The City of Los Angeles is reopening the lottery waitlist for its Section 8 housing vouchers program for the first time in five years. Applications will be accepted from Monday, October 17 at 6 a.m. to Sunday, October 30 at 5 p.m. The vouchers allow low-income residents and families to subsidize their rents. The LA Housing Authority estimates up…
An application does not guarantee a voucher.
And the odds of getting a voucher is slim. When the city opened its Section 8 waiting list in 2017, more than 187,000 people submitted applications. Only 20,000 thousand of them received vouchers. This year, the number of available vouchers has increased, but given the COVID-19 pandemic and inflation that have put strain on people’s finances, the city expects to receive more than 365,000 new applications.“This lottery doesn’t guarantee that you will receive a voucher or rental assistance, but it can get you one. And there’s a good chance in the future you will,” says LA Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Those who are lucky enough to be selected for the rent assistance program will have 180 days to secure a housing unit. After the 6-month period, an unused voucher will be returned to the lottery so it can be given to someone else on the waiting list.
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