Yolo County Housing

The Yolo County Housing (YCH) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The YCH last accepted applications for this waiting list from August 22, 2022, until September 7, 2022, or when the maximum number of applications were received. 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:

• The PHA will offer a preference to any family that has been terminated from its HCV program due to insufficient program funding. These families will automatically be at the top of the waiting list when funding becomes available. Therefore, the point system does not apply to these families.
• Two points – Displaced by Government Action
• Two points – Working Families/Elderly/Disabled - Families with at least one adult who is employed at least 20 hours per week and has been employed for six months; this definition includes families where at least one adult was employed and is currently receiving unemployment benefits. This preference is automatically extended to families where the head of house and spouse/cohead are elderly (62 years of age or older) or meet the HUD definition of disabled.
• One point – Residency Preference – Applicants who live, work, or are hired to work in the County of Yolo.
• One point – Military Preference – Any citizen of the United States who served in the active military, naval, or air service of the United States who received an honorable discharge or released from active duty under honorable conditions. This preference applies to veterans and the surviving spouses of veterans.
• One point – Youth Exiting the Family Unification Program (FUP) – Participants whose FUP Youth Assistance is expiring and will have a lack of adequate housing as a result of their termination from the program.
• One point – Mainstream – Eligible Mainstream voucher families, who are non-elderly persons with disabilities and their families.

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

For more information, visit the YCH website.

Sources: This information was verified by the YCH public notice on August 11, 2022.

The Yolo County Housing (YCH) waiting list for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher apartments at various properties is currently closed.

The YCH last accepted applications for this waiting list from November 17, 2020, until February 28, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

This opening was for the following properties:

• Fair Plaza Senior complex.
• Esperanza Crossing Apartments.
• Blue Mountain Terrace..
• Walnut Terrace.

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Complete the online application.
2. Persons who do not have Internet access may apply at one of the sites listed below, by appointment only:
   1. Woodland Public Library.
   2. Yolo County Libraries.
   3. RISE, Community Service Centers
   4. Yolo County Children’s Alliance.
   5. Yolo County Housing.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the YCH website.

Sources: This information was confirmed by the YCH public notice on November 17, 2020.

The Yolo County Housing (YCH) waiting list for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher apartments at various properties is currently closed.

The YCH last accepted applications for this waiting list from November 17, 2020, until February 28, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

This opening was for the following properties:

• Fair Plaza Senior complex.
• Esperanza Crossing Apartments.
• Blue Mountain Terrace..
• Walnut Terrace.

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Complete the online application.
2. Persons who do not have Internet access may apply at one of the sites listed below, by appointment only:
   1. Woodland Public Library.
   2. Yolo County Libraries.
   3. RISE, Community Service Centers
   4. Yolo County Children’s Alliance.
   5. Yolo County Housing.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the YCH website.

Sources: This information was confirmed by the YCH public notice on November 17, 2020.

Yolo County Housing (YCH) Public Housing waiting list is closed.

The YCH last accepted applications for this waiting list since at least June, 2018, until February 28, 2023. There is no notice when this waitlist will reopen.

There were three ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Complete the online application. The pre-application is available in English, Spanish, and Russian.
2. Pick up an application at the YCH office
3. Call YCH to request an application by mail.

This waiting list may have had any of the following preferences:

• Live and/or work in Yolo County
• Displaced by government action through no fault of your own
• U.S. Veteran or the surviving spouse a U.S. Veteran
• Household contains at least one adult member who has worked for six months or is currently receiving unemployment benefits
• Head or spouse permanently disabled OR 62 years of age or older

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

For more information, visit the YCH website.

Sources: This information was verified by the YCH public housing page on February 24, 2023.