This housing agency serves Niagara Falls, New York.
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The Niagara Falls Housing Authority is currently accepting public housing waiting list applications for families and senior/disabled individuals.This housing authority offers four public housing communities, located throughout Niagara Falls. For a complete listing of the different communities, please follow this link.To apply for public housing, please follow this link, to download, print, and complete an application.Once the application has been completed, it can be mailed or hand delivered to: 744 Tenth St., Niagara Falls, NY 14301.This housing authority does have a preference point system that may improve your spot on the waiting list as: homeless, living in substandard conditions, displaced by government action, victim of a hate crime, victim of domestic violence, or displaced by a natural disaster.More information can be found by visiting the housing authority website at http://nfha.org/, or they can be reached with any questions you may have by calling 716-285-6961, during normal office hours.
Niagara Falls Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 913 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher programs.
744 10th Street, Niagara Falls, NY
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Niagara Falls Housing Authority serves 742 low-income households. The agency manages 0 Housing Choice Vouchers and 742 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 Niagara Falls Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 90 percent of Niagara Falls Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 163 households and make up 22 percent of households served by Niagara Falls Housing Authority.
There are 504 female-headed renter households living in Niagara Falls Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 68% of those served by the Niagara Falls Housing Authority.
| Black | 430 |
| Native American | 7 |
| Asian-Pacific Islander | 22 |
| White | 215 |
| Hispanic | 67 |
There are 281 households headed by seniors served by the Niagara Falls Housing Authority. Senior households are 38% of households in Niagara Falls Housing Authority housing.
There are 192 persons with disabilities living in Niagara Falls Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 26% of households served by the Niagara Falls Housing Authority.
The Niagara Falls 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.
Wait until you have a Section 8 voucher to find housing.
It usually takes months or years to reach the top of a Section 8 HCV waiting list. Any apartments you see now will likely not be available when you get your voucher.Ashley Prince says:
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