This housing agency serves Shawnee, Oklahoma.
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Housing Authority of the City of Shawnee provides affordable housing for up to 939 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
601 West 7th Street, Shawnee, OK
Visit Website — (405) 275-6330Housing Authority of the City of Shawnee serves 931 low-income households. The agency manages 502 Housing Choice Vouchers and 424 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 74 percent of households served by Housing Authority of the City of Shawnee. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 94 percent of Housing Authority of the City of Shawnee households.
Working adults head 186 households and make up 20 percent of households served by Housing Authority of the City of Shawnee.
There are 707 female-headed renter households living in Housing Authority of the City of Shawnee housing. Households headed by females are 76% of those served by the Housing Authority of the City of Shawnee.
Black | 149 |
Native American | 112 |
White | 633 |
Hispanic | 47 |
There are 288 households headed by seniors served by the Housing Authority of the City of Shawnee. Senior households are 31% of households in Housing Authority of the City of Shawnee housing.
There are 223 persons with disabilities living in Housing Authority of the City of Shawnee housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 24% of households served by the Housing Authority of the City of Shawnee.
The Housing Authority of the City of Shawnee 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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