Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale

The Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale (HACFL) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from March 25, 2024, until March 29, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

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

The maximum income limits for each household size were as followed:

• 1 Person $33,600 | 5 Persons $51,850
• 2 Persons $38,400 | 6 Persons $55,700
• 3 Persons $43,200 | 7 Person $59,550
• 4 Persons $48,000 | 8 Persons $63,400

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Family that has been terminated from its HCV program due to insufficient program funding.
• Residents being displaced due to demolition/disposition and/or redevelopment and/or rehabilitation of the Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale and/or other Housing Authorities in Broward County public housing units.
• Disabled tenants of the HACFL’ Project Based Voucher Programs who are required to move out of the Project Based Voucher Unit due to a documented and approved Reasonable Accommodation Request for a person with disabilities.
• A preference for 20 Non-Elderly persons with disabilities who are experiencing or have experienced homelessness.
• A local preference to serve 20 families under HIP (Homeless Initiative Partnership Section) in the fight to end homelessness. HIP represents an innovative system of care that provides integrated health and supportive services that meet the needs of vulnerable homeless Broward County at risk families.
• According to BCHSD (Broward County’s Human Services Department) 2018 research approximately 2,318 Broward County residents are part of Broward County’s population of homeless families.
• VAWA – Under Public Housing, Project Based Subsidy and RAD if a resident has been verified as requiring an Emergency Transfer the HACFL will offer to place the resident in another unit that meets the family’s needs. Should a unit not be available, a transfer to a different site will be offered. If the site does not have a unit that meets the family’s needs, a HCV may be offered as a last alternative if one is available.
• VASH to Homeownership - The HACFL will offer a preference of graduating from VASH Voucher to HCV to any VASH family that has enrolled and successfully purchased a home through the Homeownership Program for the purpose of continued subsidy, should the voucher holder choose to use the option.
• A local preference to serve 15 families under HEART (Housing, Empowerment, Achievement, Recovery & Triumph) Alliance for Sustainable Families. HEART represents an innovative system of care that provides integrated subsidized housing and a supportive services network that advances family stability for 50 at risk families. According to HEART, approximately 414 children are homeless. The majority of these children their siblings, and parents are part of Broward County’s population of homeless families.
• Non-elderly, disabled tenants of Sunnyreach who are displaced by elderly designation of the building and who desire to move from their unit.

3,000 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information,  visit the HACFL website.

Sources: This information was verified by the Sun Sentinel Classifieds Public Notice on March 4, 2024.

The Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale (HACFL) RAD/Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for apartments at Suncrest is currently closed. Applications were last accepted on July 22, 2020, until 100 2-Bedroom applications, 200 3-Bedroom applications, and 80 4-Bedroom applications were submitted. 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. The application was available in English, Español, and Creole.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received.

For more information, read the HACFL public notice, or visit the HACFL website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACFL, as of July 23, 2020.

The Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale (HACFL) last accepted Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications for Federal Apartments from June 10, 2024, until 300 applications were received. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

This waiting list was for the following property:

• Federal Apartments - Offering 2, 3 and 4-Bedroom units.

Income Qualification

The maximum income limits for each household size were as followed:

• 1 Person $$22,200 | 5 Persons $36,580
• 2 Persons $25,400 | 6 Persons $41,960
• 3 Persons $28,550 | 7 Person $47,340
• 4 Persons $31,700 | 8 Persons $52,720

Preferences

Preferences have not been confirmed.

Selection Process

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received.

Application Method

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

For more information, visit the HACFL website.

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

The Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale (HACFL) last accepted Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications for Rock Island Apartments from July 17, 2024, until 72 1-Bedroom applications were received and 150 2-Bedroom applications were received. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

This waiting list was for the following property:

• Rock Island Apartments - Offering 1 and 2-Bedroom units. 

Income Qualification

The maximum income limits for each household size were as followed:

• 1 Person $36,950 | 3 Persons $47,500
• 2 Persons $42,200 | 4 Persons $52,800

Preferences

Preferences have not been confirmed.

Selection Process

75 selected applicants were placed on the 1-Bedroom waiting list by date and time the application was received.

150 selected applicants were placed on the 2-Bedroom waiting list by date and time the application was received.

Application Method

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

For more information, visit the HACFL website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACFL public notice on July 2, 2024.

The Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale (HACFL) Senior Project-Based Voucher waiting list for 1-2 Bedroom units at Northwest Gardens II is currently closed. The last time it was open was September 2024 when 100 applicants were added to the One-Bedroom waiting list and 75 applicants were added to the Two-Bedroom applications have been received. The last time the waiting list was open before that was in April 2019.

Please note: To be eligible to be placed on the waiting list, the family composition must have a maximum of 2 family members for the 1 bedroom apartments and a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 4 family members for the 2 bedroom apartments.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida is about 25 miles north of Miami, FL.

To apply during the opening period, applicants had to complete the online application that will be available on the HACFL website here.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received.

For more information, visit the HACFL website.

Source: This was verified by the HACFL public notice on September 3, 2024 by Dave Layfield.