David Y. Ige | HPHA Information Launch: HAWAI`I PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY ACCEPTING ONLINE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (SECTION 8) APPLICATIONS STARTING March 22 – March 26, 2021

HPHA press release: HAWAI`I PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY ACCEPTED ONLINE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (SECTION 8) APPLICATIONS FROM March 22nd – March 26th, 2021

Posted on Mar 24, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom, Press Releases

HONOLULU – Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) is opening its Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List (Section 8) and accepting online applications to deliver mainstream Section 8 vouchers to disabled families in need who qualify for the program .

The HPHA’s online application system will go live from March 22, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. and will continue to accept applications until March 26, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. After the application acceptance period has expired, the HPHA will implement a lottery system to randomly select 1,000 people to be placed on the waiting list and to quickly support the selected people.

The waiting list will be opened to applicants who meet the preference of families with a non-elderly disabled family member in the household with a disability. The disabled person must be at least eighteen (18) years old, but not yet sixty-two (62). Please visit www.hphaishereforyou.org to apply.

“These mainstream vouchers address the housing needs of our most vulnerable community members,” said Hakim Ouansafi, executive director of HPHA. “The mainstream program is urgently needed as it provides the opportunity to enable many people with disabilities, especially those with insecure housing or homelessness, to live independently.”

The Section 8 program is one of the federal government’s premier programs to assist very low-income families, the elderly and the disabled in providing adequate, safe and sanitary housing in the private market, including single-family homes, townhouses and apartments. by allowing voucher holders to pay 30% of their income for rent.

The HPHA is the only state-wide public housing agency in the state of Hawaii that provides a variety of affordable housing to low-income families. The agency manages around 6,200 federal and state low-income public housing units on five islands as well as over 2,400 vouchers for rental support and 3,000 PBCA units.

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media Contact:

Benjamin Park, chief planner

Hawai’i Public Housing Authority

(808) 832-4671

[email protected]