Harris County Housing Authority

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Harris County Housing Authority (HCHA) is the low-income housing and public housing authority of Harris County, Texas in Greater Houston. Its headquarters are in southern Houston. [1] It mainly serves areas outside of Houston, as the Houston Housing Authority serves that city.

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In 2017, due to a decrease in the federal government budgets funding housing choice vouchers, it canceled some and stopped the issuance of new ones. [2]

Public housing

The HCHA has eight senior housing properties owned and/or operated by the agency. [3] As of 2018 four of them are in the Texas State Highway 249/Farm to Market Road 1960 area. [4] These include (and are located in unincorporated areas unless otherwise specified): [3]

The HCHA owns and/or operates a single housing complex for families, Waterside Court, in an unincorporated area in northwest Harris County, [3] in the SH249/1960 area. [4] It has 118 housing units. Residents of this property are in the Aldine Independent School District, [3] and are zoned to Keeble Early Childhood/Prekindergarten/Kindergarten (EC/PK/KG) School, [5] Thomas Gray Elementary School, [6] Stovall Middle School, [7] Aldine 9th Grade School, [8] and Aldine High School. [9]

References

  1. "Contact Us". Harris County Housing Authority. Retrieved 2019-01-01. 8933 Interchange Drive, Houston TX 77054
  2. Zaveri, Mihir (2017-04-28). "Harris County agency freezes issuance of new housing vouchers". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Our Properties." Harris County Housing Authority. Retrieved on January 1, 2019. "Waterside Court Address: 503 West Road, Houston, TX 77038"
  4. 1 2 3 4 Hill, Glynn A. (2017-06-27). "Harris County Housing Authority set to open senior facility in Tomball". The Potpourri (Tomball Edition) at the Houston Chronicle . Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  5. "Keeble EC/PK/KG Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine ." Aldine Independent School District. Retrieved on January 1, 2019.
  6. "Gray Elementary Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine ." Aldine Independent School District. Retrieved on January 1, 2019.
  7. "Stovall Middle School Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine ." Aldine Independent School District. Retrieved on January 1, 2019.
  8. "Aldine 9th Grade School Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine ." Aldine Independent School District. Retrieved on January 1, 2019.
  9. "Aldine High School Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine ." Aldine Independent School District. Retrieved on January 1, 2019.