Everyone needs a place to call home.
Here we will try to answer the most commonly asked questions
For Public Housing, fill out the application, collect the documents listed in the Application and Required Documents page and mail or deliver it to our offices. You can also call our offices to have an application sent to you, or set up an appointment with our application specialist, or stop in our office and pick up an application packet.
The listed documents are on the Applications and Required Documents page of this website.
Our Application Specialist will review your application and documents submitted. Once you are determined preliminarily eligible, you will be issued a control number and placed on our waiting list. Your control number will be sent to you in the mail. A final determination of eligibility will be completed before an offer of housing is made.
Go to the PHA offices at Columbia Arms, at 65 Columbus Avenue, Pittsfield, on the first floor.
You will receive a letter from the PHA office after your application has been approved for consideration.
To check the status of you application stop in our offices with your Control number or a photo Id. If you are unable to stop in, please send a request in writing and your status will be mailed back to you. Due to the confidential nature, we do not give this information over the phone.
For Public Housing, the estimated time is within 12-months from the date of application. For Rent Assistance ( Section 8 ) we are unable to determine the estimated time on the waiting list.
If you don’t accept the housing offer you will be removed from the waiting list.
The names of the persons listed on your application.