Jocelyn Place Apartments

The South Portland Housing Authority (SPHA) last accepted Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications from June 5, 2023, until November 30, 2024 at 4PM. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to print the paper application.

Once the paper application was completed, it was returned to the SPHA office.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Active on Section 8 and/or Public Housing waiting list (Currently on a waiting list for S8 or PH)
• Disabled (Head of Household or spouse is Disabled)
• Displaced by a Federally Declared Natural or National Disaster as designated by FEMA
• Elderly (Head of household or spouse is Age 62 or older)
• Family with Minors or Dependents (Households with children under age 18 or dependents)
• Near-Elderly (Head of household or spouse is Age 55 – 61)
• Scarborough Residency Preference (Lives, works or has been hired to work in Scarborough)
• South Portland Residency Preference (Lives, works or has been hired to work in South Portland)
• Veteran (Head of Household or spouse served in the active military and was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable)

It was not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the SPHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the SPHA website on November 14, 2024 by Dave Layfield.