L.A. to reopen Section 8 housing waiting list for first time in five years. Here’s what you need to know
LA Times2018 photo of a man checking out his one-bedroom apartment in a Section 8 housing complex in the San Fernando Valley. The city of Los Angeles will be reopening the waiting list for its Section 8 housing vouchers program for the first time in five years. The last time Los Angeles opened its Section 8 waiting list was in 2017 — and nearly 188,000 people applied for only 20,000 available vouchers. “We only have so many vouchers that can be utilized over a certain period of time before we have to narrow down a waiting list to a certain number, where it takes four, five, six years to fully issue and utilize that voucher allocation,” said Doug Guthrie, chief executive and president of the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. There are 30,000 vouchers available, Guthrie said, but the city’s housing authority is anticipating more than 365,000 new applicants — giving hopefuls a one-in-10 chance of being selected.
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