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Open: Ocala Housing Authority Public Housing

The Ocala Housing Authority (OHA) Public Housing waiting list is currently open.

The OHA is accepting applications for this waiting list from February 8, 2023, until March 31, 2023 or until 2,000 applications have been received. 

To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.

The maximum income limits for each household size are as follows:

  • 1 Person $34,850 | 5 Persons $53,750
  • 2 Persons $39,800 | 6 Persons $57,750
  • 3 Persons $44,800 
  • 4 Persons $49,750

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the OHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the OHA notice on January 25, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Marion County, Florida. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (352) 620-3350.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 02/08/2023.

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Closed: Marion County, Florida Section 8 HCV

The Ocala Housing Authority (OHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from March 18, 2020, 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 an online application.

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

  • 1 Person: $18,100
  • 2 Persons: $20,700
  • 3 Persons: $23,300
  • 4 Persons: $25,850
  • 5 Persons: $27,950
  • 6 Persons: $30,000

There were no preferences.

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

For more information, visit the OHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the Ocala Housing Authority, as of March 19, 2020.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Marion County, Florida.

Last Updated on 09/29/2020.

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About Ocala Housing Authority

1629 Northwest 4th Street, Ocala, FL | Visit Website | (352) 369-2636

Ocala Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 1,558 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..

In addition, Ocala Housing Authority offers other programs for eligible households, including:

  • Homeownership Voucher
  • Public Housing Homeownership
  • Family Self-Sufficiency
  • Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH)
  • Homeownership

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by Ocala Housing Authority is located in Marion County, FL.

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

About the Ocala Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Ocala Housing Authority manages 1,187 active Housing Choice Vouchers.

The following table summarizes types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of December 31st, 2021:

Standard Homeownership Family Unification Tenant Protection Ported Out VASH
Vouchers 1,032 18 2 5 15 114
Monthly Cost Per Voucher $523 $532 $162 $319 $1,198 $413
Monthly Cost $540,173 $9,577 $324 $1,597 $17,968 $47,117
Waiting List and Tenancy

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 91 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 7 years and 10 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 24 months on the waiting list1.

Income Characteristics

According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.6 persons and has a household income of $12,619 per year. 86% of households were very low income (VLI) and 54% were extremely low income (ELI). 34% of households had wages as a major source of income, 1% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 63% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.

Heads of Household Characteristics

3% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 58% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 21% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 18% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 1% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.

55% of households included children, 5% of which had two adults in the household. 52% of households with children have a female head of household. 87% of all households were headed by a female.

83% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 63% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.

Of all households participating in the Ocala Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 20% include at least one person with a disability. 30% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 62% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.

Bedroom Size and Overhousing

19% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 41% with 2 bedrooms and 40% with 3 or more bedrooms. 23% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.

Rent, Assistance, and Utility Allowances

The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Ocala Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $341 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $550. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $195.

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.