Info Regarding the Section 8 Housing Program in the Citty of Los Angeles

There is a Waiting List for THE SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

 

The Section 8 Housing Assistance Program provides a federally-funded housing-assistance payment ("Section 8 voucher") to eligible families and individuals. Rather than being provided with a specific unit at a subsidized housing site, Section 8 participant-tenants are free to use their voucher to locate and contract for housing from a network of participating landlords throughout the Los Angeles area.

• The Section 8 Program opened for registrations from September 15, 1998 through October 1, 1998. After receiving 150,000 registrations, a computerized lottery was conducted to assign each registrant a place on our new waiting list.
• There is a waiting list for Section 8 rental assistance because there are many more extremely low and very low-income families eligible to participate in the Section 8 Program than can be assisted with the money Congress provides. In Los Angeles, HUD estimates that only one in ten eligible families (10%) receives rental assistance.
• Section 8 rental assistance and public housing assistance are not "entitlement" programs like other assistance programs such as Social Security where a person is entitled to receive Social Security retirement benefits with no waiting when he/she reachs age 62.
• Section 8 and public housing assistance are domestic "discretionary" programs, The discretionary spending budget is subject to spending cuts, competing priorities, and Congressional budget cuts. Discretionary programs receive only the amount of money Congress provides for them.
• If you have any questions, change of information, or concerns regarding your registration, you must write to:

Section 8 Applications & Contracting
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles

FOY Station, Post Office Box 17965-0965

Los Angeles, CA 90017-0965

• The Housing Authority has no city residency requirement. However, eligible applicants who live outside city limits must move to and live within the Los Angeles city limits for the first year of the contract.

SECTION 8 REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

Due to a lack of Federal funding, the Housing Authority City of Los Angeles is closed for new registrations for the Section 8 Program and is not issuing any new vouchers at this time. If you have already registered and need to report a change of address, or if you have any other changes or questions, please submit them in writing to: Section 8 Registrations, Housing Authority City of Los Angeles, Foy Station, P.O. Box 17965-0965, Los Angeles, California 90017-0965 or you can send it via fax to (213) 252-1218. Please include 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. your name, registration number, address (old and new address if you are changing your address) social security number, and date of birth.  The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA) HACoLA is the county version of the program written about previously; according to their web-site they “empower families by providing clean, safe and decent affordable housing for low-income families, seniors, and disabled persons.  The Housing Authority manages more than 3,600 units of public and other affordable housing at 70 sites throughout Los Angeles County. http://www.hacla.org/section8/home.htm Through HACoLA, the CDC helps more than 20,000 low-income families and senior citizens find affordable housing with private landlords through the federal Section 8 program.   http://www.lacdc.org/CDCWebsite/HA/Home.aspx