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) 476-6135Covington 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.
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.
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