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Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority is a housing authority that participates in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing, Family Self-Sufficiency, Moderate Rehabilitation, Homeownership, and Family Unification Program (FUP) programs.
Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority serves Alexandria.
Due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, some waiting list openings may be postponed until further notice. Visit the housing authority's website for the latest on its current operations, if one is available. If there is no information online, contact the housing authority directly. Due to a high volume of calls and modified office hours in most areas, it may take days or weeks to get a response.
Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority Website: https://www.arha.us/.
Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority Phone: (703) 549-7115.
COVID-19 Update: As of December 17, 2020, the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority statement can be found here.
How To Apply to the Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List
The Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA) Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from June 1, 2020, until June 2, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
Please note: This waiting list was only for individuals/family member(s) who have non-elderly (under age 62) disabled household member(s) who is/are:
There were two ways to apply during the opening period:
Once the application was completed, it was either:
This waiting list had the following preferences:
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the ARHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the ARHA, as of June 1, 2020.
Service Area
This waiting list is for rental assistance in Alexandria, Virginia.
Last Updated on 11/29/2020.
How To Apply to the Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List
The Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from January 11, 2021, until January 13, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
The maximum income limits have not yet been confirmed.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the ARHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the ARHA public notice on December 21, 2020.
Service Area
This waiting list is for rental assistance in Alexandria, Virginia.
Last Updated on 01/13/2021.
How To Apply to the Public Housing Waiting List
The Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA) waiting list for Public Housing apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from January 11, 2021, until January 13, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
The maximum income limits have not yet been confirmed.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the ARHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the ARHA public notice on December 21, 2020.
Service Area
This waiting list is for rental assistance in Alexandria, Virginia. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Last Updated on 01/13/2021.
How To Apply to the Senior and Disabled Public Housing Waiting List
The Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA) Elderly/Disabled Public Housing waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from September 4, 2018, until September 28, 2018. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
The Elderly/Disabled Public Housing program offers efficiency and 1-Bedroom units.
There were four ways to apply during the opening period:
Once the paper application has been completed, it must have been mailed to the ARHA office.
This waiting list had the following preferences: The Elderly, Persons with Disabilities, Persons Who Live or Work Locally, and Working/Employed.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the ARHA website.
Last Updated on 09/09/2019.
How To Apply to the Other Waiting List
The Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA) Affordable Market Rate Housing waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from May 1, 2019, until September 9, 2019. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
There were two ways to apply during the opening period:
For more information, visit the ARHA website.
Last Updated on 05/27/2020.
More information about Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority can be found on its website at https://www.arha.us/.
Representatives of Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority may be available by phone at (703) 549-7115. Unless otherwise noted above, applications will not be provided or accepted by phone.
As of 01/16/2021, it is not known if Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority is either absorbing or billing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher portability requests for porting in. Learn more about porting Housing Choice Vouchers to a new area here.
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority manages 1,466 active Housing Choice Vouchers.
The following is a summary of the types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of December 31st, 2019:
Standard | Homeownership | Family Unification | Tenant Protection | Ported Out | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vouchers | 1,201 | 18 | 34 | 65 | 148 |
Monthly Cost Per Voucher | $1,196 | $1,049 | $1,348 | $1,221 | $1,270 |
Monthly Cost | $1,436,333 | $18,879 | $45,826 | $79,334 | $187,977 |
According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 13% having issued approximately 109 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 8 years and 6 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 51 months on the waiting list1.
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.2 persons and has a household income of $17,734 per year. 96% of households were very low income (VLI) and 79% were extremely low income (ELI). 47% of households had wages as a major source of income, 1% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 50% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
2% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 47% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 27% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 24% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 1% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.
40% of households included children, 3% of which had two adults in the household. 33% of households with children have a female head of household. 75% of all households were headed by a female.
92% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 82% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 16% include at least one person with a disability. 24% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 50% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
42% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 41% with 2 bedrooms and 17% with 3 or more bedrooms. 10% 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 Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $492 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $1,067. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $184.
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.