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Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County (HOCMC) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and Project-Based Voucher waiting lists are currently open. They opened on July 30, 2015 for senior (62+) and disabled households, and on August 24, 2015 for general families. These waiting lists are open indefinitely.
To apply, complete the online pre-application here. The pre-application is available online only. Any electronic device with Internet access can be used to submit a pre-application.
Applicants who do not have access to the Internet can visit any of the 11 HOCMC office locations, or any Montgomery County public library.
The following documentation is required of the applicant: Email address, mailing address, phone number.
The following documentation is required of all members of the household: Name, date of birth, all income.
This waiting list has the following preferences: Displaced by government action; live, work or hired to work in Montgomery County, 2006 Main Stream Disabled program, veteran, history of homelessness.
Applicants will receive a confirmation number upon submitting the pre-application. It is important to keep that number in a safe, easy to access place. It will be needed any time when referencing your pre-application with the housing authority.
For more information, visit the HOCMC website; call the Wait List Hotline at (240) 627-9800, from 8:30 am until 5:00 pm EDT, Monday-Friday.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (240) 627-9400.
Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.
Last Updated on 06/28/2018.
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (240)627-9400.
Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.
Last Updated on 12/21/2015.
The Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County (HOCMC) Rental Assistance Program waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from August 18, 2020, until August 31, 2020.
Please note: This waiting list had the following qualifications:
There were two ways to apply during the opening period:
Once the application was completed, it was placed in an envelope, date and time-stamped and placed in the designated drop box.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the HOCMC website.
Sources: This information was verified by the HOCMC, as of August 18, 2020.
This waiting list is for Other rental assistance in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Last Updated on 08/31/2020.
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Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County provides affordable housing for up to 7,500 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..
Low-income housing managed by Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County is located in Montgomery County, MD.
Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.