Orange County is accepting applications for Section 8 housing for the first time in more than a decade.There are three ways to submit an application:Mailed to P.O. Box 11387, Santa Ana, CA 92711. Must be postmarked from Sept. 18, 2023, through Sept. 29, 2023. Paper applications are available at participating city halls, branches of the Orange County Public Library and select community organizations.
In addition, U.S. veterans; the elderly; those living with disabilities; working families; and non-working families will be given preference in that order.Orange County Housing Authority’s Section 8 program was last opened in 2012, and it’s taken the agency this many years to support the nearly 50,000 approved applicants with housing.
Funding and voucher turnover play into when the list is reopened. Per federal guidelines, OCHA will generally pull the trigger when the existing backlog is reduced to no more than 6 to 9 months wait time.OCHA is lowering the number of approved applicants this time around to reduce wait time in between.
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