Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

PORTABILITY

Transferring your voucher FROM another city or state

This is the process you must follow to transfer your housing assistance and paperwork to the City of Mesa Housing Services Division.

• Call your CURRENT housing representative and let them know you want to transfer to another jurisdiction (city). They will have you sign a Request for Portability and issue you a Housing Choice Voucher.  They may contact us at 480-644-3536.
   

• Your current housing representative MUST send us required documents BEFORE you arrive here. These documents should include: the HUD-52665, HUD-50058, birth certificates, social security cards, proof of income and any other paperwork they feel is necessary.
   

• Then you arrive in Mesa.
   

• When you have arrived in Mesa, you MUST call this office for an appointment to attend our weekly Briefing (required!) to receive OUR Housing Choice Voucher and other necessary paperwork.  THIS CAN NOT BE DONE BY PHONE or FAX.
   

• AFTER the briefing you locate a suitable unit and submit the necessary paperwork to have the unit inspected BEFORE you move in to it. (Scheduling of inspections is done by the Inspector's office and may take up to 2 weeks.)
   

• After the unit passes a Housing Quality Standards Inspection you may then (and only then) sign a Lease Agreement with the landlord and move in.  You will be notified of your rent portion.

The entire process may take up to 30 days or longer, depending on when your paperwork is received, when you attend the briefing and when the unit is available for inspection.

If you need more information please feel free to call us at 480-644-3536.