Rental Programs
Housing
Choice Voucher Programs
The housing
authority provides approximately 5 million dollars annually in
rental assistance in Clatsop,Tillamook and Columbia counties.
The wait time for rental assistance is approximately 2 years.
Pre-applications can be requested by calling, faxing or
e-mailing. Our waiting list is open. Pre-applications go on
the waiting list as to date and time received. When funding is
available applications are pulled in date order. If you are
requesting an application and live outside our jurisdiction
you will automatically be placed on the Clatsop County
list.
The housing authority
manages when available Family Unification Vouchers.
These vouchers are designated specifically for use by families
who have active cases through the Department of Human Services
(DHS) Child Welfare Division. Eligible families must need
adequate housing to keep their children from being placed in
foster care or returned from foster care.
NOHA has when available vouchers designated
specifically for persons with disabilities under 62 years of
age. Five of these are designated to individuals who qualify
for a 1915 Waiver through the DHS Disabled Services. These
vouchers provide housing to an individual who is disabled and
receiving services from DHS, leaving a hospital or nursing
home setting and returning to their local community.
NOHA was awarded a grant from HUD to fund a
Family Self-Sufficiency Program. The purpose of the program is
to help participants in the rental assistance program become
self-sufficient. Participants must sign a 5 year contract
designed to get them back to work or to a higher level of pay
by developing job and related skills. We currently have 50
slots.
The housing authority
administers Moderate Rehabilitation (Mod-Rehab) subsidies
for the Astor Apartments in downtown Astoria. The 66 unit
rehabbed hotel has studio and 1 bedroom units. The housing
authority pays subsidies on 59 of the units.
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