Palm Beach County, Florida Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Palm Beach County Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently open.

The PBCHA is accepting applications for this waiting list from June 6, 2022 at 9:00 am ET, until further notice.

Please note: The original PBCHA public notice had an incorrect link to the online application. That application link has now been updated.

To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here. Paper applications will not be distributed or accepted. No mailed, faxed or hand delivered applications will be accepted.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• Any family that has been terminated from the PHAs HCV program due to insufficient program funding
• Working families (2 point): where the head, spouse or sole member is employed for at least 30 hours a week. However, an applicant where the head and spouse or sole member is a person age 62 or older, or is a person with disabilities, must also be given the benefit of this preference .
• Homeless families (2 points): A homeless family is a household that is (1) living on the street, in an emergency shelter or in a transitional housing facility, or (2) is a client of a case management program service for the homeless.
• Non-elderly persons with disabilities (2 points) transitioning out of institutional and other segregated settings, at serious risk of institutionalization, homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless
• Involuntarily displaced families (1 point): a family in which each member, or whose sole member, is a person displaced by governmental action, or a person whose dwelling has been extensively damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster declared or otherwise formally recognized pursuant to Federal disaster relief laws
• The PHA will also offer a preference for veterans, victims of domestic violence, and disabled families where a household member is a person with disabilities

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the PBCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the PBCHA public notice on June 2, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for rental assistance in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (561) 270-5810 during the period of June 6 through June 17, 2022.