Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)

Citation: Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)
Jurisdiction: Arlington (municipal)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://www.arlingtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/57214/637641171662530000 ↗

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Application Process
Income-eligible households can apply for AHA assistance through the process described below, though the
application may not result in housing assistance for many years. (See Waiting List on page 78.) Applying to live
in AHA housing or receive a housing voucher involves a single, standardized "Preliminary Application,”
administered by the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials.
Only one Preliminary Application is accepted for each family.33 The Preliminary Application requests information
such as the applicant’s name and city or town (where head of household and spouse/partner live and work),
telephone number, total number of family members, head of household's social security number, if the applicant
is 62 years of age or older or disabled, total gross family income, race, and whether the applicant has been
rejected by a participating housing authority in the past.

33 Information in this section is drawn from the Arlington Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher Action Plan, 2019.

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Selection Process
Except for special admissions, AHA tenants and voucher recipients are selected from the Waiting List, under
criteria set forth in the AHA’s Administrative Plan. The AHA places families on the Waiting List according to
priority, and those families are selected according to lottery number within their priority category. The AHA’s
priorities are defined as follows: