Partner Overview
Newark Housing Authority’s mission is to invest in our families by building and maintaining affordable housing to encourage economic independence and healthy communities.
Service Overview
Resident Services – available to NHA residents only!
Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program
-Personal counseling
-Career counseling
-Educational counseling
-Educational seminars/workshops (e.g., nutrition, parenting skills, GED preparation, ESL, money management and obtaining the proper basic skills and education needed to enter the workplace through NHA’s Workforce Learning Link program).
-Networking
-Job Preparation assistance
-Assistance with educational institution and financial aid applications
-Assistance with defaulted student loan situations
-Assistance with credit repair
-Group activities
-FSS Escrow accounts
-Homeownership counseling
-Referral services
NHA Public Housing Waiting List Status Check Information (Note this is NOT for Section 8 Applicants)
As an applicant, you can check your status on the waiting list by simply going to http://www.newarkha.org/wl/Wait-List-Status or by using the designated terminals at NHA’s central office lobby. Terminal access is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at 500 Broad Street, 1st floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102.