Anaheim, California Section 8 Voucher Waiting List

The Anaheim Housing Authority (AHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The AHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from March 6, 2023, until April 14, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application. If you applied, the housing authority sent notices to applicants on May 11, 2023 notifying them of their status. You can also check your application status here.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Special Needs Populations
  • For up to 172 vouchers, preference will be granted to non-elderly disabled persons that are transitioning out of institutional or other segregated settings or are homeless. These vouchers were granted through 2017 Mainstream Voucher Program NOFA and 2020 CARES Act allocations). Applicants who live or work in the City of Anaheim will be given priority under this preference.
  • The PHA will commit up to 50% of annual new admission vouchers to assist Anaheim-based families who are either:
    • Homeless and referred by an approved local service provider because they are participating in a local transitional housing program or are receiving other supportive and shelter services from that provider. Providers may be required to verify that applicants had ties to Anaheim prior to entering the shelter and commit to providing appropriate services to the client; or
    • Participating in a city-funded homeless or at risk of becoming homeless program and have been referred by the connected service agency.
  • Families who are being terminated from the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program, due to the qualifying member being deceased.
• Families who live or work in the City of Anaheim and are referred by Anaheim Police Department. These types of referrals will be limited to victims of a crime, the magnitude or impact of which requires rapid relocation. Referrals must be made in writing on Anaheim Police Department letterhead, and signed by the Chief or Deputy Chief of Police only. Eligibility, including background checks will be confirmed for all members. All referrals are subject to the approval of the Executive Director or designee.
• Eligible families who are displaced as a result of a project sponsored by the City of Anaheim Community Development Department or other City of Anaheim Department.
• Any family that has been terminated from the City of Anaheim HCV program due to insufficient program funding.
• Families who live, work, or have been hired to work in Anaheim (Residency preference).

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

For more information, visit the AHA website.

Sources: This information was verified the AHA notice on February 20, 2023.