Housing Services Division

 

The Santa Fe County Housing Authority was created on November 17, 1972 and remains one of the largest landlords in Santa Fe. The Housing Authority currently manages 191 public housing units and 241 Housing Choice Vouchers (previously called Section 8). The Housing Authority also manages a Public Housing Homeownership Program, a Section 8 Homeownership Program. a Family Self-Sufficiency Program (FSS), and the Capital Fund Program (CFP). The Housing Authority’s budget primarily consists of rental income and subsidies provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Mission Statement

It is the mission of the Santa Fe County Housing Authority to provide drug-free, safe, decent and sanitary housing to low-income and very low-income families in an environment that fosters self-sufficiency and community pride.

Our Goals

  • Provide decent, safe and sanitary housing to low and very low-income Santa Fe County residents
  • Improve customer service
  • Improve access to community resources for existing tenants and applicants on the waiting list
  • Promote economic self-sufficiency in Public Housing and the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8)
  • Develop additional affordable rental housing in Santa Fe County
  • Promote homeownership opportunities to qualifying families by providing new construction and renovated public housing units for sale at reasonable costs
  • Make capital improvements to current public housing units, as well as the common areas and streets in the public housing neighborhoods
  • Sustain “High Performer” status in the Housing Choice Voucher Program
  • Obtain “High Performer” status in the Public Housing Program by improving the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) score
  • Provide regular training classes in the areas of budgeting and financial management, homeownership, parenting, health, and life skills to Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher FSS participants
  • Utilize existing funds to provide additional rental units in the community at or below market rents
  • To obtain and maintain a public housing vacancy rate of 5% or less

Our Accomplishments

  • Obtained “High Performer” status in the Housing Choice Voucher Program
  • Implemented a Section 8 Homeownership Program
  • Provided homeownership opportunities to 49 families
  • Implemented a Landlord Orientation Program to promote and educate existing and potential landlords of the Housing Choice Voucher Program
  • Implemented a Homeownership Orientation Program to promote our Section 8 Homeownership Program
  • Since implementation in 1992, 26 families have successfully completed the Family Self-Sufficiency Program. Twenty of these families moved on to homeownership as a result of participating in the program.
  • Under the Capital Fund Program completed substantial renovation and upgrades to numerous public housing units (i.e., stucco, door replacement, installation of clotheslines, re-roofing, refrigerator and stove replacement, etc.)

Contact Information

We are open Monday through Friday from 8:00am-12:00 and 1:00 - 5:00 pm, except holidays.
Dodi Salazar, Acting Executive Director  (505) 992-3058
Rosemary Bailey, Administrative Assistant (505) 992-3055

Santa Fe County Housing Authority
Administrative Offices
52 Camino de Jacobo
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
Phone: (505) 992-3060
Fax: (505) 992-3064