Description:
Description:
Biloxi 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. Biloxi Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 1,068 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Biloxi Housing Authority administered a total of 701 Section 8 Vouchers. Biloxi Housing Authority currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Biloxi Housing Authority is located at 330 Benachi Avenue, Biloxi, MS, 39530 and serves the city of Biloxi. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Biloxi Housing Authority at, (228) 374-7771 for more information about coverage area and program availability.
The Biloxi Housing Authority was created on May 26, 1939. For over 70 years, the Biloxi Housing Authority has been the public housing agency for the citizens of Biloxi, providing safe, decent, sanitary and affordable housing. Originally created to assist veterans returning from World War II, the first development was constructed during the President Franklin D. Roosevelt administration at the East End Homes site on Maple Street, the current location of Cadet Point Senior Village completed in 2007 which is part of the HOPE VI development and was the first multi-family development to be completed in the City of Biloxi post Hurricane Katrina.
The Biloxi Housing Authority started a Section 8 Program in 1995 consisting of 25 mandatory Family Self Sufficiency Vouchers and has grown to a total of 594 Housing Choice Vouchers. The Public Housing and Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher programs collectively assist over 1400 families with housing assistance in the City of Biloxi, Mississippi as of 2010.
The Biloxi Housing Authority's mission is to serve the needs of low-income, very low-income and extremely low-income families in the PHA’s jurisdiction and to:
Increase the availability of decent, safe and affordable housing in its communities
Ensure equal opportunity in housing
Promote self-sufficiency and asset development for families and individuals
Improve community quality of life and economic viability
Current Status | Active |
Size of Biloxi Housing Authority compared nationally | Large |
Last Updated | 04/12/2014 |
Total Numbers of Communities | 18 |
Total numbers of Administered Section 8 Voucher | 701 |
Total numbers of Administered Public Housing Units | 1,068 |
Waiting list for the Biloxi 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 Harrison County, MS:
Mississippi Regional Housing Authority No. VIII
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Population: | 199,058 |
Persons Per Household: | 2.57 |
Housing Units in Multi-units Structure: | 23.6% |
Homeownership Rate: | 61.0% |
Housing Units: | 88,508 |
Yearly Income Per Person: | $22,677 |
Median Household Income: | $43,124 |
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