Section 8 Waitlist

California

Section 8 & Public Housing waiting list status for all housing authorities in California.

96
Housing Authorities
159
Open Lists
310
Closed Lists
Local Housing Guide 2026

Complete Guide to Section 8 & Public Housing in California

California has 96 housing authorities managing a combined 614 waiting lists across Section 8 (HCV), Public Housing, and Project-Based Voucher programs. Currently, 159 of those lists are accepting applications — an open rate of approximately 26%. This data was last verified on Mar 15, 2026.

The affordable housing programs tracked in California include Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) (5 open), Public Housing (24 open), Project-Based Vouchers (PBV) (26 open), Mainstream (2 open), RAD (1 open), VASH (3 open). Each program has its own eligibility criteria, application process, and wait times. In most cases, applicants can apply to multiple program types at the same housing authority, and there is no limit to the number of housing authorities you can apply to statewide.

The cities with the most open waitlists in California right now are San Luis Obispo (13), Lompoc (11), Eureka (9), Santa Monica (9), and Anaheim (7) . Applicants who are flexible about location will generally receive assistance sooner than those who apply to a single waitlist in a high-demand area.

Latest opening: Oakland Housing Authority — Public Housing (closes Mar 29, 2026)

Eligibility Requirements for California

To qualify for assistance in California, applicants must meet specific income and household criteria set by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).

  • Income: Below HUD local limits
  • Citizenship: U.S. Citizen or eligible legal status
  • Background: Criminal background check required
  • Residency: Preferences often given to locals

Real-Time Data Verification

Section 8 Waitlist aggregates data from official California legal notices, government press releases, and PHA portal updates. Every listing is cross-referenced with California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to ensure that families receive accurate information for low-income programs.

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614 results

Berkeley Housing Authority

Berkeley, California · CA058

Other ● HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ● VASH ● Emergency Housing Voucher Assistance ● Mainstream ● RAD ● Moderate Rehabilitation ●

City of Anaheim Housing Authority

Anaheim, California · CA104

Limited Affordable Rental Housing Program ● PBV ● Affordable Housing Interest List ● Other ● other ● Affordable Housing Lists ● Mainstream ● HCV ● Public Housing ●

City of Benicia Housing Authority

Benicia, California · CA041

PBV ● Other ● Affordable Housing (Burgess Point Apartments) ● Affordable Housing (Bay Ridge Apartments) ● Affordable Housing ● other ● Affordable Housing (Casa de Vilarrasa) ● HCV ● Public Housing ●

City of Oceanside Community Development Commission

Oceanside, California · CA132

HCV ●

City of Sacramento Housing Authority

Sacramento, California · CA005

PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

City of Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa, California · CA088

PBV ● HCV ● RAD ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ●

City of South San Francisco Housing Authority

South San Francisco, California · CA015

HCV ● Affordable Senior Housing ● Other ● Other (Magnolia Plaza) ● Senior Affordable Housing ● Other (Senior Housing) ● Public Housing ● RAD ● Affordable Housing ● PBV ●

County of Plumas Housing Authority

Quincy, California · CA070

Public Housing ● HCV ●

County of Sacramento Housing Authority

Sacramento, California · CA007

other ● Public Housing ● Other ● PBV ● HCV ● Affordable Housing - Moderate Rehab Program SRO ●

County of Solano Housing Authority

Fairfield, California · CA131

PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Tenant-Based Rental Assistance ●

Crescent City Housing Authority

Crescent City, California · CA061

HCV ● PBV ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority City of Fresno

Fresno, California · CA006

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of County of Marin

San Rafael, California · CA052

Below Market Rate (BMR) Homeownership Program ● Other ● Below Market Rate Homeownership ● Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ● HOPWA ● Below Market Rate (BMR) ●

Housing Authority of Fresno County

Fresno, California · CA028

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Burbank

Burbank, California · CA105

Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Initiative ● Affordable Housing Program ● PBV ● EHV ● Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV) ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Housing Authority of the City of Eureka

Eureka, California · CA025

VASH ● Senior Housing ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Mainstream ● HCV ● Laurel Canyon ● RAD ●

Housing Authority of the City of Glendale

Glendale, California · CA114

Affordable Housing Project ● other ● Other (Affordable Senior Housing) ● LIHTC Senior Housing ● Other (Affordable Housing) ● LIHTC (Senior Affordable Housing) ● Other (LIHTC Senior Housing) ● Other (Affordable Housing - Doran Residence) ● Section 202/8 ● Public Housing ● Affordable Housing ● Other Senior ● Other (Senior Affordable Housing) ● PBV ● Affordable Housing (Family/Seniors) ● Other Affordable Housing ● HCV ● Other Senior Affordable Housing ● Other (Senior/Disabled Affordable Housing) ● affordable housing ● other senior rental housing assistance ● Other ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Housing Authority of the City of Livermore

Livermore, California · CA074

Affordable Housing ● HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California · CA004

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Madera

Madera, California · CA069

Public Housing ● HCV ● Pomona Ranch Housing Center ● Farm Labor Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Norwalk

Norwalk, California · CA118

other ● Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV) ● Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) ● HCV ● EHV ● Emergency Housing Voucher ● Public Housing ● RAD ● PBV ● Mainstream ● Emergency Housing Vouchers ●

Housing Authority of the City of Paso Robles

Paso Robles, California · CA050

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Pleasanton

Pleasanton, California · CA081

Public Housing ● Other (Below Market Rate - BMR) ● BMR units at Hacienda by ST. Anton Apartments ● Other (Below Market Rate Units) ● Affordable Rental (BMR) ● BMR ● HCV ● Affordable Rental Housing (BMR) ● PBV ● BMR at Hacienda by ST. Anton Apartments ● BMR at The Kensington Apartments ● Affordable Housing (BMR) ● Below Market Rate (BMR) ●

Housing Authority of the City of Pomona

Pomona, California · CA123

PBV ● HCV ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

Housing Authority of the City of Port Hueneme

Port Hueneme, California · CA032

Senior Housing ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Riverbank

Riverbank, California · CA017

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of San Buenaventura

Ventura, California · CA035

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the City of San Jose

San Jose, California · CA056

Other ● HCV ● Mainstream ● PBV ● Public Housing ● RAD ●

Housing Authority of the City of San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, California · CA064

Affordable Housing (Meadow Creek Apartments) ● Affordable Housing (Non-Subsidized) ● Affordable Housing - Rents Restricted ● Affordable Housing - Income Restricted ● Affordable Housing (Rents Restricted) ● Affordable Housing (Unsubsidized) ● Affordable Housing (HASLO Managed) ● Other Affordable Housing ● Affordable Housing (Non-subsidized) ● Other: Affordable Housing ● Rents Restricted Affordable Housing ● Other ● PBV ● HCV ● Public Housing ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana

Santa Ana, California · CA093

PBV ● HCV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California · CA076

Senior Subsidized Housing ● Vera Cruz Village ● FUP ● PBV ● Johnson Court ● Senior Subsidized ● Garden Court ● HCV ● Senior Housing ● Public Housing ● Supportive Housing ● other ● Other ● Artisan Court ● El Carrillo ● Workforce Housing ● Mainstream ● RAD ● Workforce Housing Program ●

Housing Authority of the City of Santa Monica

Santa Monica, California · CA111

PBV ● other (Below Market Housing) ● Other ● Below Market Housing (BMH) ● BMH ● Other (Below Market Housing - BMH) ● Other (Below Market Housing) ● Below Market Housing ● other ● HCV ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ● RAD ●

Housing Authority of the City of Santa Paula

Santa Paula, California · CA075

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the County of Humboldt

Eureka, California · CA086

Senior Housing ● VASH ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Eureka Senior Housing ● Mainstream ● HCV ● Other ● RAD ●

Housing Authority of the County of Monterey

Salinas, California · CA033

Inclusionary Housing ● PBV ● RAD ● Public Housing ● HCV ● FYI ●

Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino

San Bernardino, California · CA019

Other (Affordable Housing - Crestview Terrace) ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Other (Senior Housing - Day Creek Senior Villas) ● RAD ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the County of San Joaquin

Stockton, California · CA024

PBV ● HCV ● FUP ● VASH ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara

Lompoc, California · CA021

PBV ● TBRA ● Other ● Escalante Meadows_Disaster ● Escalante ● Creekside Apartments ● Other (TBRA Security Deposit Lompoc) ● Thompson Park ● TBRA Security Deposit ● Cypress Court ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the County of Santa Cruz

Capitola, California · CA072

SRO ● Other ● Other - Pacific Station South (Interest List) ● Other: Senior Apartments ● USDA Farmworker Housing Program ● USDA Farm worker Housing Program ● PBV ● USDA Farm Worker Housing Program ● HCV ● Sunrise Senior Apartments ● Public Housing ● USDA Farmworker Housing ● Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) ● FUP ●

Housing Authority of the County of Ventura

Newbury Park, California · CA092

Agency Owned Housing ● PBV ● Other ● HCV ● Public Housing ●

Imperial Valley Housing Authority

Brawley, California · CA143

Other ● NED ● Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

Kings County Housing Authority

Hanford, California · CA053

Farm Labor Housing - Kettleman City ● Public Housing ● Cameron Commons (Other) ● Farm Labor Housing - Admin ● Corcoran Station (Other) ● HCV ●

Los Angeles County Development Authority

Alhambra, California · CA002

PBV ● Public Housing ● other ● Other - Multifamily Housing ● Multifamily Program ● Other - Senior Multifamily Housing ● Multifamily Housing ● HCV ● VASH ●

Mendocino County

Ukiah, California · CA084

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ● FUP ● Mainstream ● VASH ●

Needles Housing Authority

Needles, California · CA022

Public Housing ● VASH ● HCV ●

Oakland Housing Authority

Oakland, California · CA003

Public Housing ● HCV ● Mainstream ● PBV ●

Orange County Housing Authority

Santa Ana, California · CA094

PBV ● Mainstream ● HCV ●

Pico Rivera Housing Assistance Agency

Pico Rivera, California · CA117

Other - Housing Rehabilitation ● Other - Household Maintenance for Seniors/Disabled ● HCV ● Other ● Housing Rehabilitation ● other ● Other (Housing Rehabilitation) ● Public Housing ● Other (Senior/Disabled Home Maintenance) ●

Placer County Housing Authority

Auburn, California · CA149

PBV ● FUP ● Mainstream ● other ● HCV ● EHV ● Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) ● Public Housing ● Family Self-Sufficiency Program ●

Regional Housing Authority

Yuba City, California · CA048

Public Housing ● PBV ● Other ● HCV ●

San Diego Housing Commission

San Diego, California · CA063

NED ● Referral-based programs (HUD required) ● Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ●

Stanislaus Regional Housing Authority

Modesto, California · CA026

PBV ● Public Housing ● Affordable Housing Complexes ● HCV ●

Tulare County Housing Authority

Visalia, California · CA030

HCV ● Senior Housing ● Foster Youth to Independence Vouchers ● Other ● other ● Other: Senior Housing ● Public Housing ● Foster Youth ● Mainstream ● Farm Labor ●

Carlsbad Housing & Homeless Services

Carlsbad, California · CA077

other ● Affordable Housing Resale Program ● Other ● HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

City of Alameda Housing Authority

Alameda, California · CA062

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

City of Compton Housing Authority

Compton, California · CA071

Rental Assistance Programs ● HCV ● Emergency Housing Vouchers ● PBV ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

City of Fairfield

Fairfield, California · CA065

Public Housing ● other ● HCV ● Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) ● Tenant-Based Rental Assistance ● TBRA ● PBV ● Other (Tenant Based Rental Assistance) ● Other ● Tenant Based Rental Assistance ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

City of Long Beach Housing Authority

Long Beach, California · CA068

Shelter Plus Care ● HCV ● Family Self-Sufficiency ● Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing ● other ● PBV ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ● RAD ● HOPWA ● Other ● Emergency Housing Voucher ●

City of Pasadena Housing Department

Pasadena, California · CA079

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

City of Pittsburg Housing Authority

Pittsburg, California · CA060

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ● VASH ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

City of Roseville

Roseville, California · CA128

Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Voucher ● Foster Youth to Independence ● PBV ● Mainstream ● other ● HCV ● FYI ● Public Housing ● VASH ● RAD ●

City of Vacaville

Vacaville, California · CA125

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

Community Development Corporation of National City

National City, California · CA116

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

County of Butte Housing Authority

Chico, California · CA043

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

County of El Dorado Housing Authority

Placerville, California · CA151

HCV ● RAD ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

County of Merced Housing Authority

Merced, California · CA023

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ● Farm Labor Program ●

County of Shasta Housing Authority

Redding, California · CA096

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ● FUP ● Mainstream ● RAD ● Other (Housing Deficiencies) ● other ● Other (Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing) ● Other (Family Self-Sufficiency) ●

County of Sonoma

Santa Rosa, California · CA085

PBV ● HCV ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ● RAD ●

Culver City Housing Authority

Culver City, California · CA110

Public Housing ● HCV ● Emergency Rental Assistance ● COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance ● Other ● other ● PBV ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Hawthorne Housing

Hawthorne, California · CA126

EHV ● HCV ● Mainstream ● RAD ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City & County of SF

San Francisco, California · CA001

HCV ● PBV ● RAD ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Baldwin Park

Baldwin Park, California · CA120

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Calexico

Calexico, California · CA039

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Encinitas

Encinitas, California · CA155

HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Garden Grove

Garden Grove, California · CA102

PBV ● HCV ● Public Housing ● EHV ● Mainstream ● other ● RAD ● Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV) ●

Housing Authority of the City of Hawaiian Gardens

Hawaiian Gardens, California · CA136

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Family Self-Sufficiency ● Moderate Rehabilitation ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Housing Authority of the City of Inglewood

Inglewood, California · CA082

HCV ● other ● Other ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Lomita

Lomita, California · CA139

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Napa

Napa, California · CA073

Mainstream ● HCV ● Public Housing ● RAD ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Oxnard

Oxnard, California · CA031

HCV ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ● Affordable Housing (Cypress Place) ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Redding

Redding, California · CA106

HCV ● other ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ● PBV ● RAD ● Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) ●

Housing Authority of the City of Redondo Beach

Redondo Beach, California · CA103

PBV ● HCV ● Mainstream ● RAD ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Richmond

Richmond, California · CA010

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the City of South Gate

South Gate, California · CA119

HCV ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ● Other ● RAD ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Torrance

Torrance, California · CA121

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ● RAD ● Mainstream ● SV ● EHV ● VASH ●

Housing Authority of the City of Vallejo

Vallejo, California · CA055

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ● TBRA ● Mainstream ● RAD ● Family Self-Sufficiency ● VASH ●

Housing Authority of the County Contra Costa

Martinez, California · CA011

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the County of Alameda

Hayward, California · CA067

Moderate Rehabilitation ● PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Housing Authority of the County of Kern

Bakersfield, California · CA008

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the County of Riverside

Riverside, California · CA027

HCV ● other ● Public Housing ● Moderate Rehabilitation ● Mod Rehab ● RAD ● Mainstream ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the County of San Diego

San Diego, California · CA108

RAD ● Mod-Rehab ● Moderate Rehabilitation ● Public Housing ● HOPWA TBRA ● HOPWA ● PBV ● HCV ● Mainstream ●

Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo

Belmont, California · CA014

PBV ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the County of Yolo

Woodland, California · CA044

Public Housing ● HCV ● Other ● PBV ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Lake County Housing Commission

Lower Lake, California · CA144

HCV ● Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) ● Other ● Emergency Housing Voucher ● EHV ● Public Housing ●

Santa Clara County Housing Authority

San Jose, California · CA059

PBV ● HCV ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ● RAD ●

Suisun City Housing Authority

Suisun City, California · CA066

HCV ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ● RAD ● PBV ●

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