Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI
2180 Terry Road, Jackson, MS
Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI Waiting Lists
| Waiting List | Status |
|---|---|
| Taylor Court, Downing Court and Oxford Court Section 8 Project-Based Voucher | Open Soon |
| Multiple Properties Section 8 Project-Based Voucher | Open Until Further Notice |
| Cade Courtyard, and Jessie Banks (Home) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher | Open Until Further Notice |
| PHA Owned Housing | Open Until Further Notice |
| Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, Warren, and Yazoo County, Mississippi Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher | Closed |
| Delta Circle and Fouce' Commons Section 8 Project-Based Voucher | Closed |
| Lincoln Garden Section 8 Project-Based Voucher | Closed |
| Clarence Scutter Estates I and Clarence Scutter Estates ll, 3-Bedroom Public Housing | Closed |
There are three waiting lists open now offered by Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI.
Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI offers the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing, Family Self-Sufficiency and Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) programs in Claiborne County, Copiah County, Hinds County, Holmes County, Madison County, Rankin County, Simpson County, Warren County and Yazoo County.
Open Soon: Taylor Court, Downing Court and Oxford Court Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Waiting List
The Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI (MRHA VI) will accept Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for Taylor Court, Downing Court and Oxford Court apartments from March 27, 2023 at 8:00 am CT, until further notice.
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application that will be available here.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It is not known how selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the MRHA VI website.
Sources: This information was verified by the MRHA VI website on March 13, 2023.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Jackson, Mississippi.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (601) 373-7040.
IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.
Last Updated on 03/13/2023.
Open Until Further Notice: Multiple Properties Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Waiting List
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for apartments at Multiple Properties is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least March 2021, until further notice.
Please note: This waiting list is for the following properties:
- Cedar Estates - Vicksburg MS, 3-5 Bedroom single family dwellings
- Charley Patton Apartments - Edwards MS, Three Bedroom Units Only
- Copiah Cove - Hazlehurst MS, Three Bedroom Units Only
- Hickman Heights-Jackson MS
- Lindsey Gardens PBV - Yazoo City MS
- Magnolia Crossing - Yazoo MS
- Meadowhill Estates - Hazlehurst MS, single family units
- Mileston Apts - Tchula MS, 1, 2, 3 Bedroom Units
- Payton Garden Apts - Pearl MS, Three Bedroom Units Only
- Ridgewood Road Apts - Yazoo City MS, Three Bedroom Units Only
- Rolling Acres - Vicksburg MS, 1-6 Bedroom single family & apartments
- Sam Estes Apt - Canton MS, Three Bedroom Units Only
- Sugarhill Apts - Port Gibson MS, Three Bedroom Units Only
- Urban Court - Vicksburg MS, 1-4 Bedroom apartments
- Waltersville Estates - Vicksburg MS, 1-4 Bedroom apartments
- Windsor Estates - Yazoo City MS, 2 & 3 bedroom units located in Yazoo City MS
- Woodcreek Homes - Canton MS, 2, 3 & 4 bedroom located on Frey Lane in Canton MS
- Woolwine Court PBV - Yazoo City MS
- Woolwine Ext PBV - Yazoo City MS
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the MRHA VI website.
Sources: This information was verified by the the MRHA VI website on March 5, 2021.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Vicksburg, Edwards, Hazlehurst, Yazoo City, Jackson, Tchula, Pearl, Canton, Port Gibson and Canton, Mississippi.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (601) 373-7040.
IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.
Last Updated on 03/29/2022.
Open Until Further Notice: Cade Courtyard, and Jessie Banks (Home) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Waiting List
The Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for apartments at Cade Courtyard, and Jessie Banks (Home) is currently open.
The MRHA VI is accepting applications for this waiting list from the earliest confirmed date of March 25, 2022, until further notice.
Please note: This waiting list is for the following properties:
- Cade Courtyard - Jackson MS, Elderly
- Jessie Banks (Home)
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the MRHA VI website.
Sources: This information was verified by the the MRHA VI on March 25, 2022.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Jackson, Mississippi.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (601) 373-7040.
IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.
Last Updated on 02/16/2023.
Open Until Further Notice: PHA Owned Housing Waiting List
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI (MRHA VI) waiting list for PHA Owned Housing apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least July, 2018, until further notice.
Please note:
- The head of household must be at least 21 years old.
- These units do not offer rental assistance.
To apply, complete the online application here.
For more information, visit the MRHA VI website.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via 601-373-7040.
Last Updated on 06/16/2021.
Closed: Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, Warren, and Yazoo County, Mississippi Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List
The Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI (MRHA VI) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.
The MRHA VI last accepted applications for this waiting list from March 7, 2023, until March 9, 2023. There is no notice 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:
- The PHA will offer a preference to any family that has been terminated from its HCV program due to insufficient program funding.
- The PHA will offer a preference to families that include victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who have either been referred by a partnering service agency or consortia or is seeking an emergency transfer under VAWA from the PHA’s public housing program or other covered housing program operated by the PHA.
Selected applicants were placed on this waiting list by date and time the application was received, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the MRHA VI website.
Sources: This information was verified by the MRHA VI public notice on February 15, 2023.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, Warren, and Yazoo County, Mississippi.
Last Updated on 03/09/2023.
Closed: Delta Circle and Fouce' Commons Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Waiting List
The Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for apartments at Delta Circle and Fouce' Commons is closed.
It is not known when the MRHA VI last accepted applications for this waiting list was last open, or when it will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the MRHA VI website.
Sources: This information was verified by the the MRHA VI on March 25, 2022.
Last Updated on 03/25/2022.
Closed: Lincoln Garden Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Waiting List
The Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for 1, 2, 3, and 4-Bedroom apartments at Lincoln Garden is closed.
The MRHA VI last accepted applications for this waiting list from March 9, 2022, until April 8, 2022. 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.
It is not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the MRHA VI website.
Sources: This information was verified by the the MRHA VI on March 25, 2022.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Jackson, Mississippi.
Last Updated on 03/29/2022.
Closed: Clarence Scutter Estates I and Clarence Scutter Estates ll, 3-Bedroom Public Housing Waiting List
The Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI (MRHA6) Family Public Housing waiting list for 3-Bedroom apartments at Clarence Scutter Estates I and Clarence Scutter Estates ll is closed.
The MRHA6 last accepted applications for this waiting list from November 23, 2022, until March 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
Preferences have not been confirmed.
It was not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the MRHA VI website.
Sources: This information was verified by the MRHA VI website on February 16, 2023.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Port Gibson, Mississippi. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Last Updated on 03/10/2023.
About Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI
Website: http://www.mrha6.org/.
Phone: (601) 373-7040.
How To Update Your Application
Persons on the waiting list can update their application information online here.
About the Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI manages 5,120 active Housing Choice Vouchers.
The following table summarizes types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of December 31st, 2021:
| Standard | Homeownership | Tenant Protection | Ported Out | VASH | Non-Elderly Disabled | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vouchers | 4,170 | 17 | 5 | 39 | 9 | 75 |
| Monthly Cost Per Voucher | $619 | $400 | $638 | $1,035 | $200 | $578 |
| Monthly Cost | $2,579,371 | $6,792 | $3,188 | $40,363 | $1,803 | $43,357 |
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 15% having issued approximately 327 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 8 years and 5 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 41 months on the waiting list1.
Income Characteristics
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.7 persons and has a household income of $13,133 per year. 93% of households were very low income (VLI) and 67% were extremely low income (ELI). 32% of households had wages as a major source of income, 0% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 68% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
Heads of Household Characteristics
1% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 65% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 20% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 14% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 1% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.
59% of households included children, 2% of which had two adults in the household. 58% of households with children have a female head of household. 93% of all households were headed by a female.
99% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 98% of all heads of households being Black and 0% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI Housing Choice Voucher program, 23% include at least one person with a disability. 36% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 80% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
Bedroom Size and Overhousing
8% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 26% with 2 bedrooms and 66% with 3 or more bedrooms. 34% 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 Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI voucher holders in 2016 was $327 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $614. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $160.
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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