who is eligible for public housing?
Public housing is limited to low-income families and individuals. The Housing Authority determines your eligibility based on: 1) annual gross income; 2) whether you qualify as elderly, a person with a disability, or as a family; and 3) U.S. citizenship or eligible immigration status.
To be eligible for public rental housing assistance, the combined gross weekly assessable income of the applicant, partner and co-applicants (not the householders) must be below the Housing Authority's limits.
Some housing authorities have a requirement that a person must be either 18years of age, a custodial parent if under 18, or legally emancipated by a courtin order to be eligible for public or subsidized housing. In some states, minorsunder 18 cannot be held to the terms of their leases.