DUE TO EXCESSIVE WAIT TIMES, OUR WAITING LIST IS
​CLOSED AS OF JANUARY 31, 2019 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

In Order To Qualify When The Waiting List Is Open:

The Head of Household must be 62 years of age or older and meet the current income guidelines. Current Maximum Income Limits set forth by The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, released and effective on April 1, 2021 for Fiscal Year 2021*, are as follows:
  • Single Occupancy:  $36,050 maximum total gross annual income** (includes income and income on assets)
  • Double Occupancy:  $41,200 maximum combined total gross annual income** (includes income and income on assets)
* Income Limits are updated annually by HUD.
** Annual Income is calculated based on the Section 8 Definition of Annual Income.  Section 8 income is not based on IRS guidelines, and the IRS definition of income is NOT relevant for HUD's Section 8 program. 

Application Process
Step one is completion of the Preliminary Application For Housing, and each applicant is subject to a required background screening.  An application must meet Section 8 and our own Tenant Selection Plan criteria before being accepted.  Qualifying applicants are then placed on a waiting list for an apartment.     

Rent
Rent is 30% of a household's monthly income and the remainder of the rent is subsidized by the Section 8 program of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Each household's monthly rent calculation is based solely on that household's income, income on assets, and qualifying out-of-pocket medical expenses. For a comprehensive explanation of how rent is determined, please see HUD's FACT SHEET, "How Your Rent Is Determined". Greater Bridgeport Jewish Housing Corp. pays all utilities including heating and air conditioning, water, and electricity.

Preferences
The Hollander House does not offer preferences for waiting list placement.  All applications are handled strictly in chronological order based on the date and time that each completed application packet is received at the main office.  The applicant who has been on the waiting list for the longest time receives the first offer of an available apartment.    
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"The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of housing on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. Connecticut law also prohibits discrimination in all of the above categories plus these categories:  lawful source of income, marital status, sexual orientation, use of a guide dog, and age."

"We are pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation.  We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin."