Housing Authority of the County of Monterey

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Open: South County Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Housing Authority of the County of Monterey (HACM) is accepting Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for South County from the earliest confirmed date of March 7, 2023, until further notice.

Please note: This waiting list is for the following properties:

  • Benito Street Affordable – 425 Benito Street, Soledad (4, & 5 bedroom units).
  • Monterey Street Affordable – 266 First Street, Soledad (4 & 5 bedroom units).
  • Fanoe Vista – 550 Fanoe Road, Gonzales (4 & 5 bedroom units).
  • Camphora Apartments – 32101 McCoy Rd., Soledad (3 bedroom units) Agricultural Workers.

To apply during while the waitlist is open, visit the HACM website, and scroll down to the "Project Based Waiting Lists" section. Download and print the application for properties of interest with an open waiting list.

Once the application is completed, it must be either:

  1. Hand delivered to the HACM office, located at 123 Rico Street, Salinas, CA 93907
  2. Faxed to (831) 424-9153.

Income limit information can be found here.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

Selected applicants will be placed on this waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the HACM website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACM website on March 8, 2023 and updated on October 16, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in South County, California.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (831) 775-5000.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 10/16/2023.

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Open: Salinas Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Housing Authority of the County of Monterey (HACM) is accepting Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for Salinas from the earliest confirmed date of March 7, 2023, until further notice.

Please note: This waiting list is for the following properties:

  • Haciendas Place – (4 & 5 bedroom units).
  • Tynan Village – 325 Front Street, Salinas, CA 93901 (4 bedroom units).

To apply while the waitlist is open, visit the HACM website, and scroll down to the "Project Based Waiting Lists" section. Download and print the application for properties of interest with an open waiting list.

Once the application is completed, it must be either:

  1. Hand delivered to the HACM office, located at 123 Rico Street, Salinas, CA 93907
  2. Faxed to (831) 424-9153.

Income limit information can be found here.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

Selected applicants will be placed on this waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the HACM website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACM website on March 8, 2023 and updated on October 16, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Salinas, California.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (831) 775-5000.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 10/16/2023.

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Open: Alfred Diaz-Infante Apartments Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Housing Authority of the County of Monterey (HACM) is accepting Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for Alfred Diaz-Infante Apartments from the earliest confirmed open date of October 12, 2023, until further notice.

Please note: According to the HACM notice "One-bedroom units are exclusively available to households with at least one member in agricultural work."

There are two ways to apply while the waitlist is open:

  1. Complete the online application.
  2. Print the paper application.

Once the paper application is completed, it must be either:

  1. Hand delivered to the HACM office, located at 123 Rico St, Salinas, CA, 93907.
  2. Mailed to the HACM office, address mentioned above.

Income limits can be found here.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It is not yet known how selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the HACM website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACM official Facebook page on October 16, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in East Garrison, California.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via Section 504 Coordinator, Lucila Vera, in writing at t the Central Office located at 123 Rico Street, Salinas CA 93907 or by telephone at (831) 775-5000 or by TDD at (831) 754-2951.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 10/16/2023.

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Open: One Parkside, Salinas Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Housing Authority of the County of Monterey (HACM) is accepting Senior Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1 and 2-Bedroom apartments at One Parkside in Salinas from the earliest confirmed date of March 7, 2023, until further notice.

    To apply while the waitlist was open, visit the HACM website, and scroll down to the "Project Based Waiting Lists" section. Download and print the application for properties of interest with an open waiting list.

    Once the application is completed, it must be either:

    1. Hand delivered to the HACM office, located at 123 Rico Street, Salinas, CA 93907
    2. Faxed to (831) 424-9153.

    Income limit information can be found here.

    Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

    Selected applicants will be placed on this waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

    For more information, visit the HACM website.

    Sources: This information was verified by the HACM website on March 8, 2023 and updated on October 16, 2023.

    Service Area

    This waiting list is for Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Salinas, California.

    Reasonable Accommodation

    Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (831) 775-5000.

    IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

    Last Updated on 10/16/2023.

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    Closed: Monterey County, CA Section 8 HCV

    The Housing Authority of the County of Monterey (HACM) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last open for more than two weeks in October 2017; and before that from September until October 2015, and in 2008. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

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

    This waiting list had the following preferences: HCV assistance terminated due to insufficient funding, Monterey County resident; working 24+ hours a week; enrolled in job training or educational program; elderly; disabled, U.S. veteran or surviving spouse; involuntarily displaced by government action; victim of domestic violence; live in a place that accepts HCV vouchers; homeless persons referred by County of Monterey Continuum of Care who are existing transitional housing programs or emergency shelters with no other permanent housing options, formerly homeless families or homeless families enrolled in case management, transitional housing, or other self-sufficiency program.

    25% of applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

    For more information, visit the HACM website, or call the office at (831) 775-5000.

    Last Updated on 11/01/2017.

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    Closed: Gateway Apartments, 1-Bedroom, Near Elderly Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

    The Housing Authority of the County of Monterey (HACM) Near Elderly Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for 1-Bedroom apartments at Gateway Apartments is closed.

    The HACM last accepted applications for this waiting list from November 7, 2022, until November 30, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

    Please note: Applicants must be 55 years+ older to apply.

    There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

    1. Pick up an application in person at the HACM central office.
    2. Complete the online application.

    Once the paper application was completed, it was either:

    1. Hand delivered to HACM office.
    2. Mailed to the HACM.
    3. Faxed to the HACM.

    Preferences have not yet been confirmed. 

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

    For more information, visit the HACM website.

    Sources: This information was verified by the HACM public notice on November 1, 2022. 

    Service Area

    This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Salinas, California.

    Last Updated on 02/21/2023.

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    Closed: Villa del Monte, Studio and 1-Bedroom Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

    The Housing Authority of the County of Monterey (HACM) Elderly Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for Studio and 1-Bedroom apartments at Villa del Monte is closed.

    The HACM last accepted applications for this waiting list from November 7, 2022 , until November 30, 2022. There is no notice when this wait list will reopen.

    There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

    1. Pick up an application in person at the HACM central office.
    2. Complete the online application.

    Once the paper application has been completed, it must be either:

    1. Hand delivered to HACM office.
    2. Mailed to the HACM office.
    3. Faxed to the HACM.

    Preferences have not yet been confirmed. 

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

    For more information, visit the HACM website.

    Sources: This information was verified by the HACM public notice on November 1, 2022. 

    Service Area

    This waiting list is for Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Peninsula, California.

    Last Updated on 02/21/2023.

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    Closed: Magnolia Place Senior ll, 1 and 2-Bedroom Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

    The Housing Authority of the County of Monterey (HACM) last accepted Senior Section 8 Projected Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1 and 2-Bedroom apartments at Magnolia Place Senior ll from May 15, 2023, until May 29, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

    There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

    1. Complete the online application.
    2. Pick up an application at the HACM office.

    Once the paper application was completed, it was either:

    1. Dropped off at the HACM office.
    2. Fax to HACM
    3. Postmarked and mailed to the HACM office.

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

    For more information, visit the HACM website.

    Sources: This information was verified by the HACM notice on May 19, 2023.

    Service Area

    This waiting list is for Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Greenfield, California.

    Last Updated on 05/29/2023.

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    About Housing Authority of the County of Monterey

    123 Rico Street, Salinas, CA | Visit Website | (831) 775-5000

    Housing Authority of the County of Monterey provides affordable housing for up to 4,556 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program..

    Housing Authority Jurisdiction

    Low-income housing managed by Housing Authority of the County of Monterey is located in Monterey County, CA.

    Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.

    Office Hours

    Open today from 7:30am to 5:30pm PT.

    Day Hours
    Monday 7:30am-5:30pm
    Tuesday 7:30am-5:30pm
    Wednesday 7:30am-5:30pm
    Thursday 7:30am-5:30pm
    Friday 7:30am-5:30pm