There are two waiting lists open now offered by Provo City Housing Authority.
Waiting List | Status |
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Provo City Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher | Open Until Further Notice |
Provo City Housing Authority Public Housing | Open Until Further Notice |
Provo City Housing Authority offers the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs in Provo.
Go to the Utah Section 8 Waiting Lists page or the Utah Public Housing Waiting Lists page for more nearby housing applications.Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Provo City Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program is currently open and accepting applications.
The housing authority has a waiting list preference for person who live or work in Provo, Utah. On the Provo City Housing Authority website they say "the number of qualified Provo resident applicants is so high that non-Provo residents will never reach the top of the waiting list."
This preference does not prohibit non-locals from applying as Federal law allows anyone from anywhere to apply to any Section 8 waiting list in the country. However, if the number of local preference applicants on the waiting list are many, then non-local applicants will effectively never move far enough up the waiting list to receive assistance.
Though the housing authority does not publish on their website how long the waiting list is, reports from users who have spoken to housing authority staff are that the waiting list is 6 to 9 months long.
The Section 8 application is here: http://provohousing.org/pdf/CombinedApplication2011.pdf. The housing authority uses the same application for their public housing properties but maintains a separate HCV waiting lists.
The application will need to be printed out, completed, and mailed back or dropped off at the housing authority office at 650 West 100 North
Provo, Utah 84601.
The housing authority has an informative web page about their waiting list here: http://provohousing.org/waiting-list/.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (801)852-7080.
Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.
Last Updated on 07/17/2017.
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Provo City Housing Authority is currently accepting public housing waiting list applications for families and senior/disabled individuals.Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (801)852-7080.
Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.
Last Updated on 05/22/2015.
Website: http://www.haprovo.com/.
Phone: (801) 900-5672.
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Provo City Housing Authority manages 888 active Housing Choice Vouchers.
The following table summarizes types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of December 31st, 2021:
Standard | Non-Elderly Disabled | |
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Vouchers | 839 | 49 |
Monthly Cost Per Voucher | $576 | $197 |
Monthly Cost | $483,058 | $9,640 |
According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 19% having issued approximately 46 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 5 years and 8 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 15 months on the waiting list1.
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.1 persons and has a household income of $12,906 per year. 96% of households were very low income (VLI) and 77% were extremely low income (ELI). 25% of households had wages as a major source of income, 2% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 69% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
5% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 56% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 18% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 20% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 2% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.
35% of households included children, 9% of which had two adults in the household. 28% of households with children have a female head of household. 61% of all households were headed by a female.
27% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 3% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Provo City Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 27% include at least one person with a disability. 53% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 58% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
38% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 30% with 2 bedrooms and 32% with 3 or more bedrooms. 24% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.
The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Provo City Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $331 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $556. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $82.
1. This Picture of Subsidized Households data field is the average wait time of those who received a voucher in the preceding 12 months. Due to special voucher programs like VASH, recent waiting list purges, or waiting list preferences the average wait time can vary significantly from one year to the next and it is entirely possible many current applicants on the waiting list have been waiting for assistance for far longer.