Tarpon Springs Housing Authority has 224 apartments of Public Housing. 129 of these are for families, 95 are for elderly or persons with a disability. Currently there is a long wating list to get into an apartment. You may be eligible for preference points described below to move up on the waiting list.
Who is Eligible: Public Housing is limited to low-income families and individuals. Your eligibility is 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. If you are eligible, we will check your references to make sure you and your family will be good tenants. We will deny admission to any applicant whose habits and practices may be expected to have a detrimental effect on other tenants or on the project's environment. We use income limits developed by HUD. Income limits vary from area to area so you may be eligible at one Housing Authority but not at another.	Selection Prefereces: You may receive a point for each of the following: 1.Homeless, living in a shelter 2.Local, living in Tarpon Springs 3.Working, at least 20 hours/week Preferences for you and/or your family will be verified during the application process.
APPLICATION Click the link below for an application, print it out, fill it in and mail it to us at: Tarpon Springs Housing Authority 500 S. Walton Ave. Tarpon Springs, FL 34689 Housing Application Application Things You Should Know	How Much Rent Will I Pay? Generally, you will pay 30% of your gross adjusted annual income toward rent. Your rent will be determined using a formula based on your family's anticipated gross annual income less deductions, if any. HUD regulations allow HAs to exclude a number of allowances from annual income. Based on your application, the HA representative will determine if any of the allowable deductions should be subtracted from your annual income. Annual income is the anticipated total income from all sources received from the family head and spouse, and each additional member of the family 18 years of age or older. Our minimum rent is $50 and our average rent is $150.