City of Mesa, Arizona

Section 8
Transfer Your Voucher To Another City or State
(Portability)

 

Currently the City of Mesa Housing Authority is Billing

This is the process you must follow to transfer your housing assistance and paperwork to the City of Mesa Housing & Revitalization

Call your CURRENT housing representative and let them know you want to transfer to another place (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 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.