This housing agency serves Somersworth, New Hampshire.
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The Somersworth Housing Authority (SHA) is currently accepting Public Housing waiting list applications for families and senior/disabled individuals.The SHA offers one Public Housing community with 169 units for families and senior/disabled individuals.There are two ways to apply:1. Visit the SHA to pick up an application, located at 9 Bartlett Ave., Somerworth, NH 03878, during normal office hours.2. Download the application here, then print and complete.Once the application has been completed, it must be hand delivered to the address listed above, on Tuesdays or Thursdays between the hours of 9:00 am and 3:00 pmBe sure to include these original documents with your application: birth certificates, social security cards, and photo IDs for all adult household members.No preferences were noted.More information can be found by visiting the SHA website at http://www.somersworthhousing.org, or by calling 603-692-2864 during normal office hours.
Somersworth Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 352 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
25 Bartlett Avenue, Somersworth, NH
Visit Website — (603) 692-2864Somersworth Housing Authority serves 331 low-income households. The agency manages 356 Housing Choice Vouchers and 0 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 73 percent of households served by Somersworth Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 97 percent of Somersworth Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 76 households and make up 23 percent of households served by Somersworth Housing Authority.
There are 241 female-headed renter households living in Somersworth Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 73% of those served by the Somersworth Housing Authority.
Black | 3 |
Asian-Pacific Islander | 3 |
White | 308 |
Hispanic | 13 |
There are 132 households headed by seniors served by the Somersworth Housing Authority. Senior households are 40% of households in Somersworth Housing Authority housing.
There are 92 persons with disabilities living in Somersworth Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 28% of households served by the Somersworth Housing Authority.
The Somersworth Housing Authority is rated as a high 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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