Description

There Are Currently 525 Units Available Under Management by the Housing Authority of Mayfield. These Low-income Housing Units Consist of Section 8, Public Housing, and Low-income Housing Tax Credit Properties. the Housing Authority of Mayfield Serves the Mayfield, Metropolitan Area.

The Housing Authority of Mayfield was organized in March 1960 as a traditional city housing authority, totally dependent upon the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for programs and funding. HUD programs, at this time, discouraged housing authorities form operating non-HUD programs. The people of Mayfield and their civic leaders were content with this arrangement, even though state law allowed housing authorities to do more. In addition to the powers available to the Housing Authority of Mayfield, the Mayfield City Council granted the Housing Authority the City’s urban renewal powers in March 1960.