RESIDENCY PREFERENCES

Veteran

• I am a veteran or surviving spouse of a veteran who has served in any branch of the United States Armed Forces and has been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions or general discharge.  NOTE: Documentation must be attached such as a current Veterans Benefit letter or DD 214.

Geographical Location

Tenant Selection 

• It is the WCHA’s policy that an application does not guarantee admission.
• Income Targeting will be granted to applicants who are otherwise eligible and who, at  the time they are certified for admission, meet the requirements.
• Any move-in mandated by court orders related to discretion or Fair Housing and  Equal Opportunity will take precedence.

NOTE: Applicants may not quality for an application if they were an assisted family and  refused to comply with applicable program policies or procedures under the 1937 Housing Act  with respect to the occupancy of under occupied and overcrowded units; or failed to accept a  transfer to another housing unit in accordance with a court decree or in accordance with the  policies and procedures of a HUD approved desegregation plan.

The WCHA will only accept eligible applicants for Wayne & Pike County that quality for  a Residency Preference(s) for waiting list admissions. These applicants will be placed on the  waiting list in order of time and date of the application.

The WCHA will comply with the Income Targeting Requirements set forth in QHWRA,  CFR 982.201 (b) (2).

Family Unification Eligibility Selection: 

• The WCHA has been allocated subsidy for the Family Unification Program. Eligible  families that have been certified by the public child welfare agency that the lack of adequate  housing (a primary factor in the imminent placement of the family’s, child or children, in out-of home care or in the delay of discharge of a child, or children, to the family from out-of-home  care); and the Public Child Welfare Agency (PCWA) has provided written certification to the  WCHA that the family is eligible based upon the criteria established in section 8(x) of the U.S.  Housing Act of 1937 and the Family Unification eligibility requirements will receive this funding.

Wayne County Children and Youth- 570-253-5972

Pike County Children and Youth-     570-296-3446

Residency Preference 

The WCHA will select families based on the following preference. 

1. Applicants who are Veterans serving or have served in any branch of the United States Armed Forces with an honorable or general discharge.  This includes surviving spouse of a Veteran who is now deceased
2. Applicants who live and reside in Wayne or Pike Counties.
3. Applicants who work or have been hired to work in a residency preference area. Graduates of, or active participants in, education and training programs in a residency  preference area may be treated as a resident of the area if the education or training programs are  designed to prepare individuals for the job market.
4. The WCHA has adopted/implemented this residency preference in accordance with  nondiscrimination and equal opportunity requirements listed at 24 CFR 5.105(a).
5. The Residence Preference will not have the purpose or effect of delaying or otherwise  denying admission to the program based on the race, color, sex, religion, disability, handicap,  familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or age of any member of an  applicant family.

Federal or Local Preferences 

The Authority has no policy for Federal or Local preferences.

Special Admissions 

The Authority can assist families who are not on the waiting list when HUD awards  funding that is targeted for specifically-named families. The Authority must use targeted funding  in accordance with the conditions imposed when funds are awarded and accepted.