Allegheny County Housing Authority

625 Stanwix Street, Pittsburgh, PA

There is one waiting list open now offered by Allegheny County Housing Authority.

Allegheny County Housing Authority Waiting Lists

Waiting List	Status
Multiple Properties Public Housing	Open Until Further Notice
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher	Closed
Prospect Terrace and Sheldon Park Public Housing	Closed

Allegheny County Housing Authority offers the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing and Family Self-Sufficiency programs in Allegheny County.

Go to the Pennsylvania Section 8 Waiting Lists page or the Pennsylvania Public Housing Waiting Lists page for more nearby housing applications.

Open Until Further Notice: Multiple Properties Public Housing Waiting List

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Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.

The Allegheny County Housing Authority Public Housing waiting list for apartments at multiple properties is currently open.

The ACHA is accepting applications for this waiting list from May 10, 2021, until further notice.

This waiting list is for the following properties:

Andrew Carnegie Apartments (1 Bedrooms)-514 Lydia Drive, Carnegie, PA 15106
Dumplin Hall (1 Bedrooms)-502 Hay Street, Wilkinsburg, PA 15221
Groveton Village (1, 2, 3 & 4 Bedrooms)- 511 Groveton Drive, Coraopolis, PA 15108
Homestead B (1 Bedrooms)- 481 East Eighth Avenue, Homestead, PA 15120
Negley Gardens (1, 2, 3 & 4 Bedrooms)- 804 Creek Street Apt D, Tarentum, PA 15084
Ohioview Towers (1 Bedrooms)- 250 Jefferson Drive, McKees Rocks, PA 15136
Pleasant Ridge (1 & 2 Bedrooms)- 251 Jefferson Drive, McKees Rocks, PA 15136
Sharpsburg Housing (1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms)- 300 Sisca Street, Sharpsburg, PA 15215
Twin Oaks Scattered Sites (1 Bedrooms)- Sanlin Drive, Coraopolis, PA 1510

There are two ways to apply during the opening period:

Complete the online application here.
In person applications are accepted at the Allegheny County Housing Authority Central Office, located at 301 Chartiers Avenue McKees Rocks, PA 15136.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

Category 1 Preferences: (1) Applicants for whom a law enforcement agency is seeking housing as an accommodation for its witness protection or confidential informant programs; and (2) police officers whose residency is needed to increase security for public housing residents, (3) a household evicted due to a resident or guest who is subsequently found innocent of the charge that led to eviction or the charge is dismissed and (4) victims of domestic violence.
Category 2 Preference: (1) veterans with an honorable discharge or current military service (Spouse only) who is not currently housed in an Allegheny County Housing Authority project-based assisted unit. Residents of the Allegheny County Housing Authority public housing program asked to move due to the modernization of his or her unit or community regardless of whether the waiting list is open or closed.

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the ACHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the ACHA public notice on June 6, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (412) 355-8940.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 06/06/2022.

Closed: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Allegheny County Housing Authority (ACHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The ACHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from July 12, 2022, until July 14, 2022.There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

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

This waiting list had the following preferences:

Category 1 Preferences: (1) Applicants for whom a law enforcement agency is seeking housing as an accommodation for its witness protection or confidential informant programs; and (2) victims of domestic violence. Preferences in this Category have equal priority.
Category 2 Preference: Residents of the Allegheny County Housing Authority public housing program asked to move due to the modernization of his or her unit or community regardless of whether the waiting list is open or closed.
Category 3 Preference: Successful graduates of the Allegheny County Housing Authority public housing Family Self-Sufficiency Program regardless of whether the waiting list is open or closed.
Category 4 Preference: Veterans with a discharge other than dishonorable.
Category 5 Preference: Homeless preference to permit no more than 50 vouchers to be given to families experiencing homelessness with or without disabilities. All applicants must be referred through the Allegheny County Department of Human Services.
Category 6 Preference: Preference to permit no more than 50 vouchers to be given to families experiencing homelessness; with a UPMC health plan and meet a criterion of unplanned health crisis.
Category 7 Preference: Preference to permit no more than 25 vouchers to be given to the Allegheny County Department of Human Services for use in providing supportive housing opportunities for individuals with opioid use disorders. This preference will continue until the 25 vouchers have been utilized.
Category 8 Preference: Preference to permit persons with disabilities who are transitioning out of institutional and other segregated settings, at serious risk of institutionalization, homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless to utilize the Mainstream (Section 811) Vouchers. (49 vouchers).

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the ACHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the ACHA Facebook page on May 31, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Last Updated on 07/14/2022.

Closed: Prospect Terrace and Sheldon Park Public Housing Waiting List

The Allegheny County Housing Authority Public Housing waiting list for apartments at Prospect Terrace and Sheldon Park is closed.

The ACHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from May 7, 2021, until further notice. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Prospect Terrace (1, 2, 3, & 4 Bedrooms)
Sheldon Park (1 & 3 Bedrooms)

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

Complete the online application.
In person applications were accepted at the Allegheny County Housing Authority Central Office.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

Category 1 Preferences: (1) Applicants for whom a law enforcement agency is seeking housing as an accommodation for its witness protection or confidential informant programs; and (2) police officers whose residency is needed to increase security for public housing residents, (3) a household evicted due to a resident or guest who is subsequently found innocent of the charge that led to eviction or the charge is dismissed and (4) victims of domestic violence.
Category 2 Preference: (1) veterans with an honorable discharge or current military service (Spouse only) who is not currently housed in an Allegheny County Housing Authority project-based assisted unit. Residents of the Allegheny County Housing Authority public housing program asked to move due to the modernization of his or her unit or community regardless of whether the waiting list is open or closed.

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

For more information, visit the ACHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the ACHA public notice on June 6, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 06/06/2022.

About Allegheny County Housing Authority

Website: http://www.achsng.com/.

Phone: (412) 355-8940.

About the Allegheny County Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Allegheny County Housing Authority manages 5,570 active Housing Choice Vouchers.

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

	Standard	Homeownership	Family Unification	Tenant Protection	Ported Out	VASH
Vouchers	4,974	32	5	101	164	294
Monthly Cost Per Voucher	$547	$498	$258	$755	$191	$371
Monthly Cost	$2,721,252	$15,920	$1,291	$76,297	$31,380	$108,948

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 573 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 7 years and 9 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 33 months on the waiting list¹.

Income Characteristics

According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.2 persons and has a household income of $13,131 per year. 95% of households were very low income (VLI) and 74% were extremely low income (ELI). 32% of households had wages as a major source of income, 5% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 60% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.

Heads of Household Characteristics

5% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 57% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 24% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 15% 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.

49% of households included children, 1% of which had two adults in the household. 46% of households with children have a female head of household. 83% of all households were headed by a female.

70% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 68% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.

Of all households participating in the Allegheny County Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 26% include at least one person with a disability. 36% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 71% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.

Bedroom Size and Overhousing

35% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 36% with 2 bedrooms and 30% with 3 or more bedrooms. 14% 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 Allegheny County Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $315 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $572. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $171.

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 Apartments Operated by Allegheny County Housing Authority

Caldwell Station Apartments

510 Station St

Wall, Pennsylvania

Income Based

2 BR

Allegheny County Housing Authority

625 Stanwix Street, Pittsburgh, PA