Description

There Are Currently 552 Units Available Under Management by the Ouachita Parish Police Jury. These Low-income Housing Units Consist of Section 8, Public Housing, and Low-income Housing Tax Credit Properties. the Ouachita Parish Police Jury Serves the Monroe, Metropolitan Area.

Ouachita Parish Police Jury operates the HUD assisted Tenant Voucher Program for its residents throughout Ouachita Parish. Families with income below 50% of the area median income and a few specific categories of families with income up to 80% of the area median income are eligible to participate. These will include families that are already assisted under the 1937 US Housing Act, such as families physically displace by public housing demolition, and owners opting out of project base section eight housing assistance payment (HAP) contracts. HUD determines median income levels for each area annually. The (PHA) housing authority determines if a family's income is eligible by comparing the family's annual income (gross income) with the established very low-income limit for the area. The gross income cannot exceed this amount.