This housing agency serves Smith County, Alba, Mineola, Palestine, Texas.
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This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental housing assistance in Smith County, and the Cities of Alba, Mineola, and Palestine, Texas.
The City of Tyler Housing Agency (CTHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted on a limited basis for one day only, on December 30th, 2019. This marks the third time that the CTHA has opened a Housing Choice Voucher waiting list since 2009.
According to the CTHA, applications were only being accepted for, "applicants who live or work in Smith County."
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
This waiting list had the following preferences:
150 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the CTHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the City of Tyler, Texas website.
City of Tyler Housing Agency provides affordable housing for up to 1,008 low- and moderate-income households through its public housing programs.
900 West Gentry Parkway, Tyler, TX
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City of Tyler Housing Agency serves 1,052 low-income households. The agency manages 1,022 Housing Choice Vouchers and 0 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 64 percent of households served by City of Tyler Housing Agency. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 89 percent of City of Tyler Housing Agency households.
Working adults head 357 households and make up 34 percent of households served by City of Tyler Housing Agency.
There are 936 female-headed renter households living in City of Tyler Housing Agency housing. Households headed by females are 89% of those served by the City of Tyler Housing Agency.
| Black | 915 |
| White | 116 |
| Hispanic | 21 |
There are 241 households headed by seniors served by the City of Tyler Housing Agency. Senior households are 23% of households in City of Tyler Housing Agency housing.
There are 273 persons with disabilities living in City of Tyler Housing Agency housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 26% of households served by the City of Tyler Housing Agency.
City of Tyler Housing Agency’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list was last opened on December 30, 2019 and closed on December 30, 2019.
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