Thursday, December 1, 2011

CITY WILL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR SECTION 8 HOUSING; LOTTERY BASED SYSTEM GIVES APPLICANTS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Families, couples and individuals may now apply for the opportunity to have safe, decent and affordable housing through the City of Tucson/Pima County Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.

The Section 8 Waiting List will open using a lottery system to ensure that everyone who submits an application within the appropriate timeframes will have an equal opportunity for placement on the list. This eliminates the need for applicants to wait in long lines. The application period runs from Tuesday, December 13, 2011, through Thursday, December 15, 2011.  Once all applications are received, a waiting list number will be assigned to each application using the lottery-based system.

Applications will be available online at http://web2.transview.org/section8 and must be completed and submitted between Tuesday, December 13, 2011 and Thursday, December 15, 2011.

Completed applications that are sent by mail must be postmarked no later than Thursday, December 15, 2011. Applications will also be available beginning Tuesday, December 13, 2011, at the locations indicated below:

Income limits apply, based on household size. Applicants are screened for criminal background history. For more information, call the Section 8 Office at 520-791-4739.