The Santa Rosa Housing Authority will accept applications for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Waitlist beginning June 1, 2023 and through June 30, 2023. This federal subsidy program helps low-income families afford market-rate, private rental housing within the Santa Rosa city limits. Applications are due no later than Friday, June 30 at 11:59 p.m., after which time, the Housing Authority will conduct a random lottery to determine applicants’ placement on the waitlist. All applications submitted between June 1 and June 30 will have an equal chance of being selected in the lottery, regardless of which day the application was submitted.
Residents should visit SRCity.org/Waitlist between June 1 and June 30 to submit applications online. Individuals requiring Telecommunications Relay Services may use the 7-1-1 dialing code, and for all other accommodations and assistance, residents may contact the Santa Rosa Housing Authority at 707-543-3324.
To qualify for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, applicants must meet low-income guidelines, which begin at $44,050 for a one-person household and up to $83,050 for an eight-person household. Voucher holders pay approximately 30-40% of their monthly income towards the rent and the City of Santa Rosa Housing Authority pays the balance of the rent to the owner within reasonable limits.
Community members are advised to be cautious of fraudulent websites being operated by scammers in the name of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program and Section 8 Waitlists. These fraudulent websites may appear authentic, using the name “Section 8,” and they might show an Equal Housing Opportunity logo, but they are a scam designed to take the applicant’s money and sell their personal information. Websites that require payment or credit card information to apply to a waitlist are fraudulent. The Housing Authority never collects fees-for-service or credit card numbers to apply to a waitlist. The only legitimate website to use to apply to the Santa Rosa Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Waitlist is SRCity.org/Waitlist.
Visit SRCity.org/Section8 for more information on the City of Santa Rosa’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.