{"id":759,"date":"2018-04-30T21:40:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T21:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/?page_id=759"},"modified":"2025-01-28T15:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:09:13","slug":"section-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/section-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Section 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-763 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/navigatinsection8-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/navigatinsection8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/navigatinsection8-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/navigatinsection8.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>WHAT IS THE SECTION 8 HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Housing Choice Vouchers Program (often referred to as \u201cSection 8\u201d) is the federal government\u2019s primary program to provide housing for Americans who are living in poverty, as well as the elderly and disabled. It provides eligible families with assistance in paying the monthly rent for houses and apartments that are located anywhere, not just in subsidized housing projects.\u00a0 Section 8 is administered by the Local Housing Authorities.\u00a0 They qualify tenants and certify residences for participation in the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>HOW DO I APPLY FOR SECTION 8 HOUSING VOUCHER?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">More than 3,000 city landlords participate Baltimore&#8217;s program, which serves approximately 13,000 families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>The Housing Authority of Baltimore City Housing Choice Voucher\u00a0 Program Tenant Based and Project Based Waiting Lists are currently closed to new applicants.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Baltimore, Maryland waiting list is closed as of January 2025.\u00a0 It was last open in October 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">FOR THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM VISIT THIS WEBSITE<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Residents\/Pages\/HousingChoice\/default.aspx\">https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Residents\/Pages\/HousingChoice\/default.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT IS THE SECTION 8 HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM? The Housing Choice Vouchers Program (often referred to as \u201cSection 8\u201d) is the federal government\u2019s primary program to provide housing for Americans who are living in poverty, as well as the elderly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/section-8\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1371,"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759\/revisions\/1371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navigatingreentry.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}