Columbus, GeorgiaSection 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental housing assistance in Columbus, Georgia

The Housing Authority of Columbus Georgia (HACG) will accept Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from May 20, 2024 at 8:00 am, until May 24, 2024 at 4:00 pm ET. This is the first time the waiting list has been open since it closed in February, 2023

The maximum income limits for each household size are as follows:

• 1 Persons $24,700 | 5 Persons $38,100
• 2 Persons $28,200 | 6 Persons $40,900
• 3 Persons $31,750 | 7 Person $43,750
• 4 Persons $35,250 | 8 Persons $46,550

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• First Priority: Families of federally declared disasters who are eligible for the program

• Second Priority: Families who are considered to be displaced if they are required to vacate housing as a result of federal, state, or local government action related to code enforcement, public improvement, or development programs. This includes families who have been Section 8 Project-based Voucher residents at properties converted to Section 8 housing assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (“RAD”) program and who were relocated to Public Housing or Project-based Rental Assistance as a result of improvements being made to those properties

• Third Priority: Families who are residing in a qualified census tract that is in a proposed redevelopment area

• Fourth Priority: Families who are residing in properties undergoing a Rental Assistance Demonstration conversion who are being displaced as a result of modernization activities and/or those that are at 60% and up to 80% Area Median Income and are considered over income for tax credit properties

• Fifth Priority: Families who are currently utilizing a project-based voucher and wish to convert it to a tenant-based voucher under the mobility option. HACG will use the Alternative Mobility option which allows up to 75% of the current year turnover of project-based vouchers to be converted to tenant-based vouchers

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences

To apply while the waitlist is open, call (706) 571-2801 or (706) 571-2802 to complete an application, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.

For more information, visit the HACG website

Sources: This information was verified by the HACG Public Notice on May 3, 2024