Municipality of Mayaguez provides affordable housing for up to 842 low- and moderate-income households through its public housing programs.
Calle Ramón Emeterio Betances #123 Sur, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
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Municipality of Mayaguez serves 678 low-income households. The agency manages 848 Housing Choice Vouchers and 0 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 60 percent of households served by Municipality of Mayaguez. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 81 percent of Municipality of Mayaguez households.
Working adults head 230 households and make up 34 percent of households served by Municipality of Mayaguez.
There are 569 female-headed renter households living in Municipality of Mayaguez housing. Households headed by females are 84% of those served by the Municipality of Mayaguez.
| Hispanic | 678 |
There are 189 households headed by seniors served by the Municipality of Mayaguez. Senior households are 28% of households in Municipality of Mayaguez housing.
There are 115 persons with disabilities living in Municipality of Mayaguez housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 17% of households served by the Municipality of Mayaguez.
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