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Baltimore, Maryland Section 8 HCV

417 East Fayette Street,Baltimore,MD

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About The Service

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last open for nine days in October 2014, and before that in 2003. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application

In the first hour of the 2014 opening, the HABC received more than 10,000 applications. The first full day of applications saw 42,000 total applications. It is estimatde that for the opening as a whole, the HABC received more than 60,000 applications.

About 25,000 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery

Applicants who have been selected on the waiting list were notified in writing by March 1, 2015

For more information, visit the HABC HCVP page, or the HABC website.

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