Portability

Portability allows an eligible family that has been issued a Housing Choice Voucher to lease a unit anywhere in the United States where there is a housing agency operating a Housing Choice Voucher program. Families are encouraged to move to neighborhoods with lower poverty and minority concentrations and nearby job opportunities.

Northwest Georgia Housing Authority's jurisdiction is Floyd and Polk County.

If you are interested in moving into the jurisdiction of the Northwest Georgia Housing Authority, and you are currently a voucher participant, please read the following information:

Northwest Georgia Housing Authority is not absorbing.  

We will be billing your home agency. Also, if you have already located a unit in our jurisdiction, please review the Payment Standards and Occupancy Standards for our agency which may be different than the housing authority you are currently with. Our occupancy standards are:

• One bedroom for every two members regardless of age or sex
  • (This means your son and daughter might share a bedroom if that is how you decide to assign the bedrooms)

All incoming portability documentation for participants who are porting into our jurisdiction is to be emailed or mailed to:

Northwest Georgia Housing Authority HCV
P.O. Box 1428
Rome, GA 30162
Email us at: portability@nwgha.com 

Portability Information:
Contact Person: Trista Jones
Direct Phone: 706-295-1263 

Northwest Georgia Housing Authority requires incoming vouchers to have a minimum of 45 days remaining before they expire, and have the initial housing authority be willing to offer an extension to both the voucher and the billing deadline if it is requested.