This housing agency serves Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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The Housing Authority of Northumberland County is currently accepting public housing waiting list applications for families and senior/disabled individuals.To obtain an application for public housing you must visit one of these two locations to pick up an application:Milton Office 50 Mahoning StreetMilton, PA 17847(570) 742-8797Mt. Carmel Office420 West Seventh StreetMt. Carmel, PA 17851(570) 339-5844Once the application has been completed, it must be hand delivered to one of the two offices during normal office hours.No preferences were noted.More information can be found by visiting the housing authority website at http://www.nchahousing.org/, or by calling 570-339-5844 or 570-742-8797 during normal office hours Monday-Friday.
Housing Auth of the County of Northumberland provides affordable housing for up to 664 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
50 Mahoning Street, Milton, PA
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Housing Auth of the County of Northumberland serves 599 low-income households. The agency manages 469 Housing Choice Vouchers and 196 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 57 percent of households served by Housing Auth of the County of Northumberland. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 93 percent of Housing Auth of the County of Northumberland households.
Working adults head 95 households and make up 16 percent of households served by Housing Auth of the County of Northumberland.
There are 419 female-headed renter households living in Housing Auth of the County of Northumberland housing. Households headed by females are 70% of those served by the Housing Auth of the County of Northumberland.
| Black | 30 |
| White | 503 |
| Hispanic | 66 |
There are 299 households headed by seniors served by the Housing Auth of the County of Northumberland. Senior households are 50% of households in Housing Auth of the County of Northumberland housing.
There are 149 persons with disabilities living in Housing Auth of the County of Northumberland housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 25% of households served by the Housing Auth of the County of Northumberland.
The Housing Auth of the County of Northumberland 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.
100 Nottingham Dr, Elysburg, Pennsylvania 17824
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You may have an opportunity to apply for a VASH voucher, which is a Section 8 voucher for homeless veterans.Rose Carr says:
"Affordable Housing Online is a great resource to finding Section 8 waitlists that are open!"