This housing agency serves Athens, Ohio.
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The Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority (AMHA) is currently accepting public housing waiting list applications for families and senior/disabled individuals.The AMHA offers one family public housing community with 44 units ranging in size from 2 to 5 bedrooms, one community for elderly/disabled individuals, and 27 single family homes scattered throughout Athens, ranging in size from 3 to 4 bedrooms.There are two ways to apply:1. Visit the AMHA office to pick up an application, located at 10 Hope Dr., Athens, OH 45701 during normal office hours.2. Request an application be mailed to you by calling 740-592-4481.3. Download an application here, then print and complete.Once the application has been completed it can be mailed or hand delivered to the address listed above.The AMHA does have a preference point system that may improve your spot on the waiting list: veteran, employed, live and/or work in Athens, rent burden, displaced by natural disaster, victim of a hate crime, victim of domestic violence, substandard living conditions, displaced by government action.More information can be found by visiting the AMHA website at http://www.athensmha.org/, or by calling 740-592-4481 during normal office hours.
Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 904 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
10 Hope Drive, Athens, OH
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Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority serves 832 low-income households. The agency manages 840 Housing Choice Vouchers and 68 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 80 percent of households served by Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 97 percent of Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 99 households and make up 12 percent of households served by Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority.
There are 540 female-headed renter households living in Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 65% of those served by the Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority.
| Black | 25 |
| Native American | 8 |
| White | 790 |
| Hispanic | 8 |
There are 257 households headed by seniors served by the Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority. Senior households are 31% of households in Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority housing.
There are 407 persons with disabilities living in Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 49% of households served by the Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority.
The Athens Metropolitan 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.
Housing options for immigrants.
Some housing programs do not have a citizenship requirement, such as Low-Income Housing Tax Credit apartments.Geri Ridley says:
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