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Closed: Hoboken Housing Authority Section 8 HCV

The Hoboken Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List is currently closed.


The list was last opened for Hoboken and Weehawken on October 22, 2014, the first time since 2004.


Reports say that hundreds of people seeking rental assistance lined up over night at the Hoboken Elks Club. City Police have estimated up to 1000 people were waiting outside. According to NJ.com some applicants began lining up in the rain the afternoon before.

Last Updated on 07/20/2015.

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Closed: Fox Hill Gardens, Studio and 1-Bedroom Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Hoboken Housing Authority (HHA) last accepted Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications for Studio and 1-Bedroom apartments at Fox Hill Gardens from March 27, 2023, until April 5, 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:

  • Veterans and surviving spouses
  • Involuntary displaced persons
  • Displaced for health impaired local residents
  • Residents who live and work in the housing authority's jurisdiction
  • Residents who live in the housings authority's jurisdiction
  • Involuntary displaced non local residents
  • Displaced non residents (Not residing within the housing authority's jurisdiction who are victims of domestic violence.) 
  • Non residents who work in the housing authority's jurisdiction
  • Hoboken residents

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the HHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HHA notice on March 27, 2023. 

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Hoboken, New jersey.

Last Updated on 04/05/2023.

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Closed: 1-Bedroom Public Housing

The Hoboken Housing Authority (HHA) last accepted Public Housing waiting list applications for 1-Bedroom apartments from March 27, 2023, until April 5, 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:

  • Veterans and surviving spouses
  • Involuntary displacement persons
  • Displaced persons who are victims of domestic violence
  • Hoboken Residents

200 selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the HHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HHA notice on March 27, 2023. 

Service Area

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

Last Updated on 04/05/2023.

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Closed: Studio Senior / Disabled Public Housing

The Hoboken Housing Authority (HHA) last accepted Senior and Disabled Public Housing waiting list applications for Studio apartments from March 27, 2023, until April 5, 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:

  • Veterans and surviving spouses
  • Involuntary displacement persons
  • Displaced persons who are victims of domestic violence
  • Hoboken Residents

100 selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the HHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HHA notice on March 27, 2023. 

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior and Disabled Public Housing rental assistance in Hoboken, New Jersey. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 04/05/2023.

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About Hoboken Housing Authority

400 Harrison Street, Hoboken, NJ | Visit Website | (201) 798-0370

Hoboken Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 1,680 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by Hoboken Housing Authority is located in Hoboken, NJ and Weehawken, NJ.

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

About the Hoboken Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Hoboken Housing Authority manages 166 active Housing Choice Vouchers.

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

Standard Ported Out
Vouchers 165 1
Monthly Cost Per Voucher $1,632 $5,114
Monthly Cost $269,234 $5,114
Income Characteristics

According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.1 persons and has a household income of $15,016 per year. 95% of households were very low income (VLI) and 74% were extremely low income (ELI). 35% 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

-1% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 43% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 25% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 32% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 5% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.

32% of households included children, -1% of which had two adults in the household. 32% of households with children have a female head of household. 90% of all households were headed by a female.

65% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 7% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.

Of all households participating in the Hoboken Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 18% include at least one person with a disability. 24% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 49% 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, 40% with 2 bedrooms and 27% with 3 or more bedrooms. 16% 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 Hoboken Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $400 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $1,049. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $73.

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.