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Open: Rockville, Maryland Section 8 HCV

The Rockville Housing Enterprises (RHE) is accepting Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from April 3, 2023, until further notice.

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

This waiting list has the following preferences: 

  • Living and working in the city limits of Rockville (4 points)
  • Living or working in the city limits of Rockville (2 points)
  • Working Families living outside of Rockville (1 point)

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

For more information, visit the RHE website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RHE notice on April 27, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Rockville, Maryland.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (301) 424-6265.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 05/28/2023.

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Open: Rockville, Maryland Mainstream Voucher

The Rockville Housing Enterprises (RHE) is accepting Mainstream Section 8 housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from April 3, 2023, until further notice.

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

Please note: According to the RHE Administrative Plan, "All mainstream vouchers will now serve households that include a non-elderly person(s) with disabilities, defined as any family that includes a person with disabilities who is at least 18 years old and not yet 62 years old at the effective date of the initial Housing Assistance Payment."

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the RHE website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RHE notice on April 27, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Rockville, Maryland.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (301) 424-6265.

Last Updated on 04/28/2023.

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Open: Rockville, Maryland Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Rockville Housing Enterprises (RHE) is accepting Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications from April 3, 2023, until further notice.

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

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the RHE website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RHE notice on April 27, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Rockville, Maryland.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (301) 424-6265.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 04/28/2023.

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Open: Rockville, Maryland Public Housing

The Rockville Housing Enterprises (RHE) is accepting Public Housing waiting list applications from April 3, 2023, until further notice.

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

Income limits can be found here.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

  • Living and working in the city limits of Rockville (4 points)
  • Living or working in the city limits of Rockville (2 points)
  • Working Families living outside of Rockville (1 points)

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

For more information, visit the RHE website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RHA notice on April 27, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Rockville, Maryland. 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 (301) 424-6265.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 04/28/2023.

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Open: Home Ownership Voucher Low-Income

The Rockville Housing Enterprises (RHE) is accepting Home Ownership Voucher waiting list applications from April 3, 2023, until further notice.

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

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 RHE website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RHA notice on April 27, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other rental assistance in Rockville, Maryland.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (301) 424-6265.

Last Updated on 04/28/2023.

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About Rockville Housing Enterprises

1300 Piccard Drive, Rockville, MD | Visit Website | (301) 424-6265

Rockville Housing Enterprises provides affordable housing for up to 755 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..

In addition, Rockville Housing Enterprises offers other programs for eligible households, including:

  • Moving to Work

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by Rockville Housing Enterprises is located in Rockville, MD.

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

About the Rockville Housing Enterprises Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program

As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Rockville Housing Enterprises manages 332 active Housing Choice Vouchers.

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

Homeownership Family Unification Tenant Protection Moving To Work Ported Out VASH
Vouchers 7 11 5 285 21 3
Monthly Cost Per Voucher $1,273 $1,749 $1,022 $1,217 $972 $1,279
Monthly Cost $8,912 $19,238 $5,109 $346,861 $20,409 $3,837
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 6% having issued approximately 62 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 9 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 22 months on the waiting list1.

Income Characteristics

According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.2 persons and has a household income of $18,536 per year. 95% of households were very low income (VLI) and 79% were extremely low income (ELI). 38% of households had wages as a major source of income, 2% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 57% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.

Heads of Household Characteristics

1% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 45% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 23% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 31% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 5% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.

34% of households included children, 3% of which had two adults in the household. 32% of households with children have a female head of household. 79% of all households were headed by a female.

69% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 46% of all heads of households being Black and 3% being Hispanic.

Of all households participating in the Rockville Housing Enterprises Housing Choice Voucher program, 25% include at least one person with a disability. 37% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 57% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.

Bedroom Size and Overhousing

35% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 33% with 2 bedrooms and 32% with 3 or more bedrooms. 18% 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 Rockville Housing Enterprises voucher holders in 2016 was $538 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $1,376. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $162.

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.