Jacksonville Housing Authority
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The Jacksonville Housing Authority (JHA) is the quasi-independent agency responsible for public housing
and subsidized housing in the city of Jacksonville, Florida
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Until 1994, a city department had direct responsibility for public housing and Section 8 (housing)
. The Mayor and City Council of Jacksonville established the Jacksonville Housing Authority to create an effective, community service oriented, public housing agency with innovative ideas and a different attitude. The primary goal was to provide safe, clean, affordable housing for eligible low and moderate income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. The secondary goal is to provide effective social services, work with residents to improve their quality of life, encourage employment and self-sufficiency, and help residents move out of assisted housing. To that end, JHA works with HabiJax
to help low and moderate income families to escape the public housing cycle and become successful, productive, homeowners and taxpayers.
Public housing
Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. Social housing is an umbrella term referring to rental housing which may be owned and managed by the state, by non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the...
and subsidized housing in the city of Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
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Until 1994, a city department had direct responsibility for public housing and Section 8 (housing)
Section 8 (housing)
Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 , as repeatedly amended, authorizes the payment of rental housing assistance to private landlords on behalf of approximately 3.1 million low-income households...
. The Mayor and City Council of Jacksonville established the Jacksonville Housing Authority to create an effective, community service oriented, public housing agency with innovative ideas and a different attitude. The primary goal was to provide safe, clean, affordable housing for eligible low and moderate income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. The secondary goal is to provide effective social services, work with residents to improve their quality of life, encourage employment and self-sufficiency, and help residents move out of assisted housing. To that end, JHA works with HabiJax
HabiJax
HabiJax of Jacksonville, Florida is the largest of the 1,600+ affiliates of Habitat for Humanity International in the United States. Habijax was named the 8th largest homebuilder in the United States by Builder Magazine for 2009....
to help low and moderate income families to escape the public housing cycle and become successful, productive, homeowners and taxpayers.