This housing agency serves Johnston County and Zebulon, North Carolina.
| Waiting List | |
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| Closed: Johnston County Housing Assistance Payments Program Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List | Learn More |
| The Johnston County Housing Authority (NC) has closed its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program; it was open from Monday, April 27 through Friday, May 1st, 2015. |
| Applications were print format and could only be submitted via mail, not in person. |
You can check your your waiting list status here: http://www.johnstonnc.com/mainpage.cfm?category_level_id=991 |
| Preferences nor how the waiting list will be determined have not been identified. |
Johnston County Housing Assistance Payments Program provides affordable housing for up to 619 low- and moderate-income households through its public housing programs.
107 East Johnston Street, Smithfield, NC
Visit Website — (919) 989-5070Section 8 Application Checklist
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Johnston County Housing Assistance Payments Program serves 595 low-income households. The agency manages 634 Housing Choice Vouchers and 0 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 83 percent of households served by Johnston County Housing Assistance Payments Program. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 99 percent of Johnston County Housing Assistance Payments Program households.
Working adults head 154 households and make up 26 percent of households served by Johnston County Housing Assistance Payments Program.
There are 523 female-headed renter households living in Johnston County Housing Assistance Payments Program housing. Households headed by females are 88% of those served by the Johnston County Housing Assistance Payments Program.
| Black | 458 |
| White | 113 |
| Hispanic | 18 |
There are 208 households headed by seniors served by the Johnston County Housing Assistance Payments Program. Senior households are 35% of households in Johnston County Housing Assistance Payments Program housing.
There are 160 persons with disabilities living in Johnston County Housing Assistance Payments Program housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 27% of households served by the Johnston County Housing Assistance Payments Program.
Johnston County Housing Assistance Payments Program’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list was last opened on April 27, 2015 and closed on May 1, 2015.
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").Sandra Lewis-Kidd says:
"I received daily updates from Affordable Housing Online on waiting list openings not only in my city, but also other states and cities accepting applications. I was able to apply, and was actually chosen for the Section 8 housing lottery!"