This housing agency serves Spencer, West Virginia.
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The Housing Authority of the City of Spencer (HACS) is currently accepting Public Housing waiting list applications for families and senior/disabled individuals.The HACS offers one Public Housing community with 109 units for families and senior/disabled individuals.To apply, visit the HACS to pick up an application, located at 601 Market St. # 1, Spencer, WV 25276, from 9:00 am until 11:30 am, Monday-Friday.Once the application has been completed, it can be mailed or hand delivered to the address listed above, from 9:00 am until 11:30 am, Monday-Friday.Be sure to include these documents with your application: birth certificates, Social Security cards, proof of income, child support documentation, and photo IDs for all adult household members.The HACS does not have a preference. Qualified applicants will be placed by date and time the application is received.For more information, the HACS can be reached by calling (304) 927-4181, from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm, Monday-Friday.
Housing Authority of the City of Spencer provides affordable housing for up to 110 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher programs.
601 Market Street, Spencer, WV
(304) 927-4181Section 8 Application Checklist
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Housing Authority of the City of Spencer serves 109 low-income households. The agency manages 0 Housing Choice Vouchers and 109 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 60 percent of households served by Housing Authority of the City of Spencer. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 90 percent of Housing Authority of the City of Spencer households.
Working adults head 18 households and make up 17 percent of households served by Housing Authority of the City of Spencer.
There are 78 female-headed renter households living in Housing Authority of the City of Spencer housing. Households headed by females are 72% of those served by the Housing Authority of the City of Spencer.
| White | 108 |
| Hispanic | 1 |
There are 44 households headed by seniors served by the Housing Authority of the City of Spencer. Senior households are 41% of households in Housing Authority of the City of Spencer housing.
There are 30 persons with disabilities living in Housing Authority of the City of Spencer housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 28% of households served by the Housing Authority of the City of Spencer.
The Housing Authority of the City of Spencer 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.
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It usually takes months or years to reach the top of a Section 8 HCV waiting list. Any apartments you see now will likely not be available when you get your voucher.Vickie Fields-Byrd says:
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