This housing agency serves Belmont County, Ohio.
Belmont Metropolitan Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 993 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
100 South 3rd Street, Martins Ferry, OH
(740) 633-5085Section 8 Application Checklist
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Belmont Metropolitan Housing Authority serves 954 low-income households. The agency manages 279 Housing Choice Vouchers and 706 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 77 percent of households served by Belmont Metropolitan Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 94 percent of Belmont Metropolitan Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 200 households and make up 21 percent of households served by Belmont Metropolitan Housing Authority.
There are 667 female-headed renter households living in Belmont Metropolitan Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 70% of those served by the Belmont Metropolitan Housing Authority.
| Black | 86 |
| White | 849 |
| Hispanic | 10 |
There are 286 households headed by seniors served by the Belmont Metropolitan Housing Authority. Senior households are 30% of households in Belmont Metropolitan Housing Authority housing.
There are 181 persons with disabilities living in Belmont Metropolitan Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 19% of households served by the Belmont Metropolitan Housing Authority.
The Belmont 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.
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