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Waiting List
We strongly recommend that you use for the Name Field the same name you did use to fill your Housing Application.
eg. John Smith
fill the form above to retrieve the information
History
The waitlist for Section 8 rental assistance was opened late October 2006 and over 10,000 families applied. All families were placed on the applicant list based on a lottery system, and then are pulled from the list by local preferences. Those preferences are working, going to school, rent burdened, homeless, disabled, or living in substandard conditions.
Mailing Address
It is important that if there is a new mailing address, that it is reported to the office in person or in writing. Providing information over the phone will not be accepted, because this type of effort can not be tracked.
Emergency Assistance
The agency does not offer any type of emergency assistance. All families will be assisted from the waitlist by order of the lottery and preferences.
When will I get assistance
The agency will not be able to predict when any applicant will receive assistance. The agency only has 5,209 vouchers to assist all of Hillsborough County. Therefore, in order to assist someone from the waitlist, someone must leave the Section 8 rental assistance program. We do however remove at least 50 families a month or 700 families a year from the Section 8 rental assistance program, and then pull that same amount from the waitlist. Example: your number on the waitlist is 1,000, and if the agency assists 700 from the list, your position on the list should move up to 300. This may fluctuate due to some families may not be have a local preference and will be placed back on the list. When a family is called in to determine their eligibility, we also have to determine and ensure that family meets the preference and if that family can not prove their preference, they then go back on the list. So if your number was 25 at one point, and then we placed somebody back on the list, it may go to 26.
Notice of eligibility
When your name comes to the top of the list, you will be sent a written notification to either provide information or a notice of an appointment. You must attend the appointment or provide information in order to be considered for rental assistance. If 2 notices are sent without a response, your name will automatically be removed from the waitlist.
Informal Review
You will have the right to an informal review, but it must be sent in writing within 10 days of THA sending the notice to remove from the waitlist.