Description:
Description:
Falmouth 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. Falmouth Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 223 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Falmouth Housing Authority administered a total of 319 Section 8 Vouchers. Falmouth Housing Authority currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Falmouth Housing Authority is located at 115 Scranton Avenue, Falmouth, MA, 02540 and serves the city of Falmouth. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Falmouth Housing Authority at, (508) 548-1977 for more information about coverage area and program availability.
Our agency provides housing opportunities through the federal rental housing assistance (Housing Choice Vouchers - also known as Section 8 and DIAL Vouchers) and Massachusetts state housing programs. We also monitor 40b-approved affordable rental and home purchase properties.
Our programs and properties are targeted to assist low, very low, and extremely low-income households. The vast majority of our client households are extremely low-income families, seniors, veterans, persons with disabilities, and formally homeless. Working together with landlords, housing developers, charities and local governments, we strive to provide housing and support services to as many eligible families as possible. This website will be developed to provide service to our applicants, residents, landlords and the community by providing helpful information regarding the housing authority, its policies and procedures, the application, income-calculation and grievance process.
The Mission of the Falmouth Housing Authority is to ensure safe, decent, and affordable housing; create opportunities for residents' self sufficiency and economic independence; and assure fiscal integrity by all program participants.
Current Status | Active |
Size of Falmouth Housing Authority compared nationally | Large |
Last Updated | 04/12/2014 |
Total Numbers of Communities | 2 |
Total numbers of Administered Section 8 Voucher | 319 |
Total numbers of Administered Public Housing Units | 223 |
Waiting list for the Falmouth 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 Barnstable County, MA:
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Population: | 214,914 |
Persons Per Household: | 2.21 |
Housing Units in Multi-units Structure: | 14.5% |
Homeownership Rate: | 79.0% |
Housing Units: | 160,978 |
Yearly Income Per Person: | $36,142 |
Median Household Income: | $60,526 |
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