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The Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.
The MHACY last accepted applications for this waiting list from June 27, 2022, until July 13, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to print the paper application.
Once the application was completed, it was postmarked by July 13, 2022, and mailed to the Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers.
The maximum income limit for each household size were listed on the application.
This waiting list had the following preferences:
3,000 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery.
For more information, visit the MHACY website.
Sources: This information was verified by the MHACY on June 27, 2022.
This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Yonkers, New York .
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Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers provides affordable housing for up to 4,419 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..
Low-income housing managed by Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers is located in Yonkers, NY.
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, Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers manages 4,344 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 | |
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Vouchers | 2,304 | 3 | 279 | 53 |
Monthly Cost Per Voucher | $1,099 | $1,016 | $1,168 | $1,103 |
Monthly Cost | $2,531,758 | $3,048 | $325,774 | $58,474 |
According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 4% having issued approximately 689 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 9 years and 9 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 33 months on the waiting list1.
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.3 persons and has a household income of $20,701 per year. 95% of households were very low income (VLI) and 75% were extremely low income (ELI). 46% of households had wages as a major source of income, 5% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 48% 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, 45% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 27% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 27% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 1% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.
40% of households included children, 5% of which had two adults in the household. 38% of households with children have a female head of household. 86% of all households were headed by a female.
94% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 39% of all heads of households being Black and 8% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers 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. 54% 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, 38% with 2 bedrooms and 28% with 3 or more bedrooms. 15% 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 Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers voucher holders in 2016 was $519 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $1,032. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $54.
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.