Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee and Lexington County, South Carolina Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority (SC Housing) will accept Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from February 5, 2024 at 8:30 am, until February 7, 2024 at 5:00 pm ET. This is the first time the waiting list will be open since April, 2021.

There are five ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Complete the online application.
2. Send an email to [email protected] to request a paper application.
3. Call 1 (866) 701-0314 or (803) 896-9153 to request a paper application from 2:00pm to 4:00 pm.
4. Send a fax to (803) 551-4900.
5. Send a written request to SC Housing, ATTN: HCVP Waiting List, 300-C Outlet Pointe Blvd, Columbia, SC 29210. Mailed requests must be postmarked between February 5, 2024 and February 7, 2024.
6. Lee County Applicants Only: SC Housing will accept in-person applications only for Lee County waiting list from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at Chappell Park, 397 Chappell Drive, Bishopville, SC 29010. Applications for other counties will not be accepted at this location.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• Veteran Preference: This preference is available to a family whose Head of household, spouse, or co-head (or surviving spouse thereof) is a person who has served in the active military, naval, or air service (full time duty in the Armed Forces, other than active duty for training), and who was discharged or released there from under conditions other than dishonorable.
• Disability Preference: This preference is extended to disabled persons or families with a disabled member as defined by HUD (42 U.S.C. 423(d) and 42 U.S.C. 15502(8)). Proof of disability will be required at time of eligibility determination.
  • Note: A person, whose claim has been denied by the Social Security Administration, is not eligible for the Disability preference, even if the decision is under appeal.
• Excessive Wait Preference: At the discretion of the Director, Housing Choice Voucher Program, preference status will be granted to all applicants who have been on the waiting list for a specified number of years. The Director will specify the number of years considered “excessive.”
• Victim Protection Preference: At the discretion of the Director, Housing Choice Voucher Program, applicants will be moved to the top of the waiting list if they live in assisted housing and their life is threatened because they are a victim of or witness to a crime and are cooperating with law enforcement.
• Federally-Declared Disaster Preference: At the discretion of the Director, Housing Choice Voucher Program, applicants will be moved to the top of the waiting list if they have been involuntarily displaced in Federally-declared disaster areas within the PHA’s jurisdiction.
• The PHA will offer a preference to any family that has been terminated from its HCV program due to insufficient program funding.

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 SC Housing website.

Sources: This information was verified by SC Housing on January 19, 2024.