Section 8 Waitlist

Florida

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

97
Housing Authorities
74
Open Lists
270
Closed Lists
Local Housing Guide 2026

Complete Guide to Section 8 & Public Housing in Florida

Florida has 97 housing authorities managing a combined 428 waiting lists across Section 8 (HCV), Public Housing, and Project-Based Voucher programs. Currently, 74 of those lists are accepting applications — an open rate of approximately 17%. This data was last verified on Mar 15, 2026.

The affordable housing programs tracked in Florida include Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) (4 open), Public Housing (16 open), Project-Based Vouchers (PBV) (13 open), Mainstream (3 open), RAD, VASH (2 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 Florida right now are Brooksville (14), Miami (4), Melbourne (4), Deland (4), and Dade City (4) . 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: Tallahassee Housing Authority — PBV (closes Apr 15, 2026)

Eligibility Requirements for Florida

To qualify for assistance in Florida, applicants must meet specific income and household criteria set by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation.

  • 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 Florida legal notices, government press releases, and PHA portal updates. Every listing is cross-referenced with Florida Housing Finance Corporation to ensure that families receive accurate information for low-income programs.

Browse by City in Florida

428 results

Alachua County

Gainesville, Florida · FL070

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

Baker County Housing Assistance Program

Macclenny, Florida · FL102

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Brooksville Housing Authority

Brooksville, Florida · FL074

Neighborhood Stabilization ● other ● Neighborhood Stabilization Program ● NSP ● Public Housing ● Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) ● HCV ●

Carrfour Supportive Housing, Inc.

Miami, Florida · FL881

other ● Permanent Supportive Housing ● Affordable Housing ● Other (Non-Homeless Affordable Housing) ● PBV ● Public Housing ● Other: Homeless Supportive Housing ● PSH/RRH ● Other: Non-Homeless Affordable Housing ● Affordable Housing (Non-Homeless) ● PSH ● HCV ● Other (Homeless Supportive Housing) ● RAD ● Mainstream ● Rapid Rehousing Program (RRH) ● Supportive Housing ● Scattered Sites Programs ● Sun South ● Supportive Housing (Homeless) ● Housing Assistance Program (HAP) ●

Collier County Housing Authority

Immokalee, Florida · FL141

Farm Worker Housing ● Public Housing ● TBRA ● HCV ● Other ● PBV ● RAD ● Mainstream ● Horizon Village ●

Columbia County Housing Authority

Lake City, Florida · FL125

Public Housing ● HCV ● Mainstream ● RAD ● PBV ●

County of Volusia Department of Community Services

Deland, Florida · FL113

Emergency Repair ● Housing Rehabilitation ● Wind Hazard Mitigation ● Hurricane Housing Recovery ● Mainstream ● HCV ● Public Housing ●

DeFuniak Springs Housing Authority

Defuniak Springs, Florida · FL039

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Delray Beach Housing Authority

Delray Beach, Florida · FL083

Other ● HCV ● Public Housing ● RAD ● Mainstream ● PBV ● Affordable Housing (Senior) ●

Fort Walton Beach Housing Authority

Fort Walton Beach, Florida · FL069

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Hendry County Housing Authority

Labelle, Florida · FL123

ESG ● SHIP ● Public Housing ● Housing Assistance ● HCV ● other ●

Hernando County Housing Authority

Brooksville, Florida · FL137

Neighborhood Stabilization Program ● Other ● Other (NSP) ● NSP ● Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) ● other ● NSP Rental Program ● Other - Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) ● HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Mainstream ●

Holmes County Housing Authority

Bonifay, Florida · FL202

HCV ● Public Housing ● SHIP ● other ●

Housing Authority of Brevard County

Melbourne, Florida · FL020

PBV ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of City of Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach, Florida · FL007

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

Housing Authority of City of Fernandina Beach

Fernandina Beach, Florida · FL037

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Cocoa

Cocoa, Florida · FL019

Mainstream ● Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Lakeland

Lakeland, Florida · FL011

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Marianna

Marianna, Florida · FL031

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Titusville

Titusville, Florida · FL025

Public Housing ● HCV ● Mainstream ●

Housing Authority of the City of Winter Park

Winter Park, Florida · FL082

Other ● Affordable Housing ● PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Jacksonville Housing Authority

Jacksonville, Florida · FL001

Other ● Emergency Housing Voucher ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Mainstream ● PBV ●

Melbourne Housing Authority

Melbourne, Florida · FL056

PBV ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Miami Housing Conservation

Miami, Florida · FL145

PBV ● Moderate Rehabilitation ● Mod Rehab ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Milton Housing Authority

Milton, Florida · FL053

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority

Graceville, Florida · FL015

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Orange County Housing & Community Development

Orlando, Florida · FL093

PBV ● HCV ● TBRA ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ● RAD ●

Ormond Beach Housing Authority

Ormond Beach, Florida · FL024

PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Osceola County Housing Agency

Kissimmee, Florida · FL201

SHIP ● Other - Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) ● other ● Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) ● Tenant-Based Rental Assistance ● TBRA ● HCV ● RAD ● CDBG Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation ● Mainstream ● CDBG Emergency Rental Assistance ● Homeless Services ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Palatka Housing Authority

Palatka, Florida · FL057

VASH ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Mainstream ●

Pasco County Housing Authority

Dade City, Florida · FL104

PBV ● Other ● USDA Housing (Senior/Disabled) ● USDA Housing ● HCV ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ● Affordable Housing ● RAD ●

Punta Gorda Housing Authority

Punta Gorda, Florida · FL060

PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Riviera Beach Housing Authority

Riviera Beach, Florida · FL076

PBV ● HCV ● Public Housing ● Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) ● Other Affordable Housing ● Affordable Housing ●

Tallahassee Housing Authority

Tallahassee, Florida · FL073

PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Tampa Housing Authority

Tampa, Florida · FL003

PBV ● HOPWA ● Mainstream ● HCV ● RAD ● Public Housing ●

The Housing Authority of the City of Sanford

Sanford, Florida · FL016

Other (Georgetown Square Senior Apartments) ● Other (Monroe Landings Family Apartments) ● Other ● LIHTC - Monroe Landings Family Apartments ● HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Union County Housing Authority

Lake Butler, Florida · FL042

Public Housing ● HCV ●

West Palm Beach Housing Authority

West Palm Beach, Florida · FL009

Senior Community (Heron Estates) ● PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

Arcadia Housing Authority

Arcadia, Florida · FL055

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Area Housing Commission

Pensacola, Florida · FL006

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Boley Centers, Inc.

St Petersburg, Florida · FL888

other ● HOPWA ● Mainstream ● HCV ● HUD 811 Supportive Housing ● PBV ● HUD 811 Supportive Housing Program ● HUD 811 ●

Broward County Housing Authority

Lauderdale Lakes, Florida · FL079

Mainstream ● Multifamily Housing (Meyers Estates - 3-Bedroom) ● Multifamily Housing (Meyers Estates - 2-Bedroom) ● RAD ● Multifamily Housing ● HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Chipley Housing Authority

Chipley, Florida · FL038

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Citrus County Housing Services

Lecanto, Florida · FL147

Public Housing ● HCV ● Other Housing Programs ●

City of Pensacola Housing Division

Pensacola, Florida · FL092

HCV ● Housing Rehabilitation Programs ● Home Buyers Programs ● PBV ● RAD ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ●

Clearwater Housing Authority

Clearwater, Florida · FL075

RAD ● HCV ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ● PBV ●

Crestview Housing Authority

Crestview, Florida · FL046

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Dania Beach Housing Authority

Dania Beach, Florida · FL116

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ● Foster Youth ● Mainstream ● FUP ●

DeLand Housing Authority

Deland, Florida · FL072

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Dunedin Housing Authority

Clearwater, Florida · FL061

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ● Other ● Affordable Housing (San Christopher Apartments) ●

Gainesville Housing Authority

Gainesville, Florida · FL063

PBV ● HCV ● Public Housing ●

Hialeah Housing Authority

Hialeah, Florida · FL066

Public Housing ● PBV ● Affordable Housing ● HCV ● Mainstream ●

Hollywood Housing Authority

Hollywood, Florida · FL136

other ● Welfare to Work ● PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Other ● RAD ●

Housing Authority of Avon Park

Avon Park, Florida · FL012

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of Bartow

Bartow, Florida · FL026

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of Boca Raton

Boca Raton, Florida · FL119

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of New Smyrna Beach

New Smyrna Beach, Florida · FL022

Public Housing ● Open Market and Development Corp ● HCV ● Other (Open Market and Development Corp Waitlists) ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of Pompano Beach

Pompano Beach, Florida · FL028

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of Springfield

Panama City, Florida · FL035

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Apalachicola

Apalachicola, Florida · FL036

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Bradenton

Bradenton, Florida · FL023

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Deerfield Beach

Deerfield Beach, Florida · FL081

HCV ● Mainstream ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Eustis

Eustis, Florida · FL040

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida · FL010

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ● RAD ●

Housing Authority of the City of Fort Myers

Fort Myers, Florida · FL047

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

Housing Authority of the City of Fort Pierce

Fort Pierce, Florida · FL041

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Homestead

Homestead, Florida · FL068

HCV ● RAD ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Emergency Housing Vouchers ● USDA Housing ● Emergency Housing ● VASH ● Mainstream ● other ●

Housing Authority of the City of Key West

Key West, Florida · FL013

other ● Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ● Affordable Housing ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Housing Authority of the City of Live Oak

Live Oak, Florida · FL027

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Miami Beach

Miami Beach, Florida · FL017

PBV ● Affordable Housing ● RAD ● HCV ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ●

Housing Authority of the City of Mulberry

Mulberry, Florida · FL054

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of St. Petersburg

St Petersburg, Florida · FL002

Public Housing ● Affordable Housing (Saratoga Apartments) ● Affordable Housing (Palm Bayou Apartments) ● HCV ● PBV ● Affordable Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Stuart

Stuart, Florida · FL045

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the County of Flagler

Bunnell, Florida · FL030

Public Housing ● Mainstream ● HCV ●

Indian River Co Board of County Commissioners

Vero Beach, Florida · FL132

HCV ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ● RAD ● PBV ●

Lake County Housing Agency

Tavares, Florida · FL106

other ● Public Housing ● HCV ● SHIP Foreclosure Prevention Program ● SHIP Home Ownership Assistance ●

Lake Wales Housing Authority

Lake Wales, Florida · FL071

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Lee County Housing Authority

North Fort Myers, Florida · FL128

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Macclenny Housing Authority

Macclenny, Florida · FL065

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Manatee County Housing Authority

Bradenton, Florida · FL105

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Miami Dade Housing and Community Development

Miami, Florida · FL005

Public Housing ● PBV ● Mod Rehab ● HCV ●

Monroe County Housing Authority

Key West, Florida · FL144

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

Niceville Housing Authority

Niceville, Florida · FL052

HCV ● Public Housing ●

North Central Florida Regional Housing Agency

Bronson, Florida · FL049

NSP - Pine Apartments ● HCV ● Public Housing ●

Ocala Housing Authority

Ocala, Florida · FL032

HCV ● Public Housing ● VASH ●

Orlando Housing Authority

Orlando, Florida · FL004

SRO ● HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

Pahokee Housing Authority

Pahokee, Florida · FL021

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Palm Beach County Housing Authority

West Palm Beach, Florida · FL080

Mainstream ● Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ●

Panama City Housing Authority

Panama City, Florida · FL018

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

Pinellas County Housing Authority

Largo, Florida · FL062

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ●

Plant City Housing Authority

Plant City, Florida · FL034

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Sarasota Housing Authority

Sarasota, Florida · FL008

Other Senior and Disabled ● HCV ● Affordable Housing ● Other - Senior and Disabled Housing ● Other - Single Family Homes ● Other ● Other (Single-Family Homes) ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

Seminole County Housing Authority

Oviedo, Florida · FL033

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Tarpon Springs Housing Authority

Tarpon Springs, Florida · FL058

Other Affordable Housing ● Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Venice Housing Authority

Venice, Florida · FL064

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Walton County Housing Authority

Defuniak Springs, Florida · FL110

HCV ● Public Housing ●

Winter Haven Housing Authority

Winter Haven, Florida · FL139

Public Housing ● HCV ●

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