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Section 8 housing in New Jersey

Learn who to contact as well as where apply for the New Jersey Section 8 housing program. Low income individuals or families, senior citizens as well as the disabled can receive help for paying rent on approved homes, apartments, and housin

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New Jersey Section 8 housing

Learn who to contact as well as where apply for the New Jersey Section 8 housing program. Low income individuals or families, senior citizens as well as the disabled can receive help for paying rent on approved homes, apartments, and housing. There are also other forms of housing assistance as well as self-sufficiency from the New Jersey Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program near you. Learn more on how to apply for emergency or long term housing choice vouchers as well as find public housing authorities near you below.

The federal government Housing and Urban Development Department works with the state of New Jersey as well as private sector landlords or property developers to run the section 8 housing voucher program. The state then works with the non-profit housing agencies below to administer the program to the working poor and low income. A focus is on families with children as well as senior citizens. Emergency section 8 is also offered in New Jersey. Applications are needed for section 8 vouchers, and they can be done either online or in person at a PHA office.

When an individual is accepted into the state of New Jersey program (note that there is often a waiting list) then they will be able to use the housing vouchers to pay a portion of their rent (or even monthly mortgage payment). The vouchers need to be used only at section 8 approved units, including apartments, homes, houses or other properties in the private market. The homes and program is income based. It requires the tenant to continue to pay some money as well for their housing. The total amount of rent that they need to pay for their New Jersey home or apartment will be capped at around 30% of their total household income.

So this will allow the home to be much more affordable by the individual who is part of the section 8 program. Call a public housing authority in New Jersey near you, listed below, to apply for emergency section 8 or regular vouchers. Or look online at their websites. More information on how to apply, the waiting lists as well as emergency section 8 and the requirements are at the PHA.

Local public housing authorities in New Jersey for section 8 near you

Name, Phone, Fax, Email

Physical Address

Asbury Park Housing Authority

Phone: (732)774-2660

Fax

(732)774-0643

Email

1000 1/2 3RD Avenue

ASBURY PARK

NJ, 07712

Housing Authority and Urban Redevelopment Age

Phone: (609)344-1107

Fax

(609)344-1015

Email

227 N VERMONT Avenue

ATLANTIC CITY

NJ, 08401

Bayonne Housing Authority

Phone: (201)339-8700

Fax

(201)436-0995

Email

549 AVENUE A BAYONNE NJ, 07002

Berkeley Housing Authority

Phone: (732)269-2312

Fax

(732)269-7709

Email

  • Frederick Drive

Bayville NJ, 08721

Belmar Housing Authority

710 8TH Avenue Phone: (732)681-1795

Fax

(732)530-1739

Email

BELMAR NJ, 07719

Warren County Housing Authority

Phone: (908)475-3989 x3

Fax

(908)475-8637

Email

415 Front Street Belvidere NJ, 07823

Beverly Housing Authority

Phone: (609)387-0250

Fax

(609)387-7349

Email

101 MAGNOLIA Street BEVERLY NJ, 08010

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP HA

Phone: (973)680-4189

Fax

(973)680-4510

Email

  • Municipal Plaza

Bloomfield NJ, 07003

Boonton Housing Authority

Phone: (973)335-0846 x6

Fax

(973)335-0955 125 Chestnut Street Boonton NJ, 07005

Email

Brick Housing Authority

Phone: (732)920-9400 x111

Fax

(732)920-7604

Email

165 Chambers Bridge Road

Brick Town

NJ, 08723

Bridgeton Housing Authority

Phone: (856)451-4454

Fax

(856)451-0226

Email

110 E. Commerce Street Bridgeton NJ, 08302

Burlington Housing Authority

Phone: (609)386-0246

Fax

(609)386-2465

Email

800 WALNUT Street BURLINGTON NJ, 08016 Housing Authority of the City of Camden Phone: (856)968-2700

Fax

(856)968-2754

Email

2021 Watson Street CAMDEN NJ, 08105

Cape May Housing Authority

Phone: (609)884-8703

Fax

(609)884-9028

Email

639 LAFAYETTE Street

CAPE MAY

NJ, 08204

Carteret Housing Authority

Phone: (732)541-6800

Fax

(732)541-2867

Email

  • ROOSEVELT Avenue

CARTERET NJ, 07008

Borough of Clementon Housing Authority

Phone: (856)784-1134

Fax

(856)784-1324

Email

  • GIBBSBORO Road

CLEMENTON NJ, 08021

Cliffside Park Housing Authority

Phone: (201)941-0655

Fax

(201)941-4038

Email

500 GORGE Road

CLIFFSIDE PARK

NJ, 07010

Clifton Housing Authority

City Hall

Phone: (973)470-5846

Fax

(973)471-1837

Email

Clifton NJ, 07013

Collingswood Housing Authority

Phone: (856)854-1077

Fax

(856)854-8283

Email

  • WASHINGTON Avenue

COLLINGSWOOD NJ, 08108

Gloucester County Housing Authority

Phone: (856)845-4959

Fax

(856)348-9044

Email

100 POP MOYLAN Boulevard

DEPTFORD NJ, 08096

Dover Housing Authority

Phone: (973)361-9444

Fax

(973)361-6204

Email

215 E BLACKWELL Street

DOVER NJ, 07801

East Orange Housing Authority

Phone: (973)766-8896 x20

Fax

(973)766-8797

  • Glenwood Avenue Suite 304A

EAST ORANGE

NJ, 07018

Email

Edgewater Housing Authority

Phone: (201)943-6000

Fax

(201)943-0416

Email

300 UNDERCLIFF Avenue EDGEWATER NJ, 07020

Edison Housing Authority

Phone: (908)561-2525

Fax

(908)561-7517

Email

  • Rev. Samuel Carpenter Boulevard

Edison NJ, 08820

Union County Housing Authority

Phone: (732)382-8100

Fax

(732)382-7800

Email

  • Elizabethtown Plaza 5th Floor

Elizabeth NJ, 07207

Elizabeth Housing Authority

Phone: (908)965-2400

Fax

(908)965-0026

Email

688 MAPLE Avenue ELIZABETH NJ, 07202

Englewood Housing Authority

Phone: (201)871-3451

Fax

(201)871-5908

Email

111 WEST Street ENGLEWOOD NJ, 07631

Hunterdon County Division of Housing

Phone: (908)788-1336

Fax

(908)806-4896

Email

P.O. Box 2900 Flemington NJ, 08822

Florence Housing Authority

Phone: (609)499-0575

Fax

(609)499-0888

Email

620 W. Third & Eyre Street Florence NJ, 08518

Fort Lee Housing Authority

Phone: (201)947-7400

Fax

(201)947-9710

Email

1403 TERESA Drive

FORT LEE

NJ, 07024

Freehold Housing Authority

107 Throckmorton Street

Phone

Freehold

Fax

NJ, 07728

Email

Monmouth County PHA

Phone: (732)431-6000 x6175

Fax

(732)577-5710

Email

3000 Kozloski Road Freehold NJ, 07728

Collaborative Support Programs of NJ

Phone: (732)780-1175 x4201

Fax

(732)780-8977

Email

  • Spring Street

Freehold NJ, 07728

Community Enterprises Corporation

Phone: (732)780-1175 x33

Fax

(732)780-8977

Email

  • Spring Street

Freehold NJ, 07728

Garfield Housing Authority

Phone: (973)340-4170

Fax

(973)772-7804

  • DANIEL P CONTE Court

GARFIELD NJ, 07026

Email

Glassboro Housing Authority

Phone: (856)881-5211

Fax

(856)696-0481

Email

181 Delsea Manor Drive

Glassboro NJ, 08028

Gloucester City Housing Authority

Phone: (856)456-5772 x131

Fax

(856)456-6894

Email

101 MARKET Street

GLOUCESTER CITY

NJ, 08030

Guttenberg Housing Authority

Phone: (201)861-0900

Fax

(201)861-4521

Email

6900 Broadway Guttenberg NJ, 07093

Hackensack Housing Authority

Phone: (201)342-4280

Fax

(201)342-5044

Email

  • First Street

Hackensack NJ, 07061

Housing Authority of Bergen County

Phone: (201)336-7600

Fax

(201)336-7660

Email

One Bergen County Plaza

Hackensack NJ, 07601

Hamilton Township HA

Phone: (609)890-3677

Fax

(609)890-3525

Email

2090 Greenwood Avenue Hamilton NJ, 08650

Harrison Housing Authority

Phone: (973)483-1488 x12

Fax

(973)483-4277

Email

Harrison & Schuyler Avenue

Harrison NJ, 07029

Highland Park Housing Authority

Phone: (732)572-4420

Fax

(732)985-6485

Email

242 S 6TH Avenue

HIGHLAND PARK

NJ, 08904

Highlands Housing Authority

215 SHORE Drive Phone: (732)872-2022

Fax

(732)291-8743

Email

HIGHLANDS NJ, 07732

Hightstown Housing Authority

Phone: (609)448-2268

Fax

(609)426-9440

Email

131 ROGERS Avenue HIGHTSTOWN NJ, 08520

Hoboken Housing Authority

Phone: (201)798-0370

Fax

(201)798-0164

Email

400 HARRISON Street HOBOKEN NJ, 07030

Irvington Housing Authority

Phone: (973)375-2121

Fax

(973)375-4581

Email

101 UNION Avenue IRVINGTON NJ, 07111

Housing Authority City of Jersey City

Phone: (201)706-4638

Fax

(551)256-7740 400 U.S. Highway #1 (Marion Gardens)

Jersey City

NJ, 07306

Email

Garden State Episcopal CDC

Phone: (201)209-9301

Fax

Email

514 Newark Ave

Jersey City

NJ, 07306

Keansburg Housing Authority

Phone: (732)787-6151 x10

Fax

(732)787-5204

Email

CHURCH KEANSBURG NJ, 07734

Lakewood Township Residential Assistance Prog

Phone: (732)367-0660 x22

Fax

(732)367-6645

Email

600 West Kennedy Boulevard

Lakewood NJ, 08701 Housing Authority of the Township of Lakewood Phone: (732)364-1300 x109

Fax

(732)367-3299

Email

317 SAMPSON Avenue LAKEWOOD NJ, 08701

Housing Authority City of Linden

Phone: (908)298-3820 x203

Fax

(908)298-6990

Email

1601 DILL Avenue LINDEN NJ, 07036 Housing Authority of the Borough of Lodi Phone: (973)470-3650 x15

Fax

(973)778-1429

Email

  • BROOKSIDE Avenue

LODI NJ, 07644

Long Branch Housing Authority

Phone: (732)222-3747

Fax

(732)222-7501

Email

Garfield Court

Long Branch

NJ, 07740

Madison Housing Authority

Phone: (973)377-0258

Fax

(973)377-5237

Email

  • Central Avenue

MADISON NJ, 07940

Manville Housing Authority

325 Main Street Phone: (908)725-8943 x111

Fax

(908)231-8620

Email

Manville NJ, 08835 Housing Authority of the Township of Middleto Phone: (732)671-2990

Fax

(732)671-4828

Email

  • OAKDALE Drive

MIDDLETOWN NJ, 07748

Millville Housing Authority

Phone: (856)825-8860 x1004

Fax

(856)825-5283

Email

1153 Holly Berry Lane

MILLVILLE NJ, 08332

Buena Housing Authority

Phone: (856)697-4852

Fax

(856)697-2642

Email

600 CENTRAL Avenue MINOTOLA NJ, 08341

Montclair Housing Authority

Phone: (973)509-4936

Fax

(973)509-4946 205 Claremont Avenue Montclair NJ, 07042

Email

Morristown Housing Authority

Phone: (973)538-6343

Fax

(973)292-4191

Email

  • Early Street

Morristown NJ, 07960

Morris County Housing Authority

Phone: (973)540-0389

Fax

(973)540-1914

Email

  • KETCH Road

MORRISTOWN NJ, 07960

Neptune Housing Authority

Phone: (732)774-7692

Fax

(732)774-9456

Email

1810 Alberta Avenue Neptune NJ, 07753

Middlesex County

Phone: (732)745-3025

Fax

(732)745-4117

Email

Administration Building

New Brunswick

NJ, 08910

New Brunswick Housing Authority

Phone: (732)745-5157 x301

Fax

(732)253-7799

Email

  • Van Dyke Avenue

NEW BRUNSWICK

NJ, 08901

Newark Housing Authority

Phone: (973)273-6600

Fax

(973)273-6636

Email

500 Broad Street NEWARK NJ, 07102

Newton Housing Authority

Phone: (908)859-0122 x102

Fax

(908)454-8267

Email

  • LIBERTY Street

NEWTON NJ, 07860

North Bergen Housing Authority

Phone: (201)868-8605

Fax

(201)295-3098

Email

6121 GRAND Avenue

NORTH BERGEN

NJ, 07047

Ocean City Housing Authority

204 Fourth Street

Phone

Ocean City

Fax

NJ, 08226

Email

Old Bridge Housing Authority

Phone: (732)607-6383

Fax

(732)679-0894

Email

2000 Route 18 North

Old Bridge

NJ, 08857 Housing Authority of the City of Orange Phone: (973)675-1250

Fax

(973)675-6843

Email

340 THOMAS Boulevard ORANGE NJ, 07050 Housing Authority of the City of Passaic Phone: (973)365-6330 x6759

Fax

(973)365-0017

Email

  • Aspen Place

Passaic NJ, 07055

Paterson Housing Authority

Phone: (973)345-5650

Fax

(973)977-9085

  • VAN HOUTEN Street

PATERSON NJ, 07505

Email

Penns Grove Housing Authority

Phone: (856)299-0101

Fax

(856)299-6736

Email

Penn Towers South

Penns Grove

NJ, 08069

Township of Pennsauken Housing

Phone: (856)665-1000 x145

Fax

(856)488-1198

Email

5605 N. Crescent Blvd. Pennsauken NJ, 08110

Perth Amboy Housing Authority

Phone: (732)826-3110

Fax

(732)826-3111

Email

881 Amboy Avenue

Perth Amboy

NJ, 08862

Phillipsburg DCD

Phone: (908)454-5500 x342

Fax

(908)213-9214

Email

120 Filmore Street Phillipsburg NJ, 08865

Phillipsburg Housing Authority

Phone: (908)859-0122 x102

Fax

(908)454-8267

Email

530 HECKMAN STREET PHILLIPSBURG NJ, 08865

Plainfield Housing Authority

Phone: (908)769-6335 x605

Fax

(908)753-2232

Email

510 E FRONT Street

PLAINFIELD NJ, 07060

Pleasantville Housing Authority

Phone: (609)646-3023

Fax

(609)272-1405

Email

168 North Main Street

PLEASANTVILLE NJ, 08232

Princeton Housing Authority

Phone: (609)924-3448

Fax

(609)924-1663

Email

  • Redding Circle

PRINCETON NJ, 08540

Rahway Housing Authority

165 E Grand Avenue

Phone: (732)499-0066

Fax

(732)499-0070

Email

Rahway NJ, 07065 Housing Authority of the Borough of Red Bank Phone: (732)741-1808 x104

Fax

(732)741-0104

Email

  • EVERGREEN Terrace

RED BANK

NJ, 07701

Salem Housing Authority

Phone: (856)825-8860 x1004

Fax

(856)935-5290

Email

205 7TH Street SALEM NJ, 08079

Sayreville Housing Authority

Phone: (732)721-8044

Fax

(732)721-0062

Email

650 Washington Road Sayreville NJ, 08872

Secaucus Housing Authority

Phone: (201)867-2957

Fax

(201)867-9113 700 COUNTY Avenue SECAUCUS NJ, 07094

Email

Franklin Housing Authority

Phone: (732)545-9430 x10

Fax

(732)545-3667

Email

  • PARKSIDE Street

SOMERSET NJ, 08873

Somerville Housing Authority

Phone: (908)725-2300

Fax

(908)725-2859

Email

  • West End Avenue

Somerville NJ, 08876

South Amboy Housing Authority

Phone: (732)721-1831 x10

Fax

(732)721-0377

Email

250 S BROADWAY

SOUTH AMBOY

NJ, 08879

Summit Housing Authority

Phone: (908)273-6413

Fax

(908)273-3618

Email

512 SPRINGFIELD Avenue SUMMIT NJ, 07901 N.J. HSG. AND MORTGAGE FINANCE AGCY Phone: (609)278-7616

Fax

(609)278-1173

Email

637 South Clinton Avenue

Trenton NJ, 08650

STATE OF NJ DEPT. OF COMM. AFFAIRS

Phone: (609)633-6204

Fax

(609)633-8084

Email

101 South Broad Street

Trenton NJ, 08625

Trenton Housing Authority

Phone: (609)278-5042

Fax

(609)599-9827

Email

875 NEW WILLOW Street

TRENTON NJ, 08638

Union Township Housing Authority

Phone: (973)761-0059

Fax

(973)761-0086

Email

1976 Morris Avenue Union NJ, 07083

Union City Housing Authority

3911 KENNEDY Boulevard Phone: (201)864-1515 x114

Fax

(201)864-7163

Email

UNION CITY

NJ, 07087

Vineland Housing Authority

Phone: (856)691-4099

Fax

(856)691-8404

Email

191 W CHESTNUT Avenue

VINELAND NJ, 08360

Passaic County Public Housing Agency

Phone: (973)881-4370

Fax

(973)684-0317

Email

155 Willowbrook Boulevard Suite 100 Wayne NJ, 07470

Weehawken Housing Authority

Phone: (201)348-4188

Fax

(201)348-4457

Email

525 GREGORY Avenue WEEHAWKEN NJ, 07086

West New York Housing Authority

Phone: (201)868-6100

Fax

(201)868-3393 6100 ADAMS Street

WEST NEW YORK

NJ, 07093

Email

West Orange Housing Authority

Phone: (973)325-4107

Fax

(973)325-1197

Email

  • Main Street

West Orange

NJ, 07052

Haddon Housing Authority

Phone: (856)854-3700

Fax

(856)854-7122

Email

  • WYNNEWOOD Avenue

WESTMONT NJ, 08108

Wildwood Housing Authority

Phone: (856)265-6207

Fax

(609)729-4168

Email

3700 NEW JERSEY Avenue

WILDWOOD NJ, 08260

Woodbridge Housing Authority

Phone: (732)634-2750

Fax

(732)634-8421

Email

800 B BUNNS LANE

WOODBRIDGE NJ, 07095 Atlantic City Housing Authority - They also cover the County too Type: Low Rent and Section 8, Code: NJ014

227 N Vermont Avenue

Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Phone: (609) 344-1107 Fax: (609) 344-1015 The local community action agency is another source of financial help as well as job or credit programs. They assist with section 8 applications, provide details on homeless prevention or mortgage help, as well as emergency financial aid. Find additional

Atlantic County Human Resources

New Jersey programs to help with rent and bills.

Warren County HA

Type: Section 8, Code: NJ102 415 Front Street Belvidere, NJ 07823 Phone: (908) 475-3989 Fax: (908) 475-8637 The Public Housing Authority has other resources too and what section 8 recipients can get as well. As many adults or families who get housing choice vouchers also need food, utility bill help, and more. Contact the PHA to learn about other Warren County assistance programs.

Burlington HA

Type: Low-Rent, Code: NJ020 and Type: Section 8, Code: NJ215 800 Walnut Street Burlington, NJ 08016 Phone: (609) 386-0246 Fax: (609) 386-2465 There is also a waiting list. Get details online. Expedited and emergency section 8 is also offered. Or use the voucher to pay a mortgage, rent on a section 8 approved apartment, and other guidance. Find how to get other help in Burlington County rent assistance programs.

Camden HA

Type: Low Rent and Section 8, Code: NJ010 2021 Watson Street Camden, NJ 08105 Phone: (856) 968-2700 Fax: (856) 964-8610 Non-profit agencies, charities, government programs and others can accept applications for additional financial aid, including rent, in Camden County New Jersey. Call the public housing authorities for information on expedited or priority section 8 vouchers, homeless shelters, self-sufficiency and other social services. Learn more on Camden County rent help.

Gloucester County HA

Type: Low Rent and Section 8, Code: NJ204

100 Pop Moylan Boulevard

Deptford, NJ 08096 Phone: (856) 845-4959 Fax: (856) 348-9044 Working poor, seniors, the disabled and even single adults can apply for section 8 housing. Or they can get help from charities and non-profits in Gloucester County. Call the PHA for more details.

Edison HA

Type: Low Rent and Section 8, Code: NJ043

  • Rev. Samuel Carpenter Boulevard

Edison, NJ 08820 Phone: (908) 561-2525 Fax: (908) 561-7517 They operate section 8 homes in Middlesex County as well as public housing. A waiting list is often used. Also inquire at the PHA for other social services.

Union County HA

Type: Section 8, Code: NJ113

  • Elizabethtown Plaza 5th Floor

Elizabeth, NJ 07207 Phone: (908) 527-4227 Fax: (908) 352-3980 Approved tenants, who apply for income based homes, can use section 8 to pay the rent or even a mortgage. The Public Housing Authority has details on this process. Get energy bill help, section 8 housing choice vouchers, and other aid. More Union County NJ rent assistance and housing programs.

Monmouth County

Type: Section 8, Code: NJ881 PO Box 3000 Freehold, NJ 07728 Phone: (732) 431-6027 Fax: (732) 431-6267 Call the non-profit for details on section 8 waiting lists. Use the voucher for rent or mortgages. The list is generally open every several months, but it is demand driven. More Monmouth County rent assistance programs in New Jersey.

Gloucester City and County HA

Type: Low-Rent, Code: NJ218 101 Market Street Gloucester City, NJ 08030 Phone: (856) 456-5772 Fax: (856) 456-6894 The low income and families in poverty generally benefit from the 30% income based section 8 program. Landlords have homes, condos, apartments, duplexes and other houses for lease. Click here to read more on Gloucester Housing Choice, Section 8, and rent assistance from Gloucester Community Action.

Hightstown HA

Type: Low-Rent, Code: NJ045 131 Rogers Avenue Hightstown, NJ 08520 Phone: (609) 448-2268 Fax: (609) 426-9440 Section 8 tenants (whether families with children or single adults) can use vouchers for a portion of their rent. Or they can inquire into other self-sufficiency at the public housing authority.

Jersey City Episcopal Cdc

and Hudson County Type: Low Rent and Section 8, Code: NJ009 779 Bergen Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07306 Phone: (201) 209-9301 The cost of housing and monthly rent is Un-affordable for many Hudson County families. Immigrants, the working poor, gig economy workers and others often benefit from Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers - the programs help them pay the bills. But there are also legal programs, ESG grants, and other housing resources. Continue with emergency rental assistance Hudson County.

Lakewood Housing Authority and Ocean County

Type: Low Rent and Section 8, Code: NJ054 anf Type: Section 8, Code: NJ214 317 Sampson Avenue Lakewood, NJ 08701 Phone: (732) 364-1300 Fax: (732) 367-3299 There are multiple PHA in Ocean County. This is the largest though for section 8 applications. Or to learn about countywide waiting lists. More on rent assistance in Ocean County.

Middlesex County

Type: Section 8, Code: NJ114

Administration Building

New Brunswick, NJ 08910 Phone: (732) 745-3025 Fax: (732) 745-4117 In addition to the low income Section 8 Housing government programs, apply for help with other bills, including rent. There are charities, non-profits and other financial programs. Find agencies for Middlesex County rent help in New Jersey.

Newark HA and Essex County

Type: Low Rent and Section 8, Code: NJ002 500 Broad Street Newark, NJ 07102 Phone: (973) 273-6600 Fax: (973) 273-6636 Whether long term section 8 housing, or the expedited program, the public housing authority can provide details online or in person. Low income, elderly, and disabled can apply for financial assistance, security deposit help, and other government programs for emergency rent help in Essex County.

North Bergen HA

Type: Low Rent and Section 8, Code: NJ004 6121 Grand Avenue North Bergen, NJ 07047 Phone: (201) 868-8605 Fax: (201) 295-3098 Clients need to also participate in Family Self-sufficiency, or FSS. this helps them address employment, budgeting, and other needs. Locate additional Bergen County rent assistance programs, including more details on using section 8 Housing Vouchers for paying a mortgage or utilities.

Passaic County HA

Type: Section 8, Code: NJ091 401 Grand Street Paterson, NJ 07505 Phone: (973) 881-4370 Fax: (973) 684-0317 Many other charitable rent, housing, and apartments are offered - in addition to section 8. Get help in rent help in Passaic County New Jersey. As low income, families in poverty, and the unemployed have other low income housing resources available to them. Get information on rental programs, as well a section 8 housing choice vouchers.

Pleasantville HA

Type: Low Rent and Section 8, Code: NJ059

156 N Main Street

Pleasantville, NJ 08232 Phone: (609) 646-3023 Fax: (609) 272-1405 Atlantic County New Jersey low income families can get section 8 housing or homes as well as other financial support. Staff from the PHA are a great resource. Many housing, rent, and other programs are offered - inquire into the PHA.

Salem HA

Type: Low Rent and Section 8, Code: NJ058 205 7th Street Salem, NJ 08079 Phone: (856) 935-5022 Fax: (856) 935-5290 The PHA is located at the county seat of Salem County. The non-profit has lists of section 8 qualified landlords and homes in the county. Short term and long term help is offered.

Franklin HA and Somerset County

Type: Low Rent and Section 8, Code: NJ042

  • Parkside Street

Somerset, NJ 08873 Phone: (732) 545-9430 Fax: (732) 545-3667 A regional PHA. Clients can learn about emergency section 8 voucher application process, get lists of approved housing, apply for rent subsidies as well as other support (online or at the office). Priority is for the disabled, elderly, low income (including single moms) and others. More on Somerset County rent help.

Trenton HA and Mercer County

Type: Low-Rent, Code: NJ005

875 New Willow Street

Trenton, NJ 08638 Phone: (609) 278-5042 Fax: (609) 599-9827 The capital area of New Jersey has many low income housing programs. Section 8, income or senior citizen subsidized homes, security deposit help, free legal aid and more. Section 8 housing is but one financial assistance program. Find more rental assistance programs Mercer County.

West New York HA

Type: Low Rent and Section 8, Code: NJ030 6100 Adams Street West New York, NJ 07093 Phone: (201) 868-6100 Fax: (201) 868-3393 This public housing authority is part of Hudson County. Section 8 is often combined with charitable aid, church programs, case management and more. Call the section 8 PHA for requirements as well as details.