Description:
Description:
Benton Harbor Housing Commission is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Benton Harbor Housing Commission manages several funded programs and has a total of 398 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Benton Harbor Housing Commission administered a total of 201 Section 8 Vouchers. Benton Harbor Housing Commission currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Benton Harbor Housing Commission is located at 721 Nate Wells Sr. Dr., Benton Harbor, MI, 49022 and serves the city of Benton Harbor. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Benton Harbor Housing Commission at, (269) 927-3546 for more information about coverage area and program availability.
Our Mission:
To provide quality management of government assisted residential housing in a manner that will ensure optimum success of each resident and the property in which they live; and ever-improving work environment for our employees; a model of excellence in the community in which we work.
Our Shared Vision
BHHC will be the premier PHA in the government-assisted housing industry; premier to our residents in service and accountability; premier to our fellow employees; premier to the government agencies that we serve; a model of excellence in the community in which we work.
We are dedicated to excellence and strive for excellence in all we do. We continually work to improve the level of provided residential service; to improve our resident and community relations; and to attain outstanding levels of financial performance for the assets that we manage.
Our Goals
Our Guiding Principals are essential to our agency goals. Our residents and future residents and their needs are the key ingredient of our effort. We strive to anticipate, understand and meet our residents' and future residents' needs and expectations. We continually work to improve the level of service provided.
To provide decent, safe, sanitary, in good repair, affordable housing for the residents of Benton Harbor, Michigan.
| Current Status | Active |
| Size of Benton Harbor Housing Commission compared nationally | Large |
| Last Updated | 04/12/2014 |
| Total Numbers of Communities | 6 |
| Total numbers of Administered Section 8 Voucher | 201 |
| Total numbers of Administered Public Housing Units | 398 |
| Waiting list for the Benton Harbor Housing Commission 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 Berrien County, MI:
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| Population: | 155,233 |
| Persons Per Household: | 2.51 |
| Housing Units in Multi-units Structure: | 17.6% |
| Homeownership Rate: | 72.1% |
| Housing Units: | 76,524 |
| Yearly Income Per Person: | $24,013 |
| Median Household Income: | $43,633 |
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