Atlantic City, New Jersey Section 8 Voucher Waiting List

The Atlantic City Housing Authority (ACHA) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from March 16, 2024, until March 20, 2024 or until 500 applications were received. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply while the waitlist was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Income limit information could be found here.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Family that has been terminated from its HCV program due to insufficient program funding.
  • Therefore, families that are terminated due to insufficient funding must reapply for assistance and be selected from the waiting list. Families that reapply will still be subject to the ACHA’s eligibility requirements.
• Public Housing families experiencing unusual circumstances where there is a clear and present danger to the family because of violence other than domestic.
  • Families that apply for assistance must be selected from the waiting list and are subject to the ACHA’s eligibility requirements.

550 applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the ACHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the ACHA public notice on March 11, 2024.