The Housing Authority of Jefferson County
The Housing Authority of Jefferson County (HAJC) was established in 1970 to offer safe, decent, affordable housing to low-income residents of Jefferson County. One hundred and fifteen households benefit from the Housing Choice Voucher Program though the HAJC. Families that qualify for vouchers pay approximately one-third of their monthly income for rent to a private landlord, and the remainder is paid by the Housing Authority. This helps to ensure a decent quality of life for low-income families, because if rent takes up more than a third of the household income, it’s impossible to pay for other basics, such as food and utilities.
In order to develop more cost-efficient operations, HAJC and the Bremerton Housing Authority (BHA) developed an
agreement in 2004 to have BHA provide management services to HAJC, effective at the beginning of HAJC’s 2005 fiscal year July 1, 2004. BHA is now the managing agency for HAJC and provides executive and ongoing operating support for the Housing Authority.
