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HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE

NOTICE OF TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF APPLICATIONS FOR SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

  Effective September 10, 2007, the taking of applications for the Section 8 housing programs will be temporarily suspended until further notice. Applications already on the Waiting List will be honored in the usual manner.

AUTORIDAD DE VIVIENDAS PÚBLICAS DE LA CIUDAD DE BROWNSVILLE

AVISO DE SUSPENSIÓN TEMPORAL DE SOLICITUDES PARA LOS PROGRAMAS DE VIVIENDA DE SECCIÓN 8.

  A partir del día 10 de septiembre del 2007, el procedimiento de tomar solicitudes para los programas de viviendas sección 8 será temporalmente suspendido hasta próximo aviso. Las solicitudes que se encuentran en la lista de espera serán procesadas de la manera que acostumbramos.

Brownsville Housing Authority
P.O. Box 4420
Brownsville TX, 78523

(956) 541-8315
Fax : (956) 541-7860

Section 8 Housing :

Section 8 Housing - This type of affordable housing is based on the use of subsidies, the amount of which is geared to the tenant's ability to pay. The subsidy makes up the difference between what the low-income household can afford, and the contract rent established by HUD for an adequate housing unit. Subsidies are either attached to specific units in a property (project-based), or are portable and move with the tenants that receive them (tenant-based). The Section 8 program was passed by Congress in 1974 as part of a major restructuring of the HUD low-income housing programs. Section 8 was created to permit federal housing assistance to go for construction or rehabilitation of new low-income housing or to subsidize existing housing. 

			BrightIdea! Bring all your necessary documents with you when you apply. These include your social security card, birth certificate, pay stubs or records from social programs such as Lone star, and welfare.