Orange County Housing Authority

The Orange County Housing Authority (OCHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last open for homeless households for one week in August, 2017; and before that for four days in October, 2015. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Download and print the application online.
2. Pick up an application at one multiple locations.

Once the application was completed, it but have been either:

• On August 12, dropped off at the Richard L. Whitted Building.
• On August 14-15, dropped off at the Richard L. Whitted Building.
• On August 16-17, dropped off at the Southern Human Services Center.
• Mailed by August 17 to the OCHA.

This waiting list had the following preferences: Live, work or hired to work in Orange County; veteran; disabled; elderly; homeless; education or job training; transitional housing for homeless, substance abuse or victims of domestic abuse; involuntarily displaced, terminated from HCV program due to insufficient funding, living in substandard housing, rent burdened.

Applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the OCHA website.

The Orange County Housing Authority (OCHA) Local Rent Supplement Program (OC-LRSP) waiting list is currently closed. It was opened for the first time for one week in June, 2019. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note:

• Only Orange County residents with incomes at or below 50% of area median income are eligible.
• This program is NOT the federal Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. It is funded by the Orange County Board of Commissioners and administered by OCHA. The rental subsidy provided varies by household size. A limited number of security deposit and utility grants will be available. No citizenship documentation is required to apply or receive assistance.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

The waiting list had the following preferences: Homeless or at risk of homelessness, Elderly, Disabled, Domestic Violence survivor, and Displaced due to urgent community need (like a mobile home park closure).

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the OCHA website.