Putnam County, Florida Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Palatka Housing Authority (PHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The PHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from September 12, 2022, until October 31, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

There were three ways to apply during the opening period: 

1. Print the paper application.
2. Pick up an application at the PHA main office.
3. Call the PHA to request an application by mail.

Once the application was completed, applicants were required to:

1. Mail the application to the PHA.
2. Drop off the application in person at the PHA.

This waiting list had the following preferences: 

• Working Preference
  • Elderly – Head of household, spouse, or co-head is age 62 or older
  • Disabled – Head of household, spouse, or co-head is a person with disabilities
  • Near Elderly – Head of household, spouse, or co-head is age 50 - 61
  • Employment – Head of household, spouse or co-head lives in or has employment in Palatka or Putnam County, and has six (6) months of continuous employment with an average of thirty (30) hours or more per week.
• Involuntary Displacement
  • Residents of PHA that due to modernization, rehabilitation, demolition/disposition, or loss of funding, have been displaced through no fault of their own
  • Victims of Federally-declared natural disasters who are displaced
  • Victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking that are displaced or are attempting to flee due to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
  • Victims of a pandemic (Family has been displaced from their home due to pandemic related actions)
• Homeless
  • Individuals graduating from or aging out of the foster care program
  • Currently or formerly homeless individuals who are ready to transition from a supportive housing program
  • Living in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter, or if there is a lack of a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence 
  • Fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence or other life-threatening conditions
• Veteran
  • Head of household, spouse, or co-head is serving in the active military, or has been discharged under circumstances other than dishonorable

The maximum income limits for each household size were available on the PHA website.

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

For more information, visit the PHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the PHA public notice on September 13, 2022.

Service Area

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