Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8)
Housing Choice Voucher Program
Clay County HRA is currently only accepting applications for the following preferences for our Housing Choice Voucher Program:
To qualify, applicants must:
The Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) helps households pay their rent by providing a “rent subsidy” directly to their landlord.
Clay County HRA is currently only accepting applications for the following preferences for our Housing Choice Voucher Program:
- Families who are Clay County residents, work, or have a verifiable offer of employment in Clay County or head of household or spouse is 75 years of age or older.
- Households applying to buildings with project-based vouchers.
- Households who have participated in an HRA rental assistance program and been terminated by the HRA in the past two years due to an increase in earned income.
- Households who are currently participating in a permanent supportive housing program in Clay County who, based upon a standardized assessment, are determined to no longer require permanent supportive housing (by referral only).
- Youth ages 18-24 who are referred by Clay County Social Services for a Foster Youth Initiative Voucher (by referred only).
- Households who are Clay County residents who are currently receiving time limited rental assistance (i.e. transitional housing) but will be terminated within 6 months due to reaching the time limit (by referral only).
- Households who live in Clay County HRA-owned or managed unsubsidized units (by referral only).
To qualify, applicants must:
- Be of low income according to HUD criteria;
- Not been evicted from federally assisted housing within the past 5 years for drug related activity;
- Not currently engaged in the use of any illegal drugs;
- Not a current registered sex offender;
- Not been convicted of the production or manufacture of methamphetamine and;
- Not owe money to another public housing agency