The Section 8 Housing Assistance Program provides a federally-funded housing-assistance payment ("Section 8 voucher") to eligible families and individuals. Rather than being provided with a specific unit at a subsidized housing site, Section 8 participant-tenants are free to use their voucher to locate and contract for housing from a network of participating landlords throughout the Los Angeles area.

• City of Los Angeles Section 8
• City of Los Angeles Property Listings
• City of Los Angeles Special Programs
  

Due to a lack of Federal funding, the Housing Authority City of Los Angeles is closed for new registrations for the Section 8 Program and is not issuing any new vouchers at this time.

If you have already registered and need to report a change of address, click on link below for information. How to register for city Section 8.

This information is from Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles For further information on City Section 8 please visit www.hacla.org

ABOUT THE COUNTY SECTION 8 PROGRAM

Across the United States, the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program has helped more than 1.7 million low-income families afford decent housing in the private rental market. The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles provides rental assistance to over 20,000 of these families in the jurisdiction of Los Angeles County.

The Section 8 Program is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

The program assists eligible families affordable, safe, decent, high-quality rental housing. Participants rent housing from private landlords and pay a portion of their income towards rent. The Housing Authority subsidizes the difference in monthly payments directly to the owner. Owners, participants and the Housing Authority work together to make this three-way-partnership a success.

The Housing Authority's responsibilities in administering the program include:

• Maintaining the waiting list;
• Determining eligibility, and level of assistance;
• Calculating rent portion;
• Conducting annual re-determinations; Briefing tenants on finding a rental unit;
• Contracting with owners; Ensuring that contracted unit rents are reasonable; Conducting unit housing quality standard inspections;
• Ensuring tenant and owner compliance with program rules (and terminating contracts and assistance if necessary);
• Making housing assistance payments to owners; and
• Processing assisted families moving into and out of the jurisdiction through portability.

• County of Los Angeles-Section 8 home page
• Los Angeles County Property Listings
• How to apply for County section 8 program
• Los Angeles County FAQ

This information is from Los Angeles County Community Development Commission. For further information on County Section 8 please visit www.lacdc.org