Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8)
Eligibility Requirements & Applications

Eligibility requirements for admission to the Section 8 program are:
  • qualify as a family
  • be within income limits
  • meet citizenship/eligible immigration criteria
  • provide Social Security documentation
  • sign consent authorization documents, and
  • pass a criminal background assessment

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



 

 

Housing and Community Development

20 E. Main Street, Suite 250
Mesa, AZ 85201

Mailing Address
PO Box 1466
Mesa, AZ 85211-1466

Tel   480.644.3536
Fax  480.644.2923
AzRelay 7-1-1

Email Us: housing.info@mesaaz.gov

Hours
7am-6pm
Monday-Thursday






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Eligibility Information and Applications

Transfer your Voucher to Another City or State (Portability)

New Landlord Info and Inspections

 Family Self-Sufficiency Program