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Closed: Orange, New Jersey Section 8 HCV

The Orange Housing Authority (OHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last open for six days in July, 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 in the City of Orange; Victim of Domestic Violence; Flood victims.

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences. According to the OHA, written notification of accepted eligible applicants may take several weeks.

For more information, visit the OHA website.

Last Updated on 09/02/2019.

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Unknown: Orange Housing Authority Public Housing

The status of this waiting list is unknown. If you have information regarding this waiting list contact us.

Last Updated on 07/10/2019.

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About Orange Housing Authority

340 Thomas Boulevard, City of Orange, NJ | Visit Website | (973) 675-1250

Orange Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 1,147 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 Orange Housing Authority is located in City of Orange, NJ.

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

About the Orange Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Orange Housing Authority manages 592 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
Vouchers 540 1 39 12
Monthly Cost Per Voucher $891 $1,966 $893 $1,042
Monthly Cost $481,251 $1,966 $34,826 $12,501
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 13% having issued approximately 40 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 7 years and 10 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 54 months on the waiting list1.

Income Characteristics

According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.4 persons and has a household income of $17,127 per year. 95% of households were very low income (VLI) and 72% were extremely low income (ELI). 49% of households had wages as a major source of income, 3% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 40% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.

Heads of Household Characteristics

2% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 60% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 20% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 18% 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.

50% of households included children, 1% of which had two adults in the household. 48% of households with children have a female head of household. 91% of all households were headed by a female.

97% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 85% of all heads of households being Black and 2% being Hispanic.

Of all households participating in the Orange Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 12% include at least one person with a disability. 12% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 61% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.

Bedroom Size and Overhousing

29% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 38% with 2 bedrooms and 34% with 3 or more bedrooms. 10% 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 Orange Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $441 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $819. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $120.

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.