Local rental overview
Only Meadow Crest is included as one unverified complex-level listing candidate, at JURHA's published address 1011 Belt; no ZIP code, site-level unit count, or current vacancy is established. Cayman Villa, Marshall, Goff Courts, Scattered Sites, Woodland Courts, and Jonesboro Sunset Gardens are resource-only mentions because the reviewed sources give areas/multiple streets or a street segment rather than a single full complex address. These are not confirmed available rentals. Confirm eligibility, current public-housing application/waitlist status, and vacancy separately with JURHA. Section 8 voucher-list status is not the same as public-housing waitlist status or vacant units.
Application tips
Contact JURHA at 870-336-9612 for applications or 870-336-9617 for Public Housing & Sunset Gardens; the contact directory is https://jurha.org/contact-jurha/. Ask separately about the current public-housing application/waitlist, Section 8 voucher waitlist, unit vacancy, eligibility, and screening. The home page's notice about a July 1, 2025 Section 8 opening conflicts with a separate page reporting closure April 1, 2023; neither proves current status. JURHA's rules require a favorable criminal record for each adult over 18, but criteria and individual acceptance are not established. Do not rely on the office address as a property address.
Local housing resources
JONESBORO URBAN RENEWAL & HOUSING AUTHORITY (JURHA)
Official website: https://jurha.org/
Public-housing communities and source photos: https://jurha.org/public-housing/
Public-housing move-in rules and screening: https://jurha.org/public-housing/rules/
JURHA background and programs: https://jurha.org/about-jurha/
Elderly-housing communities: https://jurha.org/elderly-housing/
Jonesboro Sunset Gardens details: https://jurha.org/elderly-housing/jsg/
Contact directory: https://jurha.org/contact-jurha/
Applications: 870-336-9612; Public Housing & Sunset Gardens: 870-336-9617; Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher: 870-336-9601. JURHA lists its office at 330 Union, Jonesboro, AR 72401; this is an office/applications address, not a residential property address.
PUBLIC-HOUSING COMMUNITY RESOURCES — NOT INDIVIDUAL LISTINGS
Cayman Villa — location exactly reported: “600 East Alpine Area.” JURHA describes 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom duplexes and 4-bedroom homes; designations: Non-Elderly Families, Elderly, Disabled, Mobility Impaired, Singles. The cited accessible-unit examples (607 C-1 East Alpine; 612 A-2 and 612 B-2 East Alpine) do not establish one complex address. JURHA page: https://jurha.org/public-housing/
Marshall — locations exactly reported: “600 & 700 Area of Marshall & 700 Area of Melrose.” JURHA describes 2- and 3-bedroom duplexes and homes; designations: Non-Elderly Families, Elderly, Disabled, Mobility Impaired. Accessible-unit examples are 603-A Marshall, 603-B Marshall, and 605 Marshall; no single complex address is established. The authority page reports gas and electric with gas-powered heat. JURHA page: https://jurha.org/public-housing/
Goff Courts — location exactly reported: “600 East Roseclair Area.” JURHA describes 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom duplexes and 4-bedroom homes; designations: Non-Elderly Families, Elderly, Disabled, Mobility Impaired, Singles. The page gives no accessible-unit address example or single complex address. JURHA page: https://jurha.org/public-housing/
Scattered Sites — locations exactly reported across Allen, Allis, Belt, Calion, Cartwright, Main, & Patrick. JURHA describes 3-bedroom single-family homes built in 1996; designations: Non-Elderly Families, Elderly, Disabled, Mobility Impaired. 421 Calion and 1214 N. Main St. are accessible-unit examples, not one community address. JURHA page: https://jurha.org/public-housing/
Woodland Courts — locations exactly reported: E. Cheery, Rains, Cobb, & Citizens. JURHA lists Near-Elderly, Elderly, Disabled, Mobility Impaired designations and washer/dryer connections. Utility sources conflict (table entries say both all-electric and gas & electric); no settled utility claim is made. The listed Rains unit examples do not establish one complex address. JURHA pages: https://jurha.org/public-housing/ and https://jurha.org/elderly-housing/
Meadow Crest — JURHA reports the complex-level address 1011 Belt (no ZIP code established), a family community offering 2-bedroom duplexes, and all-electric utilities. “1011 Belt, Apartment D1” is an accessible-unit example, not the full community address. No site-level unit count or current availability is reported. See its separate unverified listing and JURHA page: https://jurha.org/public-housing/
Jonesboro Sunset Gardens — elderly-housing resource at the reported street segment “On Ecumenical Drive between Browns Ln. & Race St.”; no exact street number is established. JURHA says residents must be age 62 or older and income cannot exceed 60% of the Low Income Tax Credit Income Limits. The source also reports maintenance, lawn care, and utilities provided, plus on-site management. Unit examples are not a complex address. JURHA details: https://jurha.org/elderly-housing/jsg/; elderly-housing page: https://jurha.org/elderly-housing/
CRIMINAL-RECORD SCREENING — PLEASE READ
JURHA's public-housing rules explicitly require a FAVORABLE CRIMINAL RECORD for every adult age 18 or older. The reviewed rules do not define the criteria; individual eligibility and acceptance, including for any criminal record, are unverified. Do not interpret this information as felony-friendly housing. Confirm current criteria and individual eligibility directly with JURHA.
INVENTORY, WAITLISTS, AND AVAILABILITY
JURHA's About page reports 191 total public-housing rental units: 151 in Jonesboro and 40 in Imboden. Those are program-wide totals, not counts for any named community. Craighead Place is separately mentioned as managed by JURHA, on Belt Street, with 3-bedroom/2-bath apartments and Section 8 vouchers accepted, but the reviewed sources provide no street number or image; it is not included as a property listing.
The JURHA home page linked a notice saying the Section 8 voucher waiting list WOULD open July 1, 2025, while the separate Section 8 waiting-list page says that list closed April 1, 2023. These are dated statements that conflict; current voucher-list status is unverified. Voucher assistance and its waitlist are distinct from applications/waitlists for JURHA-owned public housing, and neither status establishes a vacant apartment. No source reviewed establishes current vacancy. Confirm status with JURHA: home/contact details at https://jurha.org/ and https://jurha.org/contact-jurha/.
