Fairfield Metropolitan Housing Authority

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Open: Fairfield Metropolitan Housing Authority Public Housing

The Fairfield Metropolitan Housing Authority (FMHA) is currently accepting public housing waiting list applications for families.Please Note: The FMHA does not have a senior public housing program.The FMHA offers 96 three bedroom homes scattered in seven sites.To apply for public housing please follow this link for the online application.Once the application has been submitted, you will receive a confirmation number. Please write that number down for future reference.The FMHA does have a preference point system that may improve your spot on the waiting list: living and/or working in Fairfield, enrolled in a disaster program, veteran, emancipated minor, homeless, or a working family.More information can be found by visiting the FMHA website at http://www.fairfieldmha.org/, or by calling 740-653-6618 during normal office hours.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (740)653-6618.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Fairfield Metropolitan Housing Authority Section 8 Voucher

Please note: The Fairfield Metropolitan Housing Authority covers Fairfield County, OH.
The Fairfield Metropolitan Housing Authority (FMHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last opened for nearly three week in July 2015, and before that for two months in May 2014.


Fairfield County, OH is 25 miles southeast of Columbus, OH.


To apply, prospective applicants must have visited the FMHA website to complete the online pre-application. The pre-application was available online only. Pre-applications were available in English and Spanish.


Once the application has been completed, the applicant received a confirmation number. It is important to write this number down and keep it in a safe and easy to access area.


The FMHA identified the following preferences: No fault termination, veteran, youth emancipated from foster care. For further explanation of these preferences, view the FMHA public notice here.


Qualified applicants were placed onto the waiting list by random lottery, after sorting prefereces.


For more information, visit the FMHA HCV waiting list page, or call (740) 653-6618.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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About Fairfield Metropolitan Housing Authority

315 North Columbus Street, Lancaster, OH | Visit Website | (740) 653-6618

Fairfield Metropolitan Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 1,106 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by Fairfield Metropolitan Housing Authority is located in Fairfield County, OH.

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