Public Housing Programs - Senior, Disabled, Family

Low to Moderate-Income (up to 80% area median income for admission)

WHAT IS PUBLIC HOUSING?
Public housing was established to provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Public housing comes in all sizes and types, from scattered single family houses to high rise apartments for elderly families. There are approximately 1.2 million households living in public housing units, managed by some 3,300 housing authorities. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administers Federal aid to the Wayland Housing Authority (WHA) and other local housing agencies that manage the housing for low-income residents at rents based on 30% of the gross monthly household income. HUD furnishes technical and professional assistance in planning, developing and managing these developments.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Public housing is limited to low and moderate-income families and individuals. The WHA determines an applicant's eligibility based on: 1) annual gross income; 2) whether the applicant qualifies as elderly, a person with a disability, or as a family; and 3) U.S. citizenship or eligible immigration status. If an applicant is eligible, the WHA will check references as an indicator that the applicant will be good tenants. The WHA may deny admission to any applicant whose recent criminal record and/or habits and practices may be expected to have a detrimental effect on other tenants or on the housing's environment.

The WHA uses income limits developed by HUD. The WHA sets the lower income limits at 80% and very low income limits at 50% of the median income for Boston/Cambridge metropolitan area. 

Wayland Housing Authority Public Housing

Key Contact: Lynn Poisson - Phone (508) 655-6310 x10; E-Mail lpoisson@waylandhousing.com

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