Municipality of Arecibo provides affordable housing for up to 928 low- and moderate-income households through its public housing programs.
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Municipality of Arecibo serves 737 low-income households. The agency manages 933 Housing Choice Vouchers and 0 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 65 percent of households served by Municipality of Arecibo. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 81 percent of Municipality of Arecibo households.
Working adults head 250 households and make up 34 percent of households served by Municipality of Arecibo.
There are 670 female-headed renter households living in Municipality of Arecibo housing. Households headed by females are 91% of those served by the Municipality of Arecibo.
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There are 103 households headed by seniors served by the Municipality of Arecibo. Senior households are 14% of households in Municipality of Arecibo housing.
There are 44 persons with disabilities living in Municipality of Arecibo housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 6% of households served by the Municipality of Arecibo.
Section 8 vouchers can be moved to another area.
Once certain conditions are met, a Section 8 voucher may be transferred to another area (known as "porting").Shirley Toran says:
"Affordable Housing Online is very good at keeping me informed on new and future dates for waiting list applications."