This housing agency serves Covington, Tennessee.
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The Covington Housing Authority (CHA) is currently accepting Public Housing waiting list applications for families and senior/disabled individuals.The CHA offers one Public Housing community with 244 units for families and senior/disabled individuals.To apply, visit the CHA to pick up an application, located at 1701 Shoaf St., Covington, TN 38019, from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm CDT, Monday-Friday.Once the application has been completed, you must call the CHA to schedule an application interview at (901) 476-6135, from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm, Monday-Friday.Be sure to include these documents with your application: Birth certificates, Social Security Cards, proof of all income, and photo IDs for all adult household members.The CHA does have a preference point system that may improve your spot on the waiting list: homeless, displaced by government action, displaced by a natural disaster, veteran, elderly, or disabled.For more information, call the CHA office at (901) 476-6135, from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm, Monday-Friday.
Covington Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 244 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher programs.
1701 Shoaf Street, Covington, TN
(901) 476-6135Section 8 Application Checklist
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Covington Housing Authority serves 246 low-income households. The agency manages 0 Housing Choice Vouchers and 246 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 87 percent of households served by Covington Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 96 percent of Covington Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 44 households and make up 18 percent of households served by Covington Housing Authority.
There are 201 female-headed renter households living in Covington Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 82% of those served by the Covington Housing Authority.
| Black | 177 |
| White | 66 |
| Hispanic | 5 |
There are 51 households headed by seniors served by the Covington Housing Authority. Senior households are 21% of households in Covington Housing Authority housing.
There are 44 persons with disabilities living in Covington Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 18% of households served by the Covington Housing Authority.
The Covington Housing Authority is rated as a high performer by HUD.
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