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Fairmont Morgantown Housing Authority warns vouchers scarce, waiting list closed
Summary
At the Aug. 26 Morgantown City Council meeting, Fairmont Morgantown Housing Authority Executive Director Crystal Caruso told council the agency has closed its waiting list and is limited by available vouchers, not demand, and outlined programs and a stalled development plan.
Crystal Caruso, executive director of the Fairmont Morgantown Housing Authority, told Morgantown City Council on Aug. 26 that the agency has closed its waiting list and is unable to serve roughly 1,105 households because it lacks additional Section 8 vouchers. Caruso said the authority manages public housing and about 1,289 housing choice vouchers across a four-county, two-city area and spends roughly $677,000 per month on rental subsidies. The announcement matters because the authority said it is fully leasing its voucher allocation and cannot issue new vouchers; Caruso said the waiting list was closed in February 2025 and the authority stopped issuing new vouchers in October…
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