Housing Authority of Columbus Georgia

Waiting Lists

Housing Authority of Columbus Georgia Public Housing is open.
Project-Based Rental Assistance Project-Based is open.
The Banks at Mill Village, 1, 2 and 3-Bedroom Project-Based is open.
Columbus, Georgia Section 8 Voucher is closed.

Learn more about Housing Authority of Columbus Georgia.

Open: Housing Authority of Columbus Georgia Public Housing

The Housing Authority of Columbus, Georgia (HACG) waiting list for Public Housing apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least May, 2019, until further notice.

To apply during the opening period. print the application that is available online. Scroll down to the "Downloads" section, and select the "Application For Affordable Housing" and "Instructions when returning your application(s)" links.

Once the application has been completed, it must be hand delivered to one of the Public Housing properties on the days and times listed here.

For more information, visit the HACG website.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (706) 571-2800.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Open: Project-Based Rental Assistance Project-Based

The Housing Authority of Columbus, Georgia (HACG) waiting list for Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least May, 2019, until further notice.

To apply during the opening period, print the application that is available online. Scroll down to the "Downloads" section, and select the "Section 8 Rental Assistance" and "Instructions when returning your application(s)" links.

Once the application has been completed, it must be hand delivered to one of the offices listed here.

For more information, visit the HACG website.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (706) 571-2800.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Open: The Banks at Mill Village, 1, 2 and 3-Bedroom Project-Based

The Housing Authority of Columbus Georgia (HACG) waiting list for 1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments for The Banks at Mill Village is currently open.

The HACG is accepting applications for this waiting list from February 1, 2023, until further notice.

There are three ways to apply during the opening period:

Complete the online application.
Complete an application in person at HACG office, located at 1146 Martin Luther King Blvd, Columbus, GA 31906 , from 8:00 am, until 5:00 pm ET.
Call (706)-571-2873 to complete an application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It is not yet known how selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the HACG website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACG website on February 10, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other Project Based rental assistance in Columbus, Georgia.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (706) 571-2800.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Columbus, Georgia Section 8 Voucher

The Housing Authority of Columbus Georgia (HACG) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from May 20, 2024, until May 24, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

The maximum income limits for each household size were as followed:

1 Persons $24,700 | 5 Persons $38,100
2 Persons $28,200 | 6 Persons $40,900
3 Persons $31,750 | 7 Person $43,750
4 Persons $35,250 | 8 Persons $46,550

This waiting list had the following preferences:

First Priority: Families of federally declared disasters who are eligible for the program.
Second Priority: Families who are considered to be displaced if they are required to vacate housing as a result of federal, state, or local government action related to code enforcement, public improvement, or development programs. This includes families who have been Section 8 Project-based Voucher residents at properties converted to Section 8 housing assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (“RAD”) program and who were relocated to Public Housing or Project-based Rental Assistance as a result of improvements being made to those properties.
Third Priority: Families who are residing in a qualified census tract that is in a proposed redevelopment area.
Fourth Priority: Families who are residing in properties undergoing a Rental Assistance Demonstration conversion who are being displaced as a result of modernization activities and/or those that are at 60% and up to 80% Area Median Income and are considered over income for tax credit properties.
Fifth Priority: Families who are currently utilizing a project-based voucher and wish to convert it to a tenant-based voucher under the mobility option. HACG will use the Alternative Mobility option which allows up to 75% of the current year turnover of project-based vouchers to be converted to tenant-based vouchers.

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, weighed by order of preferences.

To apply while the waitlist was open, applicants were require to call the HACG.

For more information, visit the HACG website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACG Public Notice on May 3, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Columbus, Georgia.

Last Updated on 05/24/2024.

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About Housing Authority of Columbus Georgia

1146 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Columbus, GA | Visit Website | (706) 571-2800

Housing Authority of Columbus Georgia provides affordable housing for up to 4,137 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..

In addition, Housing Authority of Columbus Georgia offers other programs for eligible households, including:

Family Self-Sufficiency
Moving to Work
Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV)
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)
Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by Housing Authority of Columbus Georgia is located in:

Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.

Office Hours

Open today from 8:00am to 5:00pm ET.

Day	Hours
Monday	8:00am-5:00pm
Tuesday	8:00am-5:00pm
Wednesday	8:00am-5:00pm
Thursday	8:00am-5:00pm
Friday	8:00am-5:00pm
Saturday	Closed
Sunday	Closed