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CHECK LIST FOR
PUBLIC HOUSING APPLICATIONS
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Present and previous landlords’ names and addresses
for the past five (5) years.
- If renting on your own, three (3) months’ rent
receipts or Welfare Vendor Letter.
- If rent does not include utilities, a computer printout
of utilities. You can call the customer service number on your bills. This is
for gas and electric only.
- If you are living with someone, a NOTARIZED LETTER from
the person you are staying with stating the address, how long you have been
staying there, and the amount of room and board you are paying, if any.
- Verification of all income: TAFDC/EAEDC, SSI/Social
Security, pension, ten consecutive pay stubs, child support, unemployment, etc.
- Documentation of Assets: bank books, stocks, bonds, CDs,
trusts, and any real estate.
- INS documentation regarding immigration status.
- Birth certificates and social security cards for
everyone on the application.
- Verification of job training or full-time student status
(college or higher).
- Two written reference letters from professional people
not related to you who can attest to your character. They must state how they
know you, how long, and why they feel you would be a good tenant for housing.
- Credit report that has been done within the part year /www.annualcreditreport.com.
MEDICAL INFORMATION
- If a couple or any other member of the family needs to
have a separate bedroom, a doctor’s letter is required.
- If a handicapped apartment is needed, a letter from a
doctor is required.
- If the applicant or any member of the family CANNOT
climb stairs, a doctor’s letter is required.
- If you are living in conditions that are life
threatening and this is your own apartment, verification is needed from the
Board of Health.
- If a child under the age of seven (7) years old has lead
paint poisoning, a letter from a doctor is required stating the lead level of
the child, along with documentation from the Board of Health stating the
residence where you are now living has lead.
DEDUCTION INFORMATION
- If you are paying any health insurance or other medical
expenses, verification is needed to give deductions in figuring your rent.
- If you are a worker or a full-time student, proof of
childcare expenses is needed if the child is under thirteen (13) years old.
- If you are paying child support, verification is needed.
CLAIMING HOMELESSNESS
- Letter from the shelter, motel or social service agency
stating they have placed you either in a shelter or a motel.
- Self-declaration letter written by you stating how, why,
and when you became homeless.
- Detailed Housing Search. NOTE: Housing search is NOT
needed when applying for Voucher Choice Program (Section 8).
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CHECK LIST FOR
VOUCHER CHOICE APPLICATIONS (SECTION 8)
GENERAL INFORMATION
- If renting on your own, three (3) months’ rent
receipts.
- If rent does not include utilities, a computer printout
of utilities. You can call the customer service number on your bills. This is
for gas and electric only.
- If your are living with someone, a NOTARIZED LETTER from
the person you are staying with stating the address, how long you have been
staying there, and the amount of room and board you are paying, if any.
- Verification of all income: TAFDC/EAEDC, SSI/Social
Security, pension, ten consecutive pay stubs, child support, unemployment, etc.
- INS documentation regarding immigration status.
- Birth certificates and social security cards for
everyone on the application.
CLAIMING HOMELESSNESS
- Letter from the shelter, motel or social service agency
stating they have placed you either in a shelter or a motel.
- Self-declaration letter written by you stating how, why,
and when you became homeless.
- Detailed Housing Search. NOTE: Housing search is NOT
needed when applying for Voucher Choice Program (Section 8).
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