Description:
Description:
Abilene Housing Authority is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Abilene Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 213 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Abilene Housing Authority administered a total of 1,550 Section 8 Vouchers. Abilene Housing Authority currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Abilene Housing Authority is located at 534 Cypress Street, Suite 200, Abilene, TX, 79601 and serves the city of Abilene. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Abilene Housing Authority at, (325) 676-6385 for more information about coverage area and program availability.
The Section 8 tenant-based Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) assistance program is funded by the federal government and administered by the Housing Authority of the City of Abilene for the
jurisdiction in the counties of: Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Kent, Knox, McCulloch, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, Scurry, Shackleford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor and Throckmorton, State of Texas.
The Housing Authority City of Abilene was established in 1968 and empowered with the responsibility and authority to maintain Public Housing Programs for the City of Abilene Texas.
The Housing Authority's mission is to service the housing needs of low-income families in the Authority's jurisdiction in order to enhance self-sufficiency and promote community quality of life and economic viability.
Current Status | Active |
Size of Abilene Housing Authority compared nationally | Large |
Last Updated | 04/12/2014 |
Total Numbers of Communities | 1 |
Total numbers of Administered Section 8 Voucher | 1,550 |
Total numbers of Administered Public Housing Units | 213 |
Waiting list for the Abilene Housing Authority is currently | Closed |
Fair Market Rents are HUD's determination of the average rents in a particular area for each bedroom size. The FMRs are set each year based on the rental rates of unsubsidized units so that participants in HUD programs have equal access for affordable housing. Here are the Fair Market Rents for Taylor County, TX:
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Population: | 135,143 |
Persons Per Household: | 2.56 |
Housing Units in Multi-units Structure: | 19.5% |
Homeownership Rate: | 60.8% |
Housing Units: | 56,338 |
Yearly Income Per Person: | $23,141 |
Median Household Income: | $44,891 |
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