Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility requirements for admission to the Section 8 program are:

• qualify as a family (see below),

• be within income limits (see below),

• meet citizenship/eligible immigration criteria,

• provide documentation of Social Security numbers,

• sign consent authorization documents, and

• pass a criminal background assessment.

The definition of a family is:

• A family with or without children is defined as a group of people related by blood, marriage, adoption or affinity that lives together in a stable family relationship.

• An elderly family is one in which the head or spouse is at least 62 year of age or older.

• A near-elderly family is one in which the the head or spouse is at least 50 years of age but under62 years of age.

• A disabled family is one in which the the head or spouse is disabled using the Social Security definition of disability.

• A single person who is not an elderly or displaced person, or a person with disabilities, or the remaining member of a tenant family.

INCOME LIMITS
Effective
($ = Median Income)