons and has a household income of $14,876 per year. 98% of households were very low income (VLI) and 83% were extremely low income (ELI). 33% of households had wages as a major source of income, 10% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 55% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
Heads of Household Characteristics
4% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 56% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 23% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 17% 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.
51% of households included children, 7% of which had two adults in the household. 47% of households with children have a female head of household. 80% of all households were headed by a female.
75% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 62% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Saint Paul Public Housing Agency Housing Choice Voucher program, 24% include at least one person with a disability. 40% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 85% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
Bedroom Size and Overhousing
34% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 32% with 2 bedrooms and 34% with 3 or more bedrooms. 11% 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 Saint Paul Public Housing Agency voucher holders in 2016 was $372 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $744. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $99.
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.
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