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Manatee County's Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher applications to open

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 8 program helps recipients pay a set portion of the rent at any housing unit they may find that meets certain standards. They are not restricted to choosing only housing in subsidized housing projects, according to HUD.
Calhoun said applicants who meet certain preferences will be placed with higher priority on the random list of the chosen 3,000 applicants. Those who are disabled, veterans, elderly and live locally have higher priority than families and individuals who do not meet those preferen
Regardless of how many people apply, the pre-applications will stay open for the full four days, Calhoun said. Once the random list is created, applicants will work with case managers to gather documents and complete the process. ....

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Manatee to reopen Section 8 application this year, Sarasota in 2022

Applications for Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers in Manatee County will be accepted this year for the first time since 2015. But applying for a housing voucher and getting a spot on what is sure to be a lengthy waitlist is only the beginning of an oftentimes drawn-out process.
Willie Calhoun, executive director of the Manatee County Housing Authority, said when the applications last opened five years ago, about 6,000 to 7,000 people applied in a week’s time. Only a quarter of them made the waitlist through a lottery selection.
It has taken since 2015 for the housing authority to go through that list, and it is now down the last few hundred names, Calhoun said. ....

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