Maryville Housing Authority TN

Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 - 4:00
Public housing:
Public housing was established to provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible families/households, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administers Federal aid to local housing agencies (HAs) that manage the housing for residents at rents they can afford. HUD furnishes technical and professional assistance in planning, developing, and managing these developments.
Who is eligible?
Public Housing is limited to income qualified families/households and disabled/elderly individuals. Our housing authority determines eligibility based on:
    Annual gross income
    Family status
    Criminal history
Housing Choice Voucher
[The Section 8 Waiting List is currently closed.]
What are Housing Choice (Section 8) Vouchers?
The housing choice voucher program is the federal government's major program for assisting very low-income families/households, the elderly, and the disabled to rent decent, safe and sanitary housing in the open market as opposed to subsidized housing developments. Since the rental assistance is provided on behalf of the family/household or individual, participants are able to find and lease privately owned housing, including single-family homes, apartments and mobile homes. The participant is free to choose any housing that meets the requirements of the program. A family/household's portion of the rent is based on adjusted household income and is the greater of:
    30% of adjusted monthly income
    10% of gross monthly income
    A minimum rent of $50.00
After the family/household selects a home and the authority has inspected and approved it for reasonable rent, the family/household will sign a lease with the owner of the selected property and will be required to pay any security deposit as designated by the lease. Any tenant provided utilities will have to be on in the head of households name prior to the lease being signed.Am I eligible?
Eligibility for a rental voucher is determined by MHA based on your total annual gross income and family/household size. Your family/household income may not exceed thevery low income levelfor the Knoxville Metropolitan Area which can be found at http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/il.html on HUD's Web site.
All persons 18 or older will be subject to a criminal background check. Any criminal history may result in denial of your application.