This housing agency serves Kittitas County and Yakima County, Washington.
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Closed: Yakima and Kittitas County, Washington Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List | Learn More |
Closed: Yakima and Kittitas County, Washington Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List | Learn More |
Open Until Further Notice: Family Housing Other Project Based Waiting List | Learn More |
Open Until Further Notice: Farmworker Housing Other Project Based Waiting List | Learn More |
Open Until Further Notice: Elderly/Disabled Housing Other Senior and Disabled Waiting List | Learn More |
This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental housing assistance in Yakima and Kittitas County, Washington.
The Yakima Housing Authority (YHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from September 1, 2024, until September 30, 2024. Before that, it was open in August 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.
This waiting list had the following preferences:
100 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the YHA Section 8 Housing page, or the YHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the YHA public notice on August 10, 2024.
The Yakima Housing Authority (YHA) Mainstream (Non-Elderly Disabled) Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It is not known when this waiting list was last open, or when it will reopen.
Please note: Eligible families must include at least one household member who is over the age of 18, but no more than 62 years of age, and who has a disability.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
This waiting list had the following preferences: Live or Work Locally; Displaced Victims of Domestic Violence.
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 YHA Section 8 Housing page, or the YHA website.
The Yakima Housing Authority (YHA) waiting list for Family Housing apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least December, 2018, until further notice.
There are two ways to apply during the opening period:
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
For more information, visit the YHA Family Housing page, or the YHA website.
The Yakima Housing Authority (YHA) waiting list for Farmworker Housing apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least December, 2018, until further notice.
There are two ways to apply during the opening period:
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
For more information, visit the YHA Farmworker Housing page, or the YHA website.
The Yakima Housing Authority (YHA) waiting list for Elderly/Disabled Housing apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least December, 2018, until further notice.
There are two ways to apply during the opening period:
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
For more information, visit the YHA Elderly & Disabled Housing page, or the YHA website.
Yakima Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 1,032 low- and moderate-income households through its public housing programs.
Monday | 9:00am-5:30pm |
Tuesday | 9:00am-5:30pm |
Wednesday | 9:00am-5:30pm |
Thursday | 9:00am-5:30pm |
Friday | Closed |
Saturday | Closed |
Sunday | Closed |
810 North 6th Avenue, Yakima, WA
Visit Website — (509) 453-3106Yakima Housing Authority serves 1,063 low-income households. The agency manages 1,313 Housing Choice Vouchers and 0 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 74 percent of households served by Yakima Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 95 percent of Yakima Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 233 households and make up 22 percent of households served by Yakima Housing Authority.
There are 775 female-headed renter households living in Yakima Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 73% of those served by the Yakima Housing Authority.
Black | 53 |
Native American | 43 |
Asian-Pacific Islander | 11 |
White | 648 |
Hispanic | 308 |
There are 318 households headed by seniors served by the Yakima Housing Authority. Senior households are 30% of households in Yakima Housing Authority housing.
There are 276 persons with disabilities living in Yakima Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 26% of households served by the Yakima Housing Authority.
The Yakima Housing Authority is rated as a standard performer by HUD.
HUD rates the performance of Public Housing Agencies. The department looks at physical condition of properties, financial condition, management operations, and use of Public Housing Capital Funds for improvements.
Yakima Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list was last opened on September 1, 2024 and closed on September 30, 2024.
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