Hamden Housing Authority is a public housing authority in Hamden, Connecticut. HUD lists the program type as Section 8, which means Housing Choice Vouchers. HUD reports 309 Housing Choice Voucher units. HUD reports 0 public housing units. Waiting-list status is not yet verified. We publish open or closed only after reading the authority’s own page. The contact information on this page is from HUD and is free to read. We do not take applications. Applying to the authority is free.
Waiting lists
Each list below is separate. A status is open or closed only when the housing authority’s own page says so. The source link and the date we last read that page are on the card.
Not yet verified Housing Choice Voucher
We have not checked this waitlist yet. We only publish open, closed, or opening soon after a person confirms it on the housing authority’s own website.
We do not take the application. The housing authority does. Applying to its waitlist is free.
We have not confirmed how to apply, because we have not yet read a page that states a waiting-list status. Start from the contact information on this page, and use the authority’s own website when you have it.
Papers people often need
This is a common checklist, not Hamden Housing Authority’s list. Bring what the authority’s application page names. Read the longer notes on papers.
A photo ID for each adult.
Social Security cards, or another paper the authority accepts, for people who have a number.
Proof of income, such as pay stubs or a benefit letter.
Birth certificates or another proof of age for children in the household, if the application asks.
A note about a disability only if you are asking for an accommodation or a deduction.
Applying is free. Do not pay a person, a website, or a text message that offers to add you to a waitlist or move you up one. A landlord can charge an ordinary fee to apply for an apartment. That fee is not a fee to join the housing authority’s list.
HUD lists the program type as Section 8, which means Housing Choice Vouchers. These counts are units the authority reported to HUD. They are not the number of people on a waitlist.
PHA type
Section 8
HUD did not publish a performance designation.
Housing Choice Vouchers
309
312 reported occupied.
Public housing units
0
The public-housing unit count in the HUD directory. It may not include every apartment the authority owns.
Office county: South Central Connecticut (09009). Metro area: New Haven, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area. Directory record date: July 6, 2026. Snapshot pulled 2026-10-21.
Plain-language notes on the programs this authority runs. They describe the federal programs. They are not this authority’s rules, and they are not legal advice.
Housing Choice Voucher
A Housing Choice Voucher helps a household pay rent to a private landlord. The household finds the home. The housing authority pays a portion of the rent to the owner. People often call this Section 8.
The voucher is tied to the household, so the household can move to another unit that meets the program rules. The authority’s own page says where the household is allowed to live.
Income limits and Fair Market Rents
Small Area Fair Market Rent for ZIP 06518, fiscal year 2027. New Haven, CT MSA
Home size
Small Area Fair Market Rent
90% of that rent
110% of that rent
Studio (efficiency)
$2,170
$1,953
$2,387
1 bedroom
$2,350
$2,115
$2,585
2 bedrooms
$2,820
$2,538
$3,102
3 bedrooms
$3,510
$3,159
$3,861
4 bedrooms
$3,960
$3,564
$4,356
HUD’s income-limit file has no row for the county code on this housing authority (South Central Connecticut). Connecticut towns, and some other places, use a different code than the one in the housing authority directory.Look up a county or town by name.
A Fair Market Rent is HUD’s rent figure for a modest home. The 90% and 110% columns are HUD’s usual basic range around that rent. A housing authority adopts its own payment standard, and that adopted figure is published by the authority. This file stops at 4 bedrooms. The office county or ZIP may not be the whole area the authority serves. Source: HUD USER Fair Market Rents, fiscal year 2027 in this copy. Look up another ZIP. Compare a rent with income.
Status history
This timeline is our own record, from the status file we publish. Each line is a date we verified a list on the authority’s website. A household’s place in line stays with the housing authority.
We have not recorded a status change for this housing authority yet. A line appears here when we verify a list on the authority’s own website.
Nearby housing authorities
Households can apply to more than one authority. Distance is a straight line from office to office, using the coordinates HUD published.
9.1 miles · Ansonia, Connecticut · CT015 Housing Choice Voucher: Not yet verified
Questions
Is it free to apply to Hamden Housing Authority?
Yes. Joining a housing authority waitlist is free. Hamden Housing Authority does not collect a fee on this website. A message that asks you to pay to be added to the list, or to move up it, is not an application to the housing authority.
How long is the wait at Hamden Housing Authority?
Hamden Housing Authority has not published a wait time on a page we have checked. The housing authority is the source for how long its own list takes. That time changes.
Does Hamden Housing Authority have other waiting lists?
We have not confirmed a waiting list for Hamden Housing Authority yet. Housing authorities often run more than one list. The authority’s own website is where those lists are named.
How do I contact Hamden Housing Authority?
Office address from HUD: PO Box 185095, Hamden, CT, 06518. Phone: (203) 248-9036. Email: hhahazel@aol.com. We have not confirmed this housing authority’s website yet.
What are the income limits for Hamden Housing Authority?
HUD’s income-limit file has no row for this office’s county code. The income check page can look up a county or town by name.