The
Housing
Choice Voucher Program (HCV) 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.
Section
8 Rental Voucher Program
The
Section
8 Rental Voucher Program increases affordable
housing choices for very low-income households
by allowing families to choose privately
owned.
Portable
Housing Choice Voucher
Housing
Choice Voucher assistance is portable
anywhere in the United States, including
Guam, Puerto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii, and the
Virgin Islands.
Section
8 Veterans Housing Voucher Program
Veterans
Housing Voucher program combines an
allocation of Section 8/HCVP rental vouchers
from HUD with Veterans Administration Supportive
Housing (VASH).
West
Palm Beach Housing Authority offers many programs
to its residents.
Palm
Beach County Housing Authority
3432 45th Street
West Palm Beach, FL 33407
561-684-0278
Riviera
Beach Housing Authority
2014 W. 17th Court
Riviera Beach, FL 33404-5002
561-845-7450
Stuart
Housing Authority
611 S.E. Church Street
Stuart, FL 34994
772-287-0496
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
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
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.
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)
The
West Palm Beach Housing Authority offers
business
opportunities by requesting bids from
licensed general contractors. The Contractor
will be responsible for all labor, equipment,
materials and supplies necessary in accordance
with plans and specifications. View WPBHA
Business
Opportunities
Landlord Opportunities
The West Palm
Beach Housing Authority (WPBHA) welcomes
the participation of owners of decent, safe
and sanitary housing. Our objective is to
create a working partnership on behalf of
our clients between the WPBHA and landlord
to offer low income clients affordable housing.
This website is designed to provide prospective
landlords with accurate information
concerning the operation of the program.
Rent To Section
8
To
provide an incentive to private property
owners to rent to lower income families
by offering timely assistance payments,
WPBHA offers landlords to rent
to Section 8 voucher holders.
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