Description:
Description:
Brewer 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. Brewer Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 154 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Brewer Housing Authority administered a total of 133 Section 8 Vouchers. Brewer Housing Authority currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Brewer Housing Authority is located at 15 Colonial Circle Suite 1, Brewer, ME, 04412 and serves the city of Brewer. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Brewer Housing Authority at, (207) 989-7551 for more information about coverage area and program availability.
Established in 1972, the Brewer Housing Authority owns and operates 154 public housing units, administers 133 Section 8 Vouchers for Housing & Urban Development and 25 to 30 Housing Choice Vouchers for other Public Housing Authorities, and is the management agent of the Dirigo School Apartments. The Housing Authority offers Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency Programs as well as offering the Housing Choice Voucher Program Homeownership Option.
Brewer is a city in Penobscot County, Maine. It is part of the Bangor, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is named after its first settler, Colonel John Brewer. The population was 8,987 at the 2000 census.
Brewer is the sister city of Bangor, Maine. The two are on opposite sides of the Penobscot River and are connected by three bridges.
The mission of the Housing Authority of the City of Brewer is to assist low-income families with decent, safe and affordable housing opportunities as they strive to achieve self-sufficiency and improve the quality of their lives. The Housing Authority is committed to operating in an efficient, ethical, and professional manner. The Housing Authority will create and maintain partnerships with its clients and appropriate community agencies in order to accomplish this mission.
Current Status | Active |
Size of Brewer Housing Authority compared nationally | Large |
Last Updated | 04/12/2014 |
Total Numbers of Communities | 1 |
Total numbers of Administered Section 8 Voucher | 133 |
Total numbers of Administered Public Housing Units | 154 |
Waiting list for the Brewer Housing Authority is currently | Open |
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 Penobscot County, ME:
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Population: | 153,414 |
Persons Per Household: | 2.34 |
Housing Units in Multi-units Structure: | 22.9% |
Homeownership Rate: | 66.9% |
Housing Units: | 73,907 |
Yearly Income Per Person: | $23,895 |
Median Household Income: | $43,734 |
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