Mobile Housing Authority

The Mobile Housing Authority (MHA) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from July 25, 2024, until 2,000 applications were received. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

Preferences

This waiting list had the following preferences: 

• Families that are victims of a federally declared disaster affecting the City and/or County of Mobile.
• Families that are an active participant in a Witness Protection Program or State Victim Assistance Program.
• Families living in a MHA administered housing unit which must be rehabilitated to meet ADA/504 requirements and for whom alternate MHA administered housing units are not available.
• Public Housing residents covered under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
• Families or individuals that meet HUD’s definition of homelessness under the HEARTH Act and are referred by the City of Mobile’s Continuum of Care through the Coordinated Entry System.
• Working Families
  • Families where head, spouse or co-head is employed.
  • An applicant shall be given the benefit of the working preference when the head and co-head/ spouse are age 62 or older and/or a person with disabilities.
• Veterans, Active or Inactive Military Personnel and Immediate Family Members of both.

Selection Process

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, weighed by order of preferences.

Application Method

To apply while the waitlist was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

For more information, visit the MHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MHA public notice on July 18, 2024.

The Mobile County Housing Authority (MCHA) last accepted Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1, 2 and 3-Bedroom apartments at Cottage Hill Place from May 21, 2024, until 750 applications were received. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

This waiting list was for the following property:

• Cottage Hill Place - Offering 1, 2 and 3-Bedroom units.

Preferences

Preferences have not been confirmed.

Selection Process

750 selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, by order of preferences.

Application Method

To apply while the waitlist was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA public notice on May 21, 2024.

The Mobile Housing Board (MHB) last accepted Family Public Housing waiting list applications for Gulf Village Homes and Oaklawn Homes Apartments from May 6, 2024, until May 10, 2024.There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

This waiting list was for the following property:

• Gulf Village Homes 
• Oaklawn Homes

Preferences have not been confirmed.

It was not yet known how selected applicants were placed on the waiting list.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

For more information, visit the MHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MHA public notice on April 29, 2024.

The Mobile Housing Board (MHB) Public Housing waiting list for apartments at Thomas James Place and RV Taylor Plaza is currently closed. It is not known when this waiting list was last open, or when it will reopen.

For more information, visit the MHB website.

The Mobile Housing Board (MHB) last accepted Senior Public Housing waiting list applications for Emerson Gardens and Downtown Renaissance Apartments from May 6, 2024, until May 10, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

This waiting list was for the following property:

• Emerson Gardens 
• Downtown Renaissance 

Preferences have not been confirmed.

It was not known how selected applicants were placed on the waiting list.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

For more information, visit the MHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MHA public notice on April 29, 2024.

The Mobile Housing Authority Senior Living waiting list for apartments at Central Plaza Towers and Downtown Renaissance is currently closed. Applications were last accepted since at least April 2021, until an unconfirmed close date in 2022.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the MHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MHB on March 16, 2022.

The Mobile Housing Board (MHB) Senior Living waiting list for apartments at Frank W. Boykin Tower is currently closed. It is not known when this waiting list was last open, or when it will reopen.

For more information, visit the MHB website.

The Mobile Housing Authority (MHA) last accepted Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from September 15, 2023, until 350 applications were received. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note: This waiting list was for Mainstream Applicants Only. Applicants must be non-elderly persons ages 18-61 with disabilities.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the MHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MHA public notice on September 19, 2023.