AffordableHousingOnline

Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority

Waiting Lists

Learn more about Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority.

Open: Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority Public Housing

Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.

The Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority (SMHA) is currently accepting public housing waiting list applications for families and senior/disabled individuals.

The SMHA offers eleven public housing communities with 778 units for families and senior/disabled individuals.

There are two ways to apply for public housing:
1. Visit the SMHA office to pick up an application, located at 101 West High St., Springfield, OH, between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday-Friday.
2. Download an application here, then print and complete.

Once the application has been completed it must be hand delivered to the address listed above, no appointment is necessary. Be sure to bring these original documents with your application: birth certificates, social security cards, copies of police record, proof of all income, verification of all assets.

The SMHA does have a preference point system that may improve your spot on the waiting list: veteran, homeless, rent burden, displaced, disabled, and elderly.

More information can be found by visiting the SMHA website at http://www.smha-lpnnc.com/, or by calling 937-325-7331 during normal office hours.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (937)325-7331.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 06/01/2015.

↑ Back To Top

Closed: Springfield, Clark and Champaign County, Ohio Section 8 HCV

The Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority (SMHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program waiting list is closed.

The SMHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from November 8, 2022, until November 22, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to print the application.

Once the paper application was completed, it was required to be hand delivered to the SMHA office. Applications were accepted during these specific dates: November 8, 2022, November 10, 2022, November 15, 2022, and November 22, 2022.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Lease in Place
    • An applicant who can document that they are: 1. a veteran with service-connected disability; 2. a family of a deceased veteran whose death was service-connected; 3. Or other veteran that meets the definition of SMHA’s administrative plan.
  • Veterans
    • An applicant who can document that they are: 1) a veteran with service-connected disability or 2) a family of a deceased veteran whose death was service-connected.
  • Rent Burdened 40% of Income
    • An applicant who can document that they are paying more than 40% of their monthly gross family adjusted income (adjustments for dependent allowance, medical expenses, etc.) toward monthly housing costs (rent and utilities).
  • Homeless
    • Applicant must be currently homeless and must be able to provide third party documentation of their homelessness.
  • Elderly
    • An applicant or spouse who is sixty-two (62) years of age or older.

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the SMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the SMHA notice on November 10, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Springfield, Clark and Champaign County, Ohio.

Last Updated on 11/22/2022.

↑ Back To Top

Closed: Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority Section 8 HCV

The Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List is currently closed.

Last Updated on 07/20/2015.

↑ Back To Top

About Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority

101 West High Street, Springfield, OH | Visit Website | (937) 325-7331

Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 2,138 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..

In addition, Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority offers other programs for eligible households, including:

  • Family Self-Sufficiency

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority is located in Springfield, OH.

Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.

Office Hours

Open today from 8:00am to 12:00pm and 1:00pm to 4:30pm ET.

Day Hours
Monday 8:00am-12:00pm , 1:00pm-4:30pm
Tuesday 8:00am-12:00pm , 1:00pm-4:30pm
Wednesday 8:00am-12:00pm , 1:00pm-4:30pm
Thursday 8:00am-12:00pm , 1:00pm-4:30pm
Friday 8:00am-12:00pm , 1:00pm-4:30pm

About the Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority manages 782 active Housing Choice Vouchers.

The following table summarizes types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of December 31st, 2021:

Standard Ported Out VASH Non-Elderly Disabled
Vouchers 600 1 11 161
Monthly Cost Per Voucher $418 $532 $307 $288
Monthly Cost $250,937 $532 $3,379 $46,416
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 10% having issued approximately 104 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 7 years and 6 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 16 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 $11,332 per year. 95% of households were very low income (VLI) and 74% were extremely low income (ELI). 31% 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 68% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.

Heads of Household Characteristics

6% 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 12% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 0% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.

52% of households included children, 5% of which had two adults in the household. 50% of households with children have a female head of household. 83% of all households were headed by a female.

51% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 48% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.

Of all households participating in the Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 19% include at least one person with a disability. 34% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 75% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.

Bedroom Size and Overhousing

23% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 34% with 2 bedrooms and 43% with 3 or more bedrooms. 28% 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 Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $270 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $485. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $140.

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.