Greater Dayton Premier Management, Dayton, Ohio

About Greater Dayton Premier Management

The Greater Dayton Premier Management is a Section 8 and Public Housing Public Housing Agency in Dayton, Ohio.

The Greater Dayton Premier Management serves Montgomery County and Dayton.

Greater Dayton Premier Management Waiting Lists

Greater Dayton Premier Management Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List: Closed

Please note: Greater Dayton Premier Management covers Montgomery County, OH.

The Greater Dayton Premier Management (GDPM) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It is not known when the waiting list was last open, or when it will reopen.

Important note: Applicants will receive a confirmation number when either applying, or being placed on the waiting list, depending on housing authority policy. It is important to keep that number in a safe, easy to access place. It will be needed any time when referencing your pre-application with the housing authority.

If any of your application information changes from the time you submitted the original pre-application (such as contact information, income, and household members), inform the housing authority immediately. In the case that the office sends a notice that does not get returned, or if application information is out of date, your name may be terminated from the waiting list. Please contact the housing authority to find out its policy on updating pre-application information.

For more information, visit the GDPM website, or call the office at (937) 910-7500.

Last Updated on 01/11/2016.

Public Housing Waiting List: Closed

The Greater Dayton Premier Management is not accepting public housing waiting list applications at this time.

Last Updated on 06/04/2015.

About the Greater Dayton Premier Management Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

As of the most recent VMS report, Greater Dayton Premier Management manages 3,717 active Housing Choice Vouchers.

The following is a summary of the types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each:

	Standard	Homeownership	Family Unification	Tenant Protection	Ported Out	VASH	Non-Elderly Disabled
Vouchers	3,193	36	93	28	14	179	155
Monthly Cost Per Voucher	$464	$397	$553	$485	$533	$333	$320
Monthly Cost	$1,482,924	$14,285	$51,463	$13,566	$7,467	$59,670	$49,660

Household Characteristics of Voucher Holders for Greater Dayton Premier Management

Waiting List and Tenancy

According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 9% having issued approximately 429 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 6 years and 4 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 20 months on the waiting list¹.

Income Characteristics

According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.3 persons and has a household income of $11,232 per year. 94% of households were very low income (VLI) and 73% were extremely low income (ELI). 28% of households had wages as a major source of income, 2% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 59% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.

Heads of Household Characteristics

4% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 60% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 22% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 14% 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.

51% of households included children, 3% of which had two adults in the household. 49% of households with children have a female head of household. 82% of all households were headed by a female.

82% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 78% of all heads of households being Black and 2% being Hispanic.

Of all households participating in the Greater Dayton Premier Management Housing Choice Voucher program, 22% include at least one person with a disability. 35% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 76% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.

Bedroom Size and Overhousing

29% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 29% with 2 bedrooms and 42% with 3 or more bedrooms. 22% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.

Rent, Assistance, and Utility Allowances

The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Greater Dayton Premier Management voucher holders in 2016 was $295 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $555. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $170.

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.

Public Housing Operated by Greater Dayton Premier Management