Summit Housing Authority

The Housing Authority owns and manages 195 low-rent family, elderly, and handicapped housing units. The Summit Housing Authority is also the City of Summit's designated local redevelopment agency and administers the City's Community Development Block Grants Program.

As the City's designated Affordable Housing Administrator, the Housing Authority is responsible for the administrative aspects of the management, development and rehabilitation of affordable lower income housing.

Questions about qualifying for low to moderate housing within Summit, contact the Summit Housing Authority at 908-273-6413.

The Summit Housing Authority does not have a Section 8 housing choice voucher program.
Public housing applications require the following information:
    Current address and contact information for the applicant family
    Names, ages and social security numbers of all people who will reside in the unit
    A complete listing of gross family income from all sources
    A complete listing of all family assets and bank accounts
    For applicants to senior housing, out-of-pocket medical expenses
    For applicants with children under the age of 13, out-of-pocket day care expenses
 
All public housing authorities are required to maintain a waiting list. The waiting list is organized by preferences. Waiting list preferences for the Summit Housing Authority are as follows: Summit residents (families who live or work in Summit) receive a primary preference. For applicants to senior public housing only, resident preference is extended to parents of Summit residents. Secondary preference is given to working families, seniors (62 years of age or older) or families with disabled head-of-household.
 
The waiting list for Summit residents ranges from 1-2 years for a senior unit and 5-10 years for a family unit. For non-resident applicants, the waiting list is approximately 10-15 years.
 
The Summit Housing Authority does not provide emergency shelter services.  Families in need of emergency shelter should contact their local social service agency.