This housing agency serves Chaves County, Curry County, De Baca County, Eddy County, Guadalupe County, Harding County, Lea County, Lincoln County, Otero County, Quay County, Roosevelt County, Union County, New Mexico.
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Closed: Eastern Regional Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List | Learn More |
Open Until Further Notice: Eastern Regional Housing Authority Public Housing Waiting List | Learn More |
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 In the case that the office sends a notice that does not get returned, or if application information is out of date, your name may be terminated from the waiting list.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:
Once the pre-application has been completed, it must have been:
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.
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.
Eastern Regional Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 2,122 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
106 East Reed Street, Roswell, NM
(575) 622-0881Eastern Regional Housing Authority serves 1,584 low-income households. The agency manages 2,105 Housing Choice Vouchers and 385 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 69 percent of households served by Eastern Regional Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 91 percent of Eastern Regional Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 411 households and make up 26 percent of households served by Eastern Regional Housing Authority.
There are 1251 female-headed renter households living in Eastern Regional Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 79% of those served by the Eastern Regional Housing Authority.
Black | 127 |
Native American | 16 |
White | 444 |
Hispanic | 998 |
There are 459 households headed by seniors served by the Eastern Regional Housing Authority. Senior households are 29% of households in Eastern Regional Housing Authority housing.
There are 411 persons with disabilities living in Eastern Regional Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 26% of households served by the Eastern Regional Housing Authority.
The Eastern Regional Housing Authority is rated as a high performer by HUD.
HUD rates the performance of Public Housing Agencies. The department looks at physical condition of properties, financial condition, management operations, and use of Public Housing Capital Funds for improvements.
Eastern Regional Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list was last opened on February 29, 2016 and closed on March 14, 2016.
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