Section 8 Waitlist

California

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

96
Housing Authorities
136
Open Lists
269
Closed Lists
Local Housing Guide 2026

Complete Guide to Section 8 & Public Housing in California

California has 96 housing authorities managing a combined 530 waiting lists across Section 8 (HCV), Public Housing, and Project-Based Voucher programs. Currently, 136 of those lists are accepting applications — an open rate of approximately 26%. This data was last verified on Mar 2, 2026.

The affordable housing programs tracked in California include Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) (7 open), Public Housing (26 open), Project-Based Vouchers (PBV) (26 open), Mainstream (2 open), RAD (2 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 Lompoc (10), Eureka (8), Visalia (8), San Luis Obispo (7), and Sacramento (6) . 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 utilizes advanced Search Grounding technology to scan official California legal notices, government press releases, and PHA portal updates. This automated monitoring is cross-referenced with California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to ensure that families receive accurate information for low-income programs.

Browse by City in California

530 results

Berkeley Housing Authority

Berkeley, California · CA058

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

City of Anaheim Housing Authority

Anaheim, California · CA104

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

City of Benicia Housing Authority

Benicia, California · CA041

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

City of Long Beach Housing Authority

Long Beach, California · CA068

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

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 South San Francisco Housing Authority

South San Francisco, California · CA015

Senior Affordable Housing ● HCV ● PBV ● RAD ● Public Housing ●

Community Development Corporation of National City

National City, California · CA116

PBV ● HCV ●

County of Butte Housing Authority

Chico, California · CA043

PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

County of Merced Housing Authority

Merced, California · CA023

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

County of Plumas Housing Authority

Quincy, California · CA070

Public Housing ● HCV ●

County of Sacramento Housing Authority

Sacramento, California · CA007

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

Crescent City Housing Authority

Crescent City, California · CA061

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of County of Marin

San Rafael, California · CA052

Below Market Rate Homeownership ● Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ● HOPWA ●

Housing Authority of Fresno County

Fresno, California · CA028

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Burbank

Burbank, California · CA105

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

Housing Authority of the City of Encinitas

Encinitas, California · CA155

HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Eureka

Eureka, California · CA025

PBV ● Senior Housing ● VASH ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Mainstream ●

Housing Authority of the City of Livermore

Livermore, California · CA074

Affordable Housing ● Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Madera

Madera, California · CA069

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

Housing Authority of the City of Norwalk

Norwalk, California · CA118

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

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

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

Housing Authority of the City of Port Hueneme

Port Hueneme, California · CA032

Senior Housing ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Richmond

Richmond, California · CA010

PBV ● HCV ● Public Housing ●

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

Housing Authority of the City of San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, California · CA064

Other Affordable Housing ● PBV ● Rents Restricted Affordable Housing ● Public Housing ● Other ● Other: Affordable Housing ● Affordable Housing (Non-subsidized) ● HCV ● 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

PBV ● Senior Subsidized Housing ● Vera Cruz Village ● Johnson Court ● Senior Subsidized ● other ● Workforce Housing ● HCV ● Public Housing ● Supportive Housing ● Other ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

Housing Authority of the City of Santa Monica

Santa Monica, California · CA111

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

Housing Authority of the City of Santa Paula

Santa Paula, California · CA075

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the County Contra Costa

Martinez, California · CA011

PBV ● HCV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the County of Humboldt

Eureka, California · CA086

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

Housing Authority of the County of Kern

Bakersfield, California · CA008

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the County of Monterey

Salinas, California · CA033

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

Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino

San Bernardino, California · CA019

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

Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara

Lompoc, California · CA021

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

Housing Authority of the County of Santa Cruz

Capitola, California · CA072

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

Housing Authority of the County of Ventura

Newbury Park, California · CA092

PBV ● Agency Owned Housing ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

Imperial Valley Housing Authority

Brawley, California · CA143

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

Kings County Housing Authority

Hanford, California · CA053

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

Mendocino County

Ukiah, California · CA084

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

Needles Housing Authority

Needles, California · CA022

Public Housing ● VASH ● HCV ●

Oakland Housing Authority

Oakland, California · CA003

Public Housing ● Mainstream ● HCV ● PBV ●

Orange County Housing Authority

Santa Ana, California · CA094

PBV ● HCV ● Mainstream ●

Pico Rivera Housing Assistance Agency

Pico Rivera, California · CA117

Housing Rehabilitation ● other ● Other ● HCV ● Other (Housing Rehabilitation) ● Public Housing ● Other (Senior/Disabled Home Maintenance) ●

Placer County Housing Authority

Auburn, California · CA149

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

Regional Housing Authority

Yuba City, California · CA048

PBV ● HCV ● Other ● Public Housing ●

San Diego Housing Commission

San Diego, California · CA063

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

Stanislaus Regional Housing Authority

Modesto, California · CA026

PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Affordable Housing Complexes ●

Tulare County Housing Authority

Visalia, California · CA030

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

Carlsbad Housing & Homeless Services

Carlsbad, California · CA077

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

City of Alameda Housing Authority

Alameda, California · CA062

PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ●

City of Compton Housing Authority

Compton, California · CA071

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

City of Fairfield

Fairfield, California · CA065

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

City of Pasadena Housing Department

Pasadena, California · CA079

Public Housing ● HCV ● RAD ● Mainstream ● PBV ●

City of Pittsburg Housing Authority

Pittsburg, California · CA060

HCV ● Public Housing ●

City of Roseville

Roseville, California · CA128

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

City of Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa, California · CA088

HCV ● PBV ● RAD ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ●

City of Vacaville

Vacaville, California · CA125

HCV ● PBV ●

County of El Dorado Housing Authority

Placerville, California · CA151

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

County of Shasta Housing Authority

Redding, California · CA096

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

County of Solano Housing Authority

Fairfield, California · CA131

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

County of Sonoma

Santa Rosa, California · CA085

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

Culver City Housing Authority

Culver City, California · CA110

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

Hawthorne Housing

Hawthorne, California · CA126

HCV ● RAD ● PBV ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ●

Housing Authority City of Fresno

Fresno, California · CA006

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the City & County of SF

San Francisco, California · CA001

RAD ● Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Baldwin Park

Baldwin Park, California · CA120

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Calexico

Calexico, California · CA039

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Garden Grove

Garden Grove, California · CA102

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

Housing Authority of the City of Glendale

Glendale, California · CA114

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

Housing Authority of the City of Hawaiian Gardens

Hawaiian Gardens, California · CA136

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

Housing Authority of the City of Inglewood

Inglewood, California · CA082

PBV ● Other ● HCV ● other ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Lomita

Lomita, California · CA139

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California · CA004

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Napa

Napa, California · CA073

HCV ● PBV ● Mainstream ● RAD ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Oxnard

Oxnard, California · CA031

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

Housing Authority of the City of Pomona

Pomona, California · CA123

Mainstream ● HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ● RAD ●

Housing Authority of the City of Redding

Redding, California · CA106

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

Housing Authority of the City of Redondo Beach

Redondo Beach, California · CA103

HCV ● RAD ● Mainstream ● PBV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Riverbank

Riverbank, California · CA017

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of South Gate

South Gate, California · CA119

HCV ● RAD ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Torrance

Torrance, California · CA121

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ● RAD ● Mainstream ●

Housing Authority of the City of Vallejo

Vallejo, California · CA055

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

Housing Authority of the County of Alameda

Hayward, California · CA067

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

Housing Authority of the County of Riverside

Riverside, California · CA027

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

Housing Authority of the County of San Diego

San Diego, California · CA108

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

Housing Authority of the County of San Joaquin

Stockton, California · CA024

Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo

Belmont, California · CA014

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ● Mainstream ●

Housing Authority of the County of Yolo

Woodland, California · CA044

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

Lake County Housing Commission

Lower Lake, California · CA144

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

Los Angeles County Development Authority

Alhambra, California · CA002

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

Santa Clara County Housing Authority

San Jose, California · CA059

Mainstream ● PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ● RAD ●

Suisun City Housing Authority

Suisun City, California · CA066

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

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