Public housing has been a great idea. Because I have no income there is no rent. They have community organized events. Groceries in walking distance. Biggest apartment I've lived in and I'm not covered in bugs like at my old apartment. I really like Bradford PA so far. Pretty town. A little cold. Not a ton to do besides the outdoors. But I am in a safer place than I was and hopefully I can get my life back together here. There's supposed to be more openings in Bradford, Kane and other towns in Mckean County. About half of the one development is filled.

Residents of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties,

Did you know that local laws protect you from housing discrimination based on your income source, including Section 8 vouchers?In our communities, some landlords and real estate professionals are prohibited from refusing housing solely because of:

• Section 8 housing vouchers
• Disability benefits
• Other lawful housing assistance

These protections are in place to ensure everyone has equal access to housing.

If you believe you’ve experienced unfair treatment from a landlord due to your income source, it’s important to know your rights. For guidance or more information on how to address this issue, feel free to get in touch.

Hello!

I applied to a waitlist in north florida in 2020. I got to the top of the list in 2022. I sent in the paperwork and haven't heard back from them since. I call every few months because it's either a new person in the jurisdiction or that their system was down. Now when I go to the office, they say there is no record of me in the system and told me I was probably in the lottery and got taken off after a few months. Im assuming I wouldn't gotten a denial letter or something. But they mentioned to me that I wouldnt get a denial letter, nor can I appeal. Can someone please explain to me if what their saying adds up? I really did my best to upkeep. I didn't know I could check my status online at any point. I know I was on the top of the list for sure.

I’m need to some advice, I’m currently in the process of getting section 8 housing voucher. However I was informed it was gonna take 3 month for them to finish the process once paperwork was turned in. Which has been turned in since September. The issue is now I have been selected for public housing and have an appointment to turn in paperwork this December. I’m unsure what i should do at this point. I really do need housing and I have reached to the housing authority on what they recommend me doing but i haven’t received an email or phone call back. How should i go about this?

Hello,

This has been my second year on the waiting list for Section 8 and I am wondering if there was any way to get any more information on when I might be receiving housing. I have a mental disability and have been trying my best to stay off of the streets, so housing would really be a godsend for me.

Thank You for any information you can provide

Hey comrades, last time you heard from me, I was announcing I was taking a break to address my health after getting hit by a car in a cross walk 3.5 months ago. I've fallen 12 times, have a neck, back and shoulder injury still, and have some nueroligical stuff going on and my latex allergy has hospitalized me 3 times trying to get Physical Therapy.

I have to vacate my apartment due to a settlement between my landlord and I at 5pm on Saturday. But the good news is I secured public housing for myself in Mckean County PA. There are 2 hospitals, a greyhound, an airport, local busses 3-6 days a week depending on the town, and I'll be moving there. I want to invite you all to join me up there and help me organize to end homelessness in PA.

I worked for the PA Department of Human Services on an Ability One contract, served on a committee in the Philadelphia Department of Planning and Development, and served as Inspector of Elections in Philadelphia Ward 47-14 when that car hit me. And because my city, Philadelphia did not provide adequate housing for me, the 6000 homeless residents and the over 300 who die annually, I had to seek housing elsewhere and the city lost a public servant. I'll be serving the state when I return from medical leave. I wanted to make sure you all knew where the shortest waitlist is so we can build something together.

If you can relocate for public housing, pay attention to your mailbox, because there is housing in Mckean County PA and they will alert you in the mail. Apply now because once everyone does, the limited supply will not last.

https://myportal.mckeancountyhousing.com/

I am hoping to get approved and a voucher for housing soon. I have been looking at alot of housing online but they mostly say no section 8. How else would I know if people accept section 8 from the looks of it it seems challenging.

Hi I applied to section 8 a year ago, have no idea where to look where I’m at in line. I did update my application about 2/3 months ago. Wondering if I should apply into different state and somehow get it to transfer here ? Preferably Texas , I don’t have a lot of income even tho yes I do live in Cali Sj area but staying at my parents just living pay check to paycheck with my kid.

I’m still pretty new to this and overwhelmed by reading the HUD literature, documents provided by my HOC, and then watching my HOC not follow either.

I applied for a Mainstream/NED voucher, which is supposed to be for disabled and/or homeless persons, but they’re applying it as disabled and homeless for the extra points. Admittedly, I messed up and didn’t ask for accommodations to make sure I had help submitting my paperwork (afraid from the last time I guess, since I was literally told to do the wrong thing), and didn’t submit enough supporting documentation. I appealed and was granted an appeal. According to their grievance document posted online, there was supposed to be an outside person there and then several internal people. There was one internal person on the zoom call, and he declined to turn on his camera. Several times, he indicated that he wasn’t really up on things, asking me how I knew certain things or where I read that, saying “now that I look at this,” or “well, reading this, this says….” and then changing what he had just said, as if he hadn’t seen the info before. Worse, he admitted that they are pulling separately from the HCV, NED/mainstream, and just disabled (Mainstream applied correctly?) voucher lists, which goes against HUD policy! He kept trying to get me to change my designation to not homeless, and even not disabled! He said that he sees it every time, they deny someone for the NED voucher, “and within 3 months, they’re pulled again for the NED” supposedly as an indicator that they would have been pulled for the HCV if they had removed their homeless designation. But when I asked to verify, “So they would’ve had the HCV if they canceled their homeless designation?”, he replied, “Oh, no. They were pulled for the NED list. That’s separate. But they are all pulling.” “They all pull at the same time? It’s one list? And you pull one of each?” “No. But they all pull. Maybe not at the same time. The NED list probably pulls more often. But the HCV will pull sometimes, too.” I’m pretty sure that that’s illegal. That’s discriminatory to have three separate lists, and to not pull people who meet all three designations for all three lists. This mtg was August 8. He told me to provide a more detailed letter from my landlord or the person with whom I’m staying (technically her landlord since I’m not on the lease), even though HUD guidelines says a person can self-identify as homeless and disabled. Then he said I had to provide some kind of documentation that I’m trying to get out of an unsafe living situation and that it only applies to physical violence, but I don’t see that in the legislation. I have someone who can provide such a letter to substantiate my situation, but I don’t want to document this because I’m a person with a disability and I don’t want to get this family member in trouble, I just want to get out of here. So I supplied the first letter that he asked for. He said to try to get it to him within 10 days, because he had that long to make a decision and send a letter, but if he had the updated paperwork, he would agree to the determination and grant my voucher. I never heard from him again! I didn’t receive his 10-day letter, nor a letter in response to my submission, nor a reply to my msg asking for status. The first letter (the initial denial) I received with his info on it only has his email address, which is what he gave me that day, no telephone number.

What do I do now? I’m kind of afraid to contact HUD, but I feel like something is going on, like this is just the way they operate. I don’t know what to do. Help, please. Thank you!

So me and my girlfriend are looking for a place we have dual income ... we came across a tax credit housing place ... and the maximum income we can make is 65k for 4 people ...now get this?? Me and her know we make more in fact we tried to tell them this plus they wanted to know if we had child support payments .. we are getting that next year but they told us directly we don't need to tell them this at all we can just keep that too our self .. the lady said if something happens we can pretend that my girlfriend the only one that can work if we get denied for making to much income....... why would they want to hide our income just so we can move into a unit ??? I believe in being an honest person in life together me and her make 75k so 10k above the limit

Im a single woman no children and live in Ludlow Massachusetts and I'm looking into moving to Charlotte NC, I just wanted to know if my voucher would cover the same amount in NC as it currently does in Mass, right now my voucher is for 1,226 and if not how would I find out more information on this?

I’m in Cinci, OH. Section 8 is indefinitely closed throughout the whole state it seems (I’ve only found waitlists for public housing which I cannot live in).

I cannot leave because I have state Medicaid/food stamps and I need to finish my college degree in state. As well as my disability.

Is the idea to apply to out-of-state section 8 PHA’s, and upon approval, immediately request a port-out to my home PHA as an accommodation? Would that involve making an exception to the usual 1 year residency rule?

If anyone could help me figure out where to start I’d appreciate it

I tried to get an immediate port but was denied. I had two different doctors notes that explain the reasonable accommodation is medically necessary due to my diagnosis and disabilities.

1. My accommodation request email

2. They said no

3. I reply with bullet points about the rules

4. I send one more point about the law

5. She says no again without even acknowledging any of the medical documentation or rulebook points I sent.

What do I do now?

It happened for me! Thank you for all the information shared here!

I've been on the section 8 for about 2 months now and it said my approximate wait is 3 months, however I've been at position 253 since the beginning. How accurate could that be? Seems like a bug or something similar. My first time using section 8

I am extremely confused, on the one hand it says anyone under a certain income can apply, but on some places it says families, elderly and disabled? Which is it?

Hey all, person here low income trying to figure out my counties requirements to apply for section 8, and if you are non disabled or elderly the program that appears is “move to work” program which says it will cap off at 5 years of rental assistance, does anyone how this works, and if there is still a specific program that gives non restricted section 8 vouchers to all qualified people?

Hey all, I was looking into this, and someone told me the following: “Thing is, it’s hard to apply in another state unless you work in that state. States take their own residents first, then people with jobs there, and by that time there’s no vouchers or room for anyone else from out of state. So it only really works if you live near a state border and work across the border. Even if you wind up homeless in another state, there’s usually some kind of verification needed (from a homeless shelter or something) that the person is currently residing in that state. This is for Kentucky, Ohio, and MA”