Alameda County, California Section 8 Voucher Waiting List

The Housing Authority of the County of Alameda (HACA) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from May 6, 2024.There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

The maximum income limits for each household size were as followed:

• 1 Person $51,800| 5 Persons $79,900
• 2 Persons $59,200 | 6 Persons $85,800
• 3 Persons $66,600 | 7 Person $91,700
• 4 Persons $73,950 | 8 Persons $97,650

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Homeless
  • has a primary nighttime residence that is a place not meant for human habitation; or is living in a shelter designed to provide temporary living arrangements like emergency shelters, transitional housing, hotels paid for by an organization or assistance program; or is exiting an institution where they have resided for 90 days or less and who resided in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation immediately before entering that institution.
• Disaster
• Veteran

5,000 selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

To apply while the waitlist was open, applicants were required to complete the online application that was available on the HACA website.

For more information, visit the HACA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACA public notice on March 19, 2024.