The Gastonia Housing Authority provide permanent housing for very low and extremely low income families through two Section 8 programs: the Housing Choice voucher Program and the Project-based voucher program. Applicants can apply for one or both of the programs, providing the waiting lists are open.
The Housing choice voucher Program provides vouchers to qualified applicants which allow families to locate affordable housing throughout in Gaston County.
The Project-based Voucher Program provides assistance at specific apartment communities in Gaston County. Below are a list of the communities that have project-based voucher assistance provided by the Gastonia Housing Authority.
Cameron Courts
Weldon Heights
Mountain View
The following properties are designated for residents age 62 and older:
Linwood Terrace
Gateway Village
Loftin at Montcross
Dallas High School Apartments (age 62 and older OR age 55 and older AND in need of supportive services)
The following properties are designated for residents who are developmentally disabled AND in need to supportive services.
No. The Gastonia Housing Authority provides permanent housing only. GHA does not provide temporary or emergency housing of any kind.
Emergency housing is only offered through homeless shelters or the Salvation Army. A resource pamphlet titled "Where Are You Sleeping Tonight" has been developed by the City of Gastonia's
Community Development Department and provides information for temporary and/or emergency housing and is available in the Self-Service Resource Center rack located in the Central Office lobby and at each site management office.
The GHA Central Office is located at 340 W. Long Ave., Gastonia, NC 28052. The Central Office staff provides administrative and financial services for the agency. Administrative services staff do not provide direct client services. Direct client services are provided by the public housing site managers and the Section 8 staff.
The Section 8 department is also located at 340 W. Long Ave. Section 8 pre-applications are available in the Self-Service Resource Center rack at this location. The Section 8 department provides all administrative functions from this location.
Public Housing has been transitioned to RAD!
Effective 12/1/17 the Gastonia Housing Authority no longer owns and operates the Public Housing communities of Cameron Courts, Weldon Heights, Mountain View, and Linwood Terrace. All four properties have been sold to a limited partnership and will be managed by Vista Property Management.
These properties will still be subsidized through the Section 8 RAD Project-based Voucher Program. The waiting list for the RAD PBV is closed while the properties are undergoing construction. We anticipate the waiting list will re-open the RAD PBV waiting list around June 2018.
Section 8 pre-application packets are available in the Self-Service Resource Center rack located in the Central Office lobby. These packets should be completed, brought to the Central Office lobby, date stamped with the machine provided in the lobby and dropped in the box in the lobby.
Once your name reaches the top of either waiting list you will be asked to provide additional information such as, birth certificates and social security cards for each member of the applicant household, written verification of all household income, non-certified copies of criminal reports for all family members age 18 or older from any county they have resided in or been arrested in within the past three years.
All Section 8 applications must be time and date stamped and placed in the drop box at the Central Office, 340 W. Long Avenue, to be accepted by GHA. Public housing applications must be given to the site manger at the property where you wish to live.
The application will be reviewed and entered into our computer system for placement on the appropriate waiting list(s) in the order that it was received and ranked according to established preferences. Only complete applications will be entered into our computer to be placed on the waiting list. All incomplete applications will be destroyed.
Assuming that you meet the preliminary requirements, you will be mailed a letter indicating that you have been placed on the waiting list.
This letter does not guarantee that you will be housed, but merely acknowledges that your application has been accepted and placed on the waiting list pending further verification.
No. GHA does not give out information over the telephone regarding position on the Public Housing or Section 8 waiting lists. Copies of the waiting lists are available at the following locations:
a. You can check your position on the waiting list by calling 704-675-7677. Listen to instructions and enter information when prompted.
It is the applicant's responsibility to notify the Gastonia Housing Authority of any changes in income family composition, employment status, address or phone number change, etc.
Changes for a Section 8 applicant must be reported in writing by completing an application update form available in the Self-Service Resource Center rack at the Central Office or
on the website.and deposited in the drop box located in the lobby of the Central Office.
No applicant updates will be taken over the telephone.
Failure to report any changes may cause your application to be purged from the waiting list and will require you to re-apply for Public Housing or Section 8 assistance. This will delay your possibility of being offered housing or assistance.
