This housing agency serves Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
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The Pottsville Housing Authority is currently accepting public housing waiting list applications for families and senior/disabled individuals.This housing authority offers six communities ranging in size from studios to 5 bedrooms, for families and senior/disabled individuals.To apply for public housing, you must call the housing authority to make an appointment at 570-628-2702 between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, Monday-Friday.This housing authority does have a preference point system that may improve your spot on the waiting list: involuntarily displaced by government action or by fire, or a natural disaster, city worker, enrolled in job or educational training program, elderly, disabled, veteran, victim of domestic violence, or victim of a hate crime.More information can be found by visiting the housing authority website at http://www.pottsvillehousing.net/, or by calling 570-628-2702, during normal office hours.
Pottsville Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 946 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
410 Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA
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Pottsville Housing Authority serves 747 low-income households. The agency manages 371 Housing Choice Vouchers and 488 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 66 percent of households served by Pottsville Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 90 percent of Pottsville Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 164 households and make up 22 percent of households served by Pottsville Housing Authority.
There are 493 female-headed renter households living in Pottsville Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 66% of those served by the Pottsville Housing Authority.
| Black | 60 |
| Asian-Pacific Islander | 7 |
| White | 650 |
| Hispanic | 37 |
There are 291 households headed by seniors served by the Pottsville Housing Authority. Senior households are 39% of households in Pottsville Housing Authority housing.
There are 209 persons with disabilities living in Pottsville Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 28% of households served by the Pottsville Housing Authority.
The Pottsville Housing Authority is rated as a standard 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.
Housing options for immigrants.
Some housing programs do not have a citizenship requirement, such as Low-Income Housing Tax Credit apartments.Judy Robinson Fiebiger says:
"Affordable Housing Online is an awesome website. It sure helps a lot of people who have financial issues."