Rental Assistance Waiting List

The Hancock Metropolitan Housing Authority (HMHA) waiting list for Rental Assistance apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from July 20, 2020 until July 22, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to pick up an application from the HMHA.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Veteran Preference is offered to a family whose head of household or spouse is a veteran or current member of the four branches of U.S. military who was discharged or released from such services for other than dishonorable conditions. A widow/widower of a discharged or released service person for other than dishonorable conditions is also eligible for this preference, if he or she has not remarried. Please provide HMHA with a copy your DD214 when you return your application.
• HMHA also has targeted funding for Non-Elderly Disabled. The head of household, spouse or co-head of household must be income eligible, under the age of 62 and disabled. Families with only a minor child with a disability are not eligible for this funding. Please provide HMHA with a copy of the head of household, spouse or co-head's Social Security disability award letter when you return your application.

It was not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the HMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HMHA public notice, as of July 20, 2020.