Island County Housing Authority

7 NW 6th Street
Coupeville, Island County, Washington 98239
(360) 678-4181

Island County Housing Authority is a public housing agency in Coupeville, Washington that participates in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, and Public Housing programs. As of April 20th, 2019, Island County Housing Authority has 1 waiting lists that are open now or opening soon.

The Public Housing Waiting List is open indefinitely.

Island County Housing Authority serves Island County.

Waiting List Statuses

Waiting List	Status
Public Housing	Open Indefinitely
Island County Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher	Closed

Open Island County Housing Authority Waiting Lists

Open Indefinitely: Public Housing Waiting List

The Island County Housing Authority is currently accepting public housing waiting list applications for senior/disabled individuals.

Please Note: This housing authority does not offer a public housing program for families.

This housing authority offers one community with 110 units dedicated to senior/disabled individuals.

There are two ways to apply for public housing:

1. Visit the housing authority to pick up an application, located at 7 NW 6th St, Coupeville, WA 98239, Monday-Thursday during normal office hours.

2. Request an application be mailed to you by calling (360) 678-4181, Monday-Thursday during normal office hours.

Once the application has been completed it can be mailed or hand delivered to the address listed above. Be sure to include copies of these documents with your application: social security cards, proof of income, and photo IDs for all adult household members.

This housing authority does not have a preference: your application is placed by date and time received.

For more information the housing authority can be reached by calling (360) 678-4181, Monday-Thursday during normal office hours.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (360)678-4181.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 05/22/2015.

Other Island County Housing Authority Waiting Lists

Closed: Island County Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Island County Housing Authority (ICHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed.

The ICHA waiting list was last open May, 2015. It was the first time the waiting list was open since March 2009.

Applications were available at the following locations:

Good Cheer and Helping Hands in Langley
Island County Veterans Resource Center in Freeland
Island County Human Services
Senior Services of Island County
Compass Health Whidbey
Sunrise Services
Housing Authority of Island County office in Coupeville
Opportunity Coucil
CADA and the Senior Information and Assistance Center in Oak Harbor
Habitat for Humanity in Freeland and Oak Harbor
North Whidbey, South Whidbey and Camano Community Clinics
Standwood/Camano Senior Center

The Housing Authority administered 274 vouchers which are used to subsidize participants lease payments for privately owned apartments and houses located in the housing authority's jurisdiction.

If an application was received prior or after the April 1 - May 31 deadline, it was not accepted.

Incomplete applications were not accepted, so please read the cover letter. A lottery will be done each week when the housing authority receives its Thursday mail; those people chosen will be put on the waiting list.

Faxed applications were not accepted.

Applications were mailed or dropped off to the ICHA office.

Mailing Address:
  Housing Authority Office
  7 NW Sixth Street
  Coupeville, WA 98239

There were no preferences.

Last Updated on 07/20/2015.

About Island County Housing Authority

More information about Island County Housing Authority can be found on its website at https://www.islandcounty.net/humanservices/HomelessHousing.asp.

HCV Portability Status

As of 04/20/2019, it is not known if Island County 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.

About the Island County Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

As of the most recent VMS report, Island County Housing Authority manages 218 active Housing Choice Vouchers.

The following is a summary of the types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each:

	Standard	Homeownership	Tenant Protection	Ported Out	VASH	Non-Elderly Disabled
Vouchers	162	11	2	6	22	15
Monthly Cost Per Voucher	$576	$703	$425	$1,287	$605	$614
Monthly Cost	$93,383	$7,738	$849	$7,721	$13,307	$9,211

Household Characteristics of Voucher Holders for Island County Housing Authority

Waiting List and Tenancy

According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 7% having issued approximately 30 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 10 years and 3 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 35 months on the waiting list¹.

Income Characteristics

According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 1.8 persons and has a household income of $15,105 per year. 93% of households were very low income (VLI) and 69% were extremely low income (ELI). 28% 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 68% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.

Heads of Household Characteristics

1% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 44% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 26% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 29% 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.

30% of households included children, 5% of which had two adults in the household. 27% of households with children have a female head of household. 79% of all households were headed by a female.

17% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 6% of all heads of households being Black and -1% being Hispanic.

Of all households participating in the Island County Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 37% include at least one person with a disability. 57% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 67% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.

Bedroom Size and Overhousing

19% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 51% with 2 bedrooms and 30% with 3 or more bedrooms. 44% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.

Rent, Assistance, and Utility Allowances

The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Island County Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $389 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $735. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $172.

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.

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