Mobile, Alabama Section 8 Voucher Waiting List

The Mobile Housing Authority (MHA) is accepting Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from July 25, 2024 at 10:00 am CT, until 2,000 applications have been received. This is the first time the waiting list has been open since it closed in March, 2022.

Preferences

This waiting list has the following preferences: 

• Families that are victims of a federally declared disaster affecting the City and/or County of Mobile.
• Families that are an active participant in a Witness Protection Program or State Victim Assistance Program.
• Families living in a MHA administered housing unit which must be rehabilitated to meet ADA/504 requirements and for whom alternate MHA administered housing units are not available.
• Public Housing residents covered under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
• Families or individuals that meet HUD’s definition of homelessness under the HEARTH Act and are referred by the City of Mobile’s Continuum of Care through the Coordinated Entry System.
• Working Families
  • Families where head, spouse or co-head is employed.
  • An applicant shall be given the benefit of the working preference when the head and co-head/ spouse are age 62 or older and/or a person with disabilities.
• Veterans, Active or Inactive Military Personnel and Immediate Family Members of both.

Selection Process

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

Application Method

To apply while the waitlist is open, complete the online application.

For more information, visit the MHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MHA public notice on July 18, 2024.