Marion County, Oregon Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Marion County Housing Authority (MCHA) is accepting Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from January 9, 2024 at 8:00 am, until February 6, 2024 at 4:00 pm PT.

There are two ways to apply while the waiting list is open:

1. Complete the online application.
2. Pick up an application from the MCHA office, located at 2645 Portland Rd, Salem Oregon 97301.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• Marion County Housing Authority will offer a preference to any family terminated from the Housing Choice Voucher program due to insufficient funding.
• Program Transfer Preference: For families that are currently served in another permanent housing assistance program administered by MCHA when the other program is unable to serve the family and when necessary for MCHA to house the family.
• Beachie Creek Wildfire Evacuee’s: Priority 1
  • Households displaced by the Beachie Creek wildfire. This preference will sunset after 100 vouchers have been issued.
• Special Programs Preference: Priority 2
  • This program encompasses any family with a household member who is currently receiving services from a Marion County-administered program including: Marion County Health Department (including all sub-programs), Marion County Parole & Probation, Marion County Juvenile Department, and Marion County Victims Services.
• Rent Burdened preference: Priority 3
  • Households living in rural Marion County. Households are considered to be rent burden if A) they had been issued a non-payment of rent notice in the past six months or B) the households pays more than 50% of their income towards rent and utilities.
• Residency preference: Priority 4
  • Families receive a residency preference if they live, work or have been hired to work in the jurisdiction of Marion County Housing Authority.
• Homelessness Preference: Priority 4
  • In order to be eligible for the homelessness preference, individuals and families must meet the HUD definition of homelessness.

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

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on January 2, 2024.