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Descriptions of Programs
The HAGC Waiting List
To qualify for housing assistance, families must meet federal
income limits.
Families are accepted based on the date they apply. It is
important to request an application as soon as possible, and
keep your information up to date.
Low Rent Public Housing
The Low Rent Public Housing program allows the HAGC to offer
affordable, decent, safe, and sanitary housing to families
who meet eligibility criteria. The Housing Authority of Grant
County owns and manages a number of units located in Grant
County. Rent is based on 30% of the family's adjusted monthly
income, less applicable utility allowances.
The Housing Authority owns and manages 17 projects with 217
units. The projects are located in Ephrata – 22 units,
Soap Lake – 26 units, Grand Coulee – 51 units,
Quincy – 39 units, Moses Lake – 44 units, Warden
- 23 units, and Royal City – 12 units.
Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Rental Assistance
Housing Choice vouchers are funded by the Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) to help make decent, safe, and
sanitary housing affordable to low-income families. Rent is
based on 30% of the tenant's adjusted gross income, but may
be slightly higher if the rent of the unit is greater than
the payment standard.
Once a participant is issued a Section 8 voucher, he/she will
look for a suitable dwelling unit to rent. To qualify, a unit
must meet HUD Housing Quality Standards and be available for
rent within the limits of the program. He/she may remain in
the current dwelling if the unit is acceptable under the program
and the property owner will agree to participate.
The Housing Authority has 237 vouchers
FSS Family Self-Sufficiency Program
The Family Self-Sufficiency program (FSS) was established
by section 554 of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990
to encourage communities to develop local strategies for helping
families obtain employment that will lead to economic independence
and self-sufficiency. To participate in FSS, families must
be currently assisted through the Section 8 Housing Choice
Voucher program.
After assessing the needs of families and the training and
employment resources in the community, housing agencies and
other local partners, such as the welfare agency, schools,
and businesses, work together to develop a comprehensive program
that can provide each FSS family with appropriate education,
job training and other services to give the participating
family members skills and experience that will enable them
to obtain employment that pays a living wage. Anytime a family
has an increase in earned income, which causes the rent payment
to increase, that increased amount is paid by the tenant to
the landlord, and an equal amount is deposited in an escrow
account for the family.
Esperanza Migrant Labor
The Housing Authority owns and manages a unique project that
provides housing to temporary agricultural workers. The project
is located in Mattawa and has a total of 40 units. The units
are 8’ x 40’ resembling singlewide mobile homes
in appearance and are furnished with bunk beds, kitchenettes,
air conditioners, and bathrooms with showers. The project
is open from April through November of each year.
Larson Work Force Housing
More than 100 of housing units originally purchased from the
U.S. Government remain owned by the Housing Authority, but
have not been converted to some type of “program”
housing. These units are rented at quasi-market rates. Available
are, single family and duplex, (two, three, and four bedroom
units)
Rural Development Projects
The Housing Authority owns five projects financed
by USDA – Rural Development. Farmworker Larson and Section
8 Larson are in the Larson housing area, Beverly Lane Apartments
is in Quincy, Farmworker Mattawa in Mattawa, and Karen Lane
Apartments in Ephrata. All five projects require income-qualification
and Farmworker Mattawa and Farmworker Larson require agricultural
income.
Tax Credit Projects
The Housing Authority is general partner in ten limited partnerships
and co-general partner in an eleventh, that own projects financed through
the sale of Low Income Housing Tax Credits. The projects Wahluke Village
and Priest Rapids Apartments located in Mattawa, Frenchman Hills Apartments
and Jardin De Rosas located in Royal City, Baird Springs, Beasley Hills and
Dawn Village Apartments located in Ephrata, Capehart-Wherry Apartments and
Pershing Apartments located in the Larson housing area in Moses Lake, and
Pelican Horn Apartments in Moses Lake. Construction and renovation has begun
on Camas Court located in Soap Lake and Moses Lake.
For information and rental applications for any of the tax credit projects
please contact United Marketing 509-667-1266.
Special Needs Projects
There are five units in the Larson housing area for the Developmentally
Disabled.
Also owned are two single-family units in Ephrata, two single-family
units in Grand Coulee, and Balsam Apartments in Moses Lake
for the Mentally Challenged.
These projects are operated with the cooperation of Grant
Mental Healthcare and Directions in Community Living.
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