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Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino is a housing authority that participates in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing, and Moving to Work programs.
Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino offers Public Housing and Section 8 Housing rental assistance in San Bernardino County.
Waiting List | Status |
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San Bernardino County, California Housing Choice Voucher | Closed |
The Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.
The HACSB last accepted applications for this waiting list from the earliest confirmed date of June 7, 2022, until June 30, 2022. 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.
Please note: A list of public computer access locations were listed on the public notice..
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery.
For more information, visit the HACSB website.
Sources: This information was verified by the HACSB public notice on June 7, 2022.
This waiting list is for Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in San Bernardino County, California.
Last Updated on 06/30/2022.
More information about Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino can be found on its website at https://hacsb.com/.
Representatives of Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino may be available by phone at (909) 890-0644. Unless otherwise noted above, applications will not be provided or accepted by phone.
As of 07/06/2022, it is not known if Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino is either absorbing or billing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher portability requests for porting in. Learn more about porting Housing Choice Vouchers to a new area here.
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino manages 9,371 active Housing Choice Vouchers.
The following is a summary of the types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of September 30th, 2021:
Standard | Homeownership | Family Unification | Tenant Protection | Moving To Work | Ported Out | VASH | |
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Vouchers | 424 | 77 | 43 | 174 | 7,325 | 6 | 428 |
Monthly Cost Per Voucher | $1,063 | $694 | $865 | $783 | $823 | $880 | $758 |
Monthly Cost | $450,650 | $53,452 | $37,182 | $136,231 | $6,029,783 | $5,277 | $324,372 |
According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 13% having issued approximately 772 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 8 years and 3 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 6 months on the waiting list1.
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.5 persons and has a household income of $15,633 per year. 89% of households were very low income (VLI) and 62% were extremely low income (ELI). 28% of households had wages as a major source of income, 13% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 57% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
1% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 48% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 24% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 27% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 2% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.
46% of households included children, 6% of which had two adults in the household. 41% of households with children have a female head of household. 81% of all households were headed by a female.
83% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 52% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino Housing Choice Voucher program, 22% include at least one person with a disability. 36% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 71% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
27% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 40% with 2 bedrooms and 33% with 3 or more bedrooms. 21% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.
The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino voucher holders in 2016 was $352 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $818. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $128.
1. This Picture of Subsidized Households data field is the average wait time of those who received a voucher in the preceding 12 months. Due to special voucher programs like VASH, recent waiting list purges, or waiting list preferences the average wait time can vary significantly from one year to the next and it is entirely possible many current applicants on the waiting list have been waiting for assistance for far longer.