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Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The St Louis Housing Authority (SLHA) Senior Public Housing waiting list for apartments at Sr. Living at Renaissance, Cahill House, and Sr. Living at Cambridge Heights is currently open.
The SLHA is accepting applications for this waiting list from August 23, 2021 at 8:00 am CT, until further notice.
This waiting list is for the following properties and bedroom sizes:
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here, Applications will not be accepted at the SLHA office.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the SLHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the SLHA public notice on August 18, 2021.
This waiting list is for Senior Public Housing rental assistance in St. Louis, Missouri. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (314) 286-4330.
Last Updated on 03/09/2022.
The St. Louis Housing Authority (SLHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last open in July, 2014, and before that in December, 2007. 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. Applications were available online only.
For more information, visit the SLHA Housing Choice Voucher Program page here.
Last Updated on 12/11/2018.
The St Louis Housing Authority (SLHA) Public Housing waiting list for 1, 2 and 3-Bedroom apartments at King Louis Square and King Louis Square II is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from May 24, 2021 until June 7, 2021. 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:
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the SLHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the SLHA on May 25, 2021.
This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in St. Louis, Missouri. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Last Updated on 06/08/2021.
The St Louis Housing Authority (SLHA) Public Housing waiting list for apartments at Arlington Grove, Badenhaus-Badenfest, Clinton-Peabody, Euclid Plaza and Kingsbury Terrace is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from August 23, 2021, until September 5, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
This waiting list was for the following properties and bedroom sizes:
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application, Applications were not accepted at the SLHA office.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the SLHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the SLHA public notice on August 18, 2021.
This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in St. Louis, Missouri. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Last Updated on 03/21/2022.
The St Louis Housing Authority (SLHA) Public Housing waiting list for 2 and 3-Bedroom apartments at Preservation Square is closed.
The SLHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from March 4, 2022, until March 13, 2022.
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 SLHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the SLHA Facebook Page public notice on March 4, 2022.
This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in St Louis, Missouri. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Last Updated on 03/14/2022.
The St Louis Housing Authority (SLHA) Senior Public Housing waiting list for 1 and 2-Bedroom apartments at Les Chateaux is closed.
The SLHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from August 23, 2021, until an unconfirmed date in 2021. 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, Applications were not accepted at the SLHA office.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the SLHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the SLHA application on September 17, 2021.
This waiting list is for Senior Public Housing rental assistance in St. Louis, Missouri. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Last Updated on 03/09/2022.
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St Louis Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 10,728 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..
Low-income housing managed by St Louis Housing Authority is located in St Louis, MO.
Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, St Louis Housing Authority manages 6,443 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 | |
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Vouchers | 5,967 | 36 | 147 | 36 | 257 |
Monthly Cost Per Voucher | $578 | $437 | $542 | $1,107 | $412 |
Monthly Cost | $3,449,723 | $15,738 | $79,689 | $39,861 | $105,848 |
According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 8% having issued approximately 891 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 7 years and 11 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 19 months on the waiting list1.
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.6 persons and has a household income of $12,044 per year. 94% of households were very low income (VLI) and 76% were extremely low income (ELI). 36% 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 49% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
3% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 64% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 20% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 13% 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.
56% of households included children, 2% of which had two adults in the household. 54% of households with children have a female head of household. 86% of all households were headed by a female.
96% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 95% of all heads of households being Black and 0% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the St Louis Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 17% include at least one person with a disability. 27% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 67% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
25% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 33% with 2 bedrooms and 42% with 3 or more bedrooms. 16% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.
The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by St Louis Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $298 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $629. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $164.
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.