This housing agency serves Ithaca, New York.
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The Ithaca Housing Authority is currently accepting public housing waiting list applications for families and senior/disabled individuals.This housing authority offers, two apartment communities with 235 units, dedicated to senior/disabled individuals, and three apartment communities with 106 units for families, all are located throughout Ithaca. For more information about each community, please follow this link.There are three ways to obtain a public housing waiting list application:1. Request that an application be mailed to you, by calling 607-273-8629, during normal office hours.2. Stop by the housing authority office to pick up an application, located at 800 South Plain St., Ithaca, NY 14850.3. Download an application here, to print, and complete.Once the application has been completed, it can be mailed or hand delivered to 800 South Plain St., Ithaca, NY 14850. Please be sure that the application is fully completed, and that all questions have been answered.This housing authority does have a preference point system that may improve your spot on the waiting list as: disabled.More information can be found by visiting the housing authority website at http://www.ithacaha.org/, or they can be reached with any questions you may have by calling 607-273-8629, during normal office hours.
Ithaca Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 1,374 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
798 South Plain Street, Ithaca, NY
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Ithaca Housing Authority serves 1,258 low-income households. The agency manages 1,093 Housing Choice Vouchers and 209 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 77 percent of households served by Ithaca Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 94 percent of Ithaca Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 339 households and make up 27 percent of households served by Ithaca Housing Authority.
There are 893 female-headed renter households living in Ithaca Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 71% of those served by the Ithaca Housing Authority.
| Black | 264 |
| Native American | 13 |
| Asian-Pacific Islander | 50 |
| White | 830 |
| Hispanic | 101 |
There are 452 households headed by seniors served by the Ithaca Housing Authority. Senior households are 36% of households in Ithaca Housing Authority housing.
There are 377 persons with disabilities living in Ithaca Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 30% of households served by the Ithaca Housing Authority.
The Ithaca 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.
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