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West Palm Beach Housing Authority

The West Palm Beach Housing Authority (WPBHA) is a public agency that was established in 1938 after the original Housing Act of 1937 became law. The agency was the ninth housing authority created in the State of Florida. The WPBHA was established to provide safe, decent and affordable housing to individuals and families with limited financial resources. The WPBHA owns and operates the Conventional Housing Program and owns 712 public housing units under this program. The WPBHA also administers 2600 vouchers through the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Our agency consistently works to enhance the quality of life for our residents by offering them educational, self-sufficiency and recreational activities.

Currently, West Palm Beach Housing Authority is not taking applications for Section 8 or Public Housing. Our waiting list is closed.

We do not have a definite date of when the list will be opened again. However, when the waiting list is open there will be an advertisement in the Palm Beach Post’s Classified

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Low Income Housing Public Housing

The agency owns and operates 712 public housing units. The WPBHA was established to provide safe, decent and affordable housing to individuals and families with limited financial resources. The WPBHA owns and operates the Conventional Housing Program and owns 712 public housing units under this program. There are five housing developments: Dunbar Village, South Ridge, Pleasant City, Twin Lakes and Robinson Village.

Dunbar Village

Dunbar Village was built in 1940 and includes 246 units.  Dunbar was built for West Palm Beach's low-income African American communities. Dunbar Village is one of the first housing projects in the state of Florida. It was named for the African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar.

 
Robinson Villa
Dunbar Village Public Housing
 

Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV)

The Housing Choice Voucher Program is the Federal Government’s major program to assist very low-income families rent decent, safe and sanitary housing in the private market. The program replaces the former Section 8 certificate and voucher program. [read more]

TWIN LAKES
ROBINSON VILLAGE
SOUTHRIDGE
   
West Palm Beach Housing Authority offers many programs to its residents.
   
  Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS)
  Family Self-Sufficiency Program (FSS)
  Elder Services
  Youth Services
  Section 8 Voucher Homeownership Program

Dunbar Village Revitalized

Part of the redevelopment will take place in Dunbar Village, which is full of history, will celebrate the new community of historic elements with memorials of prominent historical figures. This new "Green" neighborhood will feature mixed income rentals at Affordable Market Rate becoming a 90% Rental Community of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)

Hours of Operation
Monday through Friday
8:00 - 4:30 ( except for Holidays)
  West Palm Beach Housing Authority
1715 Division Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33407-6289
Ph (561) 655-8530 Fx (561) 832-8962
info@wpbha.org
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Last Updated on August 13, 2008
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