Apply for Housing

Dear applicant:

 Thank you for your interest in applying for our Multifamily PBRA program.  Before you begin, please read the below eligibility requirements.

•    Income Limits: The following HUD income limits will be used to determine eligibility:

•           Preference Points:  Selection from the waiting list will be based on preference points, then date and time of application. The following preferences are available based on the defined criteria:

 
Homelessness: 20 Points Shall be given to members or families who meet WHA criteria for homelessness: You must be an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, meaning: Has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not meant for human habitation (such as a car, park, abandoned building, condemned building, airport, train station, or bus station), is living in a publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements (including congregate shelters, transitional housing, and hotels and motels paid for by charitable organizations or by federal, state and local government programs), is exiting an institution where (s)he has resided for 90 days or less and who resided in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation immediately before entering that institution, or lacks a verifiable address for the past six months AND is in a situation where more than one family is living overcrowded (more than two people to a bedroom) in a residence. A referral will be required from Piedmont Judicial Specialty Courts, Peace Place Domestic Violence Shelter, Advantage Behavior Health Systems-Jefferson or Winder or North East Georgia Homeless Veteran’s Shelter.

 
Working/ Income Preference: 50 Points Applicants with an adult family member enrolled in an employment training program, currently working for a third party a minimum of twenty (20) hours a week at or above the minimum wage, or attending school on a full-time basis. This preference is also extended equally to all elderly families and all families whose head or spouse is receiving income based on their inability to work.

 Displaced person(s): 25 Points Individuals or families displaced by government action or whose dwelling has been extensively damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster declared or otherwise formally recognized pursuant to Federal Disaster Relief Laws

 
 Veterans: 25 Points shall be given to members of the armed services on active duty or those who served and were discharged with anything other than a dishonorable discharge.  Appropriate proper documentation will be required. (DD214).

Once your application is received you will remain on the waiting list until you are nearing the top of the waiting list. You may check your placement on the waiting list and update your information through our portal.

Thank you for your interest in our program.