Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8)
Eligibility Requirements & Applications
Eligibility requirements for admission to the Section 8
program are:
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- meet
citizenship/eligible immigration criteria
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- provide Social Security documentation
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- sign consent
authorization documents, and
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- pass a criminal
background assessment
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The Definition of a Family
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
head or spouse
is at least 50 years of age but under 62 years of age.
A disabled family is one in which 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
1 Person
$22,100 |
3 Persons $28,400 |
5 Persons
$34,100 |
7 Persons $39,150 |
| 2 Persons $25,250 |
4 Persons $31,550 |
6 Persons $36,600 |
8 Persons $41,650 |