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Open: Eastern Regional Housing Authority Public Housing

Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.

The Eastern Regional Housing Authority (ERHA) is currently accepting Public Housing waiting list pre-applications for families and senior/disabled households.

The ERHA serves the following counties: Chaves, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Harding, Lea, Lincoln, Otero, Quay, Roosevelt, Union and Curry.

The ERHA offers two Public Housing communities with 104 units for families and senior/disabled households, ranging in size from 1 to 4 bedrooms.

There are two ways to apply:
1. Visit the ERHA to pick up a pre-application, located at 106 E. Reed St., Roswell, NM 88202, from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm, and from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm, Monday-Friday.
2. Request for a pre-application be mailed to you by contacting the ERHA in writing, by mailing the request to the address listed above, or by fax 575-622-7507.

Once the pre-application has been completed, it can be mailed or hand delivered to the address listed above.

Be sure to include these documents with the pre-application: Social Security Cards, birth certificates, proof of all income, six months of bank statements, Social Security award letter if applicable, child support award letter if applicable, and photo IDs for all adult household members.

The ERHA does not have a preference.

Qualified applicants will be placed by the date and time the pre-application is received.

For more information, call the ERHA office at 575-622-0881, from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm, and from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm, Monday-Friday.
Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (575)622-0881.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 08/21/2015.

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Closed: Eastern Regional Housing Authority Section 8 HCV


Please note: The Eastern Regional Housing Authority (ERHA) manages individual waiting lists for the Counties of Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Harding, Lea, Lincoln, Otero, Quay, Roosevelt, and Union, NM. Please view waiting list information for each county below. We will update this page as more information becomes available.



Important note: Applicants who have been placed on the waiting list must inform the housing authority immediately if your application information changes (such as contact information, income, and household members). In the case that the office sends a notice that does not get returned, or if application information is out of date, your name may be terminated from the waiting list. Contact the housing authority to find out how to update application information.


For more information, call the ERHA office at (575) 622-0881 from 8:00 am until 12:00 pm; and 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm, Monday-Friday.



The Eddy County Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last open from February 2016 until March 2016. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.


There were three ways to apply during the opening period:

 

 

  1. On February 29, 2016, pick up or submit a pre-application at the New Mexico State University-Carlsbad.
  2. After February 29, 2016, pick up a pre-application at the ERHA office.
  3. After February 29, 2016, request a pre-application be mailed to you by writing the ERHA.


Once the pre-application has been completed, it must have been:

 

 

 

 

  1. Hand delivered to the ERHA. If visiting after hours, there was a drop box outside.
  2. Mailed to the ERHA. Mailed pre-applications must have been postmarked by March 14, 2016.


There were no preferences.



Applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the pre-application is received.


The average wait time to receive a voucher is six months to a year.

 

 


The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list for all other counties is currently closed. It is not known when any other waiting list was last open, or when they will reopen.

Last Updated on 12/01/2018.

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About Eastern Regional Housing Authority

106 East Reed Street, Roswell, NM (575) 622-0881

Eastern Regional Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 2,122 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 Eastern Regional Housing Authority is located in:

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