This housing agency serves Mechanicville, New York.
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Mechanicville Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 340 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
1 Harris Avenue, Mechanicville, NY
Visit Website — (518) 664-9897Section 8 Application Checklist
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Mechanicville Housing Authority serves 285 low-income households. The agency manages 344 Housing Choice Vouchers and 0 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 75 percent of households served by Mechanicville Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 97 percent of Mechanicville Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 82 households and make up 29 percent of households served by Mechanicville Housing Authority.
There are 196 female-headed renter households living in Mechanicville Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 69% of those served by the Mechanicville Housing Authority.
| Black | 11 |
| Asian-Pacific Islander | 3 |
| White | 262 |
| Hispanic | 9 |
There are 88 households headed by seniors served by the Mechanicville Housing Authority. Senior households are 31% of households in Mechanicville Housing Authority housing.
There are 79 persons with disabilities living in Mechanicville Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 28% of households served by the Mechanicville Housing Authority.
The Mechanicville 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.
Section 8 vouchers can be moved to another area.
Once certain conditions are met, a Section 8 voucher may be transferred to another area (known as "porting").Josie Shivers says:
"Affordable Housing Online is a very helpful website. I was able to put it in a Section 8 application, and received a letter that I was chosen to be on a waiting list!"