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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• Priority I: Arlington residents who were recently displaced from their last residence by documented
government action through no fault or negligence of their own, or were recently displaced from their last
residence due to fire, flood, earthquakes or federally declared and recognized natural disaster.
• Priority II: Applicants who are non-residents and meet one of the preference requirements under Priority I.
• Priority III: Applicants who are Arlington residents themselves, or who have a family member who works
or have been hired to work in the Town of Arlington.
• Standard Applicants: All others.
Priority I applicants are serviced first, Priority II applicants second, Priority III applicants third, and standard
applicants last. This priority system can only be implemented by the AHA only after it has complied with HUD
requirements for the adoption of these priorities. HUD requires also housing authorities to target extremely low-
income applicants (those with household incomes 30% or less than the Area Median Income). The AHA can waive
the priority system for extremely low-income applicants to meet HUD requirements. In some cases, when HUD
awards a Housing Authority program funding for a specified category of families on the Waiting List, the AHA
must select applicant families in the specified category.