Kingsport Housing And Redevelopment Authority

The Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority has closed the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list for Greene, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington Counties in Tennessee. The waiting list is not currently accepting new applications.

Contact Information:
Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority
700 Shelby Street
Kingsport, TN 37660
Phone: (423) 246-6116
TTY: 711

Contact the housing authority directly for information about when the waiting list may reopen.

The Wayland Place I and II waiting list was open from February 1, 2025, to February 28, 2025. Applications were accepted online and at the Kingsport Housing And Redevelopment Authority office.

The Kingsport Housing And Redevelopment Authority (KHRA) Eastern Eight Community Development Corporation waiting list for apartments at Bristol Caverns Apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted on July 28, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note: According to the KHRA, this waiting list is for "Elderly, Disabled, or families enrolled in supportive services."

This opening is for the following properties:

• Wayland Place I (Mountain City)
  • Elderly, Disabled, or families enrolled in supportive services
• Wayland Place II (Mountain City)
  • Elderly, Disabled, or families enrolled in supportive services
• Bristol Caverns Apartments (Bristol, TN)
  • Disabled families

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

This waiting list may have had any of the following preferences:

• Preference for involuntarily displaced families (ref. 4-III.G): Families who have been involuntarily displaced because of an act(s) of God/natural disaster, i.e. fire, flood, tornado etc., which occurred no more than six (6) months from the date of certification and have not secured permanent replacement housing. (20 points)
• Preference for victims of domestic violence: The KHRA will offer a local preference to families that have been subjected to or victimized by an affiliated individual within 90 days of application and/or preference request. Applicants requesting protections of VAWA will be required to provide appropriate documentation. (20 points)
• Preference for Elderly/Disabled/Veterans: (5 points)a. 62 years old or older; orb. Meeting the HUD definition of disabled as defined in Section 223 of the Social Security Act; orc. Veterans of any branch of the United States military or merchant marine currently serving or separated with DD214 release from activity duty under honorable conditions.
• Preference for Substandard Housing/Homelessness: Currently residing in sub-standard housing such as housing that lacks functioning plumbing, heating or electrical systems, and/or which is structurally unsound to the extent that the housing envelope does not adequately prevent incursion by precipitation, or is in imminent danger of collapse. (5 points)

For more information, visit the KHRA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the KHRA on July 29, 2021.