I am hoping to get approved and a voucher for housing soon. I have been looking at alot of housing online but they mostly say no section 8. How else would I know if people accept section 8 from the looks of it it seems challenging.

Hi I applied to section 8 a year ago, have no idea where to look where I’m at in line. I did update my application about 2/3 months ago. Wondering if I should apply into different state and somehow get it to transfer here ? Preferably Texas , I don’t have a lot of income even tho yes I do live in Cali Sj area but staying at my parents just living pay check to paycheck with my kid.

I’m still pretty new to this and overwhelmed by reading the HUD literature, documents provided by my HOC, and then watching my HOC not follow either.

I applied for a Mainstream/NED voucher, which is supposed to be for disabled and/or homeless persons, but they’re applying it as disabled and homeless for the extra points. Admittedly, I messed up and didn’t ask for accommodations to make sure I had help submitting my paperwork (afraid from the last time I guess, since I was literally told to do the wrong thing), and didn’t submit enough supporting documentation. I appealed and was granted an appeal. According to their grievance document posted online, there was supposed to be an outside person there and then several internal people. There was one internal person on the zoom call, and he declined to turn on his camera. Several times, he indicated that he wasn’t really up on things, asking me how I knew certain things or where I read that, saying “now that I look at this,” or “well, reading this, this says….” and then changing what he had just said, as if he hadn’t seen the info before. Worse, he admitted that they are pulling separately from the HCV, NED/mainstream, and just disabled (Mainstream applied correctly?) voucher lists, which goes against HUD policy! He kept trying to get me to change my designation to not homeless, and even not disabled! He said that he sees it every time, they deny someone for the NED voucher, “and within 3 months, they’re pulled again for the NED” supposedly as an indicator that they would have been pulled for the HCV if they had removed their homeless designation. But when I asked to verify, “So they would’ve had the HCV if they canceled their homeless designation?”, he replied, “Oh, no. They were pulled for the NED list. That’s separate. But they are all pulling.” “They all pull at the same time? It’s one list? And you pull one of each?” “No. But they all pull. Maybe not at the same time. The NED list probably pulls more often. But the HCV will pull sometimes, too.” I’m pretty sure that that’s illegal. That’s discriminatory to have three separate lists, and to not pull people who meet all three designations for all three lists. This mtg was August 8. He told me to provide a more detailed letter from my landlord or the person with whom I’m staying (technically her landlord since I’m not on the lease), even though HUD guidelines says a person can self-identify as homeless and disabled. Then he said I had to provide some kind of documentation that I’m trying to get out of an unsafe living situation and that it only applies to physical violence, but I don’t see that in the legislation. I have someone who can provide such a letter to substantiate my situation, but I don’t want to document this because I’m a person with a disability and I don’t want to get this family member in trouble, I just want to get out of here. So I supplied the first letter that he asked for. He said to try to get it to him within 10 days, because he had that long to make a decision and send a letter, but if he had the updated paperwork, he would agree to the determination and grant my voucher. I never heard from him again! I didn’t receive his 10-day letter, nor a letter in response to my submission, nor a reply to my msg asking for status. The first letter (the initial denial) I received with his info on it only has his email address, which is what he gave me that day, no telephone number.

What do I do now? I’m kind of afraid to contact HUD, but I feel like something is going on, like this is just the way they operate. I don’t know what to do. Help, please. Thank you!

So me and my girlfriend are looking for a place we have dual income ... we came across a tax credit housing place ... and the maximum income we can make is 65k for 4 people ...now get this?? Me and her know we make more in fact we tried to tell them this plus they wanted to know if we had child support payments .. we are getting that next year but they told us directly we don't need to tell them this at all we can just keep that too our self .. the lady said if something happens we can pretend that my girlfriend the only one that can work if we get denied for making to much income....... why would they want to hide our income just so we can move into a unit ??? I believe in being an honest person in life together me and her make 75k so 10k above the limit

Im a single woman no children and live in Ludlow Massachusetts and I'm looking into moving to Charlotte NC, I just wanted to know if my voucher would cover the same amount in NC as it currently does in Mass, right now my voucher is for 1,226 and if not how would I find out more information on this?

I’m in Cinci, OH. Section 8 is indefinitely closed throughout the whole state it seems (I’ve only found waitlists for public housing which I cannot live in).

I cannot leave because I have state Medicaid/food stamps and I need to finish my college degree in state. As well as my disability.

Is the idea to apply to out-of-state section 8 PHA’s, and upon approval, immediately request a port-out to my home PHA as an accommodation? Would that involve making an exception to the usual 1 year residency rule?

If anyone could help me figure out where to start I’d appreciate it

It happened for me! Thank you for all the information shared here!

I've been on the section 8 for about 2 months now and it said my approximate wait is 3 months, however I've been at position 253 since the beginning. How accurate could that be? Seems like a bug or something similar. My first time using section 8

I am extremely confused, on the one hand it says anyone under a certain income can apply, but on some places it says families, elderly and disabled? Which is it?

Hey all, person here low income trying to figure out my counties requirements to apply for section 8, and if you are non disabled or elderly the program that appears is “move to work” program which says it will cap off at 5 years of rental assistance, does anyone how this works, and if there is still a specific program that gives non restricted section 8 vouchers to all qualified people?

Hey all, I was looking into this, and someone told me the following: “Thing is, it’s hard to apply in another state unless you work in that state. States take their own residents first, then people with jobs there, and by that time there’s no vouchers or room for anyone else from out of state. So it only really works if you live near a state border and work across the border. Even if you wind up homeless in another state, there’s usually some kind of verification needed (from a homeless shelter or something) that the person is currently residing in that state. This is for Kentucky, Ohio, and MA”

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Hello! I apologize if posting something like this isn’t really what the sub is for. I have a 2 bedroom condo in Brookhaven that I would like to rent through section 8. My sister is in section 8 housing now and I have some idea of how the program works.

If anyone is looking for something in that area, I’d be happy to talk about the place.

Basically the title. I have a house.

I would love to know

So I applied for the sec 8 voucher program in mchenry county Illinois the first day the wait list was opened. I just recently checked the status. It says number of bedrooms status says pending it also gives me a control number and waiting list position. I know when I applied it said not every applicant would be out on the waiting list and that they did a lottery. I’m just wanting to make sure that what I’m seeing means I’ve actually been out on the waiting list and that I’m not just dumb misinterpreting it.

Josephine County Oregon had an average wait of 3 to 6 months last year, and now it is an average of 6 to 9 months in that county.

A quick Google search shows that in 2022, there was a similar average wait in Wyoming, Nebraska, Puerto Rico, and North Dakota, but doesn't it vary from county to county? What counties in what states have the shortest waits?

I’m currently looking to port out to another city. My questions is, before the porting process is complete, can I start applying for apartments in the city I want to live in NOW as the porting process is handled or do I have to wait to receive my new voucher?

Hi there! (3 different counties involved)

My brother, his gf and their three week old baby are currently on the waitlist in Sacramento, they also just got on the waitlist in Contra Costa County. They are on aid (cal works, etc) in Sacramento Co., and are currently homeless and staying on my mom’s couch in Alameda County.

If they are offered a voucher in Contra Costa, what do they do without an address? Would they just explain that they’re homeless and then provide my mom’s address and switch the aid (cal works, etc.) to Contra Costa Co.?

Thank you in advance and I hope my question makes sense :)

Looking for help trying to find housing or getting off the waitlist faster need to move quickly and I’m a single mom little work and also still going to school. The county is just not willing to help.

Hi I’m in NJ and I applied for disability section 8 through my cities housing authority. They reached out for me to fill out a pamphlet which I did a couple months ago. When calling for an update they said all my paperwork was approved and submitted and now they said to wait for section 8 to open bc I am on their reserve list. What does that mean ? Another waiting list? Or when vouchers open I will instantly get one ?