Help for Refugees: Housing

Salt Lake City Housing Authority

http://www.haslcutah.org/

Phone: (801) 487-2161

Address: 1776 South West Temple Salt Lake City, Utah 84115

Housing Choice Voucher - individuals locate apartments; rent is subsidized. Currently the wait is approximately 12 to 24 months. The Housing Choice Voucher portable, and can be used with any Housing Authority in the United States that has a voucher program, which encourages low-income families and individuals to move into areas of greater opportunity and to live outside areas of poverty.



Public Housing - Housing Authority owns and manages apartments for families, elderly, and disabled. Rent is 30% of tenant's income. Family self-sufficiency program - escrow account to earn money toward the purchase of a home. Transitional housing for veterans.

Housing Authority of the County of Salt Lake

Homepage: http://www.hacsl.org

Address: 3595 South Main Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84115

Phone: (801) 284-4400

Email: vsertain@hacsl.org

Section 8 rent subsidy - individuals locate their own apartment and their rent is subsidized. The Section 8 Voucher Program offers an applicant the opportunity to find housing of their choice anywhere in the Salt Lake Valley. There is always a waiting list for the Section 8 Program, varying from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 years.

Public Housing - Housing Authority owns and manages apartments rented for 30% of income.

There is always a waiting list for public housing units, varying from time-to-time. The current approximate waiting period for a one bedroom senior unit is 6-9 months. All other units have a waiting period of 12-24 months or longer.

Family Self Sufficiency Program - provides escrow account to earn money toward the purchase of a home (available to people currently in housing).

West Valley City Housing Authority

Homepage: http://www.wvc-ut.gov

Address: 3600 South Constitution Boulevard West Valley City, Utah

Phone: (801) 963-3320

Section 8 rent subsidy - individuals locate their own apartments and their rent is subsidized.

Public Housing - Housing Authority owns and manages homes to rent to families. Rent is approximately 30% of tenant's income.

Family self-sufficiency provides escrow accounts for future use toward down payment on home

Rehabilitation loans and grants for low-income home owners and mobile home owners to rehabilitate their homes.

Repair grants for furnace repair, hot water heater repairs, plumbing, and electrical emergencies.

Grants for low-income families that provide up to $5,000 toward purchase of home.

Community Action Program (CAP)

Homepage: http://www.slcap.org

764 South 200 West Salt Lake City, Utah 84101

Phone: (801) 359-2444

Purpose: To create programs that empower low-income people to enhance the quality of their lives by having them design and implement strategies that will create solutions to their problems.

  1. Emergency Services - Housing, food, utilities, etc.
  2. Housing Outreach Rental Program (see below).
  3. Homeless Services
  4. Advocacy
  5. Employment
  6. Head Start
  7. Weatherization

Housing Outreach Rental Program (HORP)
HORP maintains a list of 2,000 low to moderate priced rental units in Salt Lake County. Support services and/or one-time
partial payment for rent is provided, when available, to avoid immediate eviction. Relocation assistance provided in the
absence of other resources.

Emergency Assistance Program
Provided to families in crisis when they can demonstrate arrears was caused by circumstances beyond their control, which
affected the ability to pay. Circumstance must have made them unable to resolve the delinquency within a reasonable time,
or unable to make a full payment.

Homeless Prevention Project for “The Housing Authority of Salt Lake County”
The Salt Lake Community Action Program and The Road Home provide homeless prevention case management and housing
supportive services to participants on Public Housing, Senior Housing, Section 8 Housing with The Housing Authority of Salt
Lake County. Call 801-359-2444.

Tenant Home Maintenance Project
Program provides counseling to low-income families at risk of eviction because they lack basic home-maintenance skills,
such as cleaning and upkeep. Counselors work one-to-one with clients until the problem is solved. At no cost to the property
owner or tenant, the counselor will spend at least two one-hour sessions discussing: Budgeting and money management;
Housing education and training; Tenant rights and responsibilities. Counselors connect clients with other CAP services such
as Head Start, HUD counseling, parenting classes, and food banks. Any low-income tenant in SLC, South Salt Lake, or Murray,
who has been consistently late on rent, has credit problems, or is not taking proper care of the rental unit is eligible for this
program.

“Home” Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA)
The Tenant Based Rental Assistance subsidy is provided to special-needs persons and their families living in Salt County who
are mentally ill and/or physically disabled, who are waiting to be approved for a disability income program or subsidized
housing, and are in need of supportive housing services to stabilize the household. The amount of assistance that SLCAP may
pay to, or on behalf of, the family may not exceed the difference between a rent standard for the established unit size and 30
percent of the family’s monthly adjusted income.

Landlord/Tenant Mediation
This program provides landlord/tenant intervention and mediation to prevent eviction. Volunteer mediators are available to
provide free mediation services for interested landlords and tenants. Staff may also provide referrals to Utah Tenant’s United
and the Apartment Association of Utah. This is a collaborative effort with the Administrative Office of the Courts.

Emergency Rent and Utility Assistance


American Red Cross, 801-323-7000
465 South 400 East, Suite 200 Salt Lake City, UT, 84111, http://www.utahredcross.org
You must first contact the HEAT program. If you have already worked with HEAT and still need assistance, call and leave your
name and number. A Red Cross caseworker will call you to determine eligibility and make an appointment. No walk-ins
without an appointment.

Asian Association of Utah, Refugee Employment & Community Center, 801-412-0577, ext. 230
Lina Smith, Director, linas@aau-slc.org, 1588 South Major Street (35 East), Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Assistance with HEAT sign-up. Emergency rent and utility assistance may be available.

Catholic Community Service, 801-977-9119
Aden Batar, Director, Refugee Resettlement and Immigration, abatar@ccsutah.org
745 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Community Action Program, 801-359-2444
764 South 200 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, http://www.slcap.org
See listing on next page for multiple emergency assistance programs.

Crossroads Urban Center, 801-364-7765
347 South 400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84111,

http://www.crossroads-u-c.org/, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Mon. - Fri.
Emergency fund may be used to assist with gasoline, prescriptions, utility bills and rent.

DWS Refugee Team, 801-536-7178
Felecia Maxfield, Eligibility Supervisor, 536-7000
720 South 200 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Emergency cash is available to DWS customers once a year to cover rent and/or utilities.

HEAT (Home Energy Assistance Target), 801-521- 6107
HEAT provides winter home heating assistance and year-round energy crisis intervention for eligible low-income households
throughout Utah. It also has a Weatherization Program to help weatherize homes and provide emergency repair or
replacement of defunct furnaces or AC units. http://housing.utah.gov/seal/heat.html

HELP (Home Electric Lifeline Program) 801-961-7286
Assists Rocky Mountain Power low-income customers by providing a monthly discount of up to $8.00 off the electric bill.
You can apply for HELP at the same time you apply for HEAT, or on-line at: http://housing.utah.gov/seal/documents/
HELPApplicationfornonHEATseason08.pdf

UTAP (Utah Telephone Assistance Program) and Lifeline/Link-up Program, 801-538-8793
Provides low-income households with discounts for initial landline telephone installation and their monthly phone bills. You
can apply for UTAP at the same time you apply for HEAT, or apply on-line at: http://housing.utah.gov/seal/applications.html

Utah State Refugee Services Office, 801-526-9787
Gerald Brown, Director, geraldbrown@utah.gov, or Mary Gehman-Smith, marygehman@utah.gov, 140 East 300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Emergency rent and utility assistance may be available.

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