This housing agency serves Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
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The Somerset County Housing Authority (SCHA) is currently accepting public housing waiting list applications for families.Please Note: The one bedroom waiting list is currently closed.The SCHA offers one public housing community with 221 units for families and senior/disabled individuals.To obtain a public housing waiting list application, you must visit the housing authority, located at 981 Boswell Heights Dr, Boswell, PA 15531, during normal office hours.Once the application has been completed it can be mailed or hand delivered to the address listed above. Please include these documents with your application: birth certificates, social security cards, proof of all income, photo IDs for all adult household members.This housing authority does have a preference for applicants that live and/or work in Somerset County.For more information the housing authority can be reached by calling (814) 629-7148 during normal office hours.
Somerset County Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 312 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
350 Garrett Avenue, Boswell, PA
(814) 629-5147Section 8 Application Checklist
DownloadKeep track of everything you need to apply for a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher in this printable checklist created by Affordable Housing Online
Somerset County Housing Authority serves 288 low-income households. The agency manages 96 Housing Choice Vouchers and 205 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 66 percent of households served by Somerset County Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 92 percent of Somerset County Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 72 households and make up 25 percent of households served by Somerset County Housing Authority.
There are 192 female-headed renter households living in Somerset County Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 67% of those served by the Somerset County Housing Authority.
| Black | 9 |
| White | 279 |
| Hispanic | 3 |
There are 103 households headed by seniors served by the Somerset County Housing Authority. Senior households are 36% of households in Somerset County Housing Authority housing.
There are 89 persons with disabilities living in Somerset County Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 31% of households served by the Somerset County Housing Authority.
The Somerset County 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.
Section 8 vouchers can be moved to another area.
Once certain conditions are met, a Section 8 voucher may be transferred to another area (known as "porting").Jacqueline Armstrong Sanders says:
"Affordable Housing Online is a great website to search for affordable housing nationwide."