Harris County Housing Authority Explained

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.

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] 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]

External links

Notes and References

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