General Information

The public housing program offers tenants a home in communities managed by Charleston-Kanawha Housing. The rent they pay is based on 30% of their monthly-adjusted income and all basic utilities are paid.

Charleston-Kanawha Housing manages six family communities and four high-rise communities as well as scattered sites throughout the City of Charleston. These communities provide homes for more than 2000 residents.

Resident Services

Family Self Sufficiency - Charleston-Kanawha Housing offers a Family Self-Sufficiency, FSS, program for public housing residents.  The FSS Coordinator is available to assist residents and connect them to services relating to job training, education, homeownership, personal counseling, credit counseling and more.

Family Service - The CKHA Family Service Coordinator directs clients to appropriate community resources and organizations. Some of the areas of assistance include: job related activities, transportation issues, college preparation and scholarship assistance, counseling, community pride/beautification projects and many other areas based upon the needs of individual clients. The Family Service Coordinator serves: Littlepage Terrace, Orchard Manor, South Park Village and Washington Manor.

Senior Service – The CKHA Senior Service Coordinator directs elderly and disabled residents to appropriate community resources and organizations. The primary goal is to assist the residents to be able to live independently as long as possible. Some of the areas of assistance include: health care screenings, assistance with applying for extra help with paying Medicare premiums, food stamp applications and reviews, help in the home for those who qualify, education with life issues such as fraud prevention, budgeting, health issues, mental health issues such as depression, community pride/beautification projects, primarily in our high rise communities which consists of: Carroll Terrace, Jarrett Terrace, Lee Terrace, and Lippert Terrace.

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

We do Business in Accordance With the Fair Housing Act

(The Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988)

IT IS ILLEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY PERSON BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR,

RELIGION, SEX, DISABILITY, FAMILIAL STATUS (HAVING ONE OR MORE CHILDREN OR BEING PREGNANT), OR NATIONAL ORIGIN IN THE SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING OR RESIDENTIAL LOTS