Columbia County, Pennsylvania Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental housing assistance in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.

The Columbia County Housing Authority (CCHA) is accepting Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications since at least July, 2020, until further notice.

To apply during the opening period, complete the online application.

This waiting list has the following preferences: 

• Residency Preference – Households that reside, work in or have accepted employment in Columbia County. 
• Working Preference – Households where the head, spouse, or co-head is employed at least 20 hours per week. 
• Elderly or Disabled Preference – As required by HUD, families where the head or spouse, or sole member is a person age 62 or older, or a person with disabilities , will also be given the benefit of the working preference.  
• Involuntary Displaced – Persons who have been involuntarily displaced from their previous residence as the result of fire, natural disaster, or governmental action, so long as the displacement was not caused, in whole or in part, by any action or failure to act on the part of the person so displaced, or by any action or failure to act on the part of any member of the immediate family of the person so displaced?

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

For more information, visit the CCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the CCHA, as of October 26, 2020.