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Last Updated on 07/20/2015.
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:
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.
This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Hoboken, New jersey.
Last Updated on 04/05/2023.
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:
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.
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.
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:
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.
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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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..
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.
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 |
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.
-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.
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.
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.