Daytona Beach Housing Authority

This housing agency serves Daytona Beach, Edgewater, Holly Hill, New Smyrna Beach, Ormond Beach, Ponce Inlet, Florida.

Waiting List
Closed: Daytona Beach, Florida Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List Learn More
Closed: The WM at the River Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Waiting List Learn More
Closed: Windsor Apartments Senior Public Housing Waiting List Learn More

Closed: Daytona Beach, Florida Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Daytona Beach Housing Authority (DBHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from February 9, 2021 until February 12, 2021. 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:

  • Homeless Preference - A local preference will be established in the Affordable Housing (Public) Program, and/or the Housing Choice Voucher Program to provide housing assistance to homeless or chronically homeless individuals or families up to 25% of the annual admissions. The Preference will be given to applicants on a referral only basis; and as certified as homeless by a social service agency as homeless and referred to HACDB under the terms and conditions of a Memorandum of Agreement. 
    • Homeless individuals and families.
    • Chronically homeless.
    • Individuals graduating from or aging out of the foster care program administered by the Florida Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.
    • Currently or formerly homeless applicants who are ready to transition from supportive housing program(s).
  • Involuntary Displacement – Residents of Section 8, VASH, or other HACDB Housing Program who are in good standing; as of the date the property was HUD approved for demolition/disposition, and/or loss of funding -due to no fault of their own are displaced.
    • Residents due to modernization, rehabilitation, or demolition/disposition, or loss of funding, are displaced from a HACDB housing program. 
    • Victims of federally-declared natural disasters who are displaced and HACDB receives verification from a 3rd party city, state, or federal agency of displacement.
  • Residency Preference : The Residency preference would give a preference for applicants who reside and/or work in Daytona Beach, Florida. 
    • The family must live, or at least one member must have a job within the limits of Daytona Beach, Florida. 
    • One adult member of the applicant household is currently enrolled in a Daytona Beach, Florida institution of higher education.

2,000 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery.

For more information, visit the DBHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the DBHA on February 5, 2021.

Closed: The WM at the River Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Waiting List

The Daytona Beach Housing Authority Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for 0, 1 and 2-Bedroom apartments at The WM at the River is closed.

The DBHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from May 16, 2022, until May 18, 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. No applications were taken at the DBHA Offices.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Elderly/Disabled
  • Residency Preference (must live/work in City of Daytona Beach and/or Volusia County)
  • Homeless Preference (must be referred from DBHA-approved partner agency)
  • Involuntary Displacement

1,500 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the DBHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the DBHA public notice on May 10, 2022.

Closed: Windsor Apartments Senior Public Housing Waiting List

The Daytona Beach Housing Authority (DBHA) waiting list for Senior Public Housing apartments at Windsor Apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from March 22, 2019, until an unconfirmed close date. 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.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the DBHA website.

About The Agency

Daytona Beach Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 2,282 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.

Monday 8:00am-5:00pm
Tuesday 8:00am-5:00pm
Wednesday 8:00am-5:00pm
Thursday 8:00am-5:00pm
Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

211 North Ridgewood Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL

Visit Website(386) 253-5653

Section 8 Application Checklist

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How large is the Daytona Beach Housing Authority?

Daytona Beach Housing Authority serves 1,578 low-income households. The agency manages 1,619 Housing Choice Vouchers and 364 public housing units.

What are the incomes of residents served by the Daytona Beach Housing Authority?

Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 65 percent of households served by Daytona Beach Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 89 percent of Daytona Beach Housing Authority households.

How many Daytona Beach Housing Authority residents are employed?

Working adults head 441 households and make up 28 percent of households served by Daytona Beach Housing Authority.

How many female-headed renter households are served by the Daytona Beach Housing Authority?

There are 1183 female-headed renter households living in Daytona Beach Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 75% of those served by the Daytona Beach Housing Authority.

What racial and ethnic groups are found among Daytona Beach Housing Authority renters?

Black 994
White 426
Hispanic 142

How many senior-headed renter households are served by Daytona Beach Housing Authority?

There are 473 households headed by seniors served by the Daytona Beach Housing Authority. Senior households are 30% of households in Daytona Beach Housing Authority housing.

How many households headed by persons with disabilities live in Daytona Beach Housing Authority housing?

There are 347 persons with disabilities living in Daytona Beach Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 22% of households served by the Daytona Beach Housing Authority.

How does HUD rate the performance of the Daytona Beach Housing Authority?

The Daytona Beach Housing Authority is rated as a high performer by HUD.

HUD rates the performance of Public Housing Agencies. The department looks at physical condition of properties, financial condition, management operations, and use of Public Housing Capital Funds for improvements.

How often does Daytona Beach Housing Authority open new waiting lists?

Daytona Beach Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list was last opened on February 9, 2021 and closed on February 12, 2021.

Public Housing Communities Managed by Daytona Beach Housing Authority

Villages at Halifax II

128 Norma Dr, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114

WM at the River

118 Cedar St, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114

Lakeside Villages

101 Jesup Ct, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114

Caroline Village

12 Bishop Butts Cir, Daytona Beach, Florida 32117