Socorro County 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. Socorro County Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 110 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Socorro County Housing Authority administered a total of 770 Section 8 Vouchers. Socorro County Housing Authority currently has Section 8 as its program type. Socorro County Housing Authority is located at PO Box 00, Socorro, NM, 87801 and serves the city of Socorro. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Socorro County Housing Authority at, (575)835-0196 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

Socorro County, with 6,626 square miles, ranks third in size among the state's counties. A variety of vegetative types are found in the county, such as ponderosa pine and Douglas fir in the west, piñon-juniper in the northwest and east, and mesquite and creosote bush following the Rio Grande Valley. Irrigated lands are found in the Rio Grande Valley and some grassland appears among the other vegetation.