Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8)
Eligibility Requirements & Applications

The Section 8 Waiting List Is Currently Closed

 

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
$23,350
3 Persons $30,000 5 Persons
$36,000
7 Persons $41,300
2 Persons $26,650 4 Persons $33,300 6 Persons $38,650 8 Persons $44,000



 

 

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
TDD 480.644.2778

Email Us: housing.info@mesaaz.gov

Hours
7am-6pm
Monday-Thursday






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New Landlord Info and Inspections

 Family Self-Sufficiency Program