The Georgetown Housing Authority (GHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently open. Applications are being accepted on Tuesdays only, from November 3, 2020 at 9:00 am, until further notice.

To apply during the opening period, applications will be taken on Tuesdays at the GHA front office, located at 1 Lincoln Street, Georgetown, SC 29442.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• Elderly, disabled, or handicapped and are unable to work, and veterans/and or military personnel that serve or have served in various branches of the military including Reserve and National Guard. 200 points.
• Victims of criminal domestic violence or other violent crimes that have resulted in their being displaced from their home. 200 points. 
• Working: Applicant families whose head of household or spouse is employed for at least thirty (30) hours per week (this preference will not be based on the amount of earned income, and the PHA may not prefer higher income families over families with lower incomes to occupy a development or unit except to the extent that the PHA has identified the need to implement economic de-concentration and income targeting). Families whose head of household or spouse is sixty-two (62) years of age or disabled automatically receive the maximum level of local preference. 200 points.
• Crucial/critical need for assistance through no fault of the applicant: 100 points.
  • Natural disaster - Flood or hurricane within the last year. 
  • Fire - Fire not caused by family's negligence, deliberate act, or carelessness within last year. 
  • Government action - Government action against the property: condemned, seized, etc. 
  • Currently homeless: Definition - an individual who lacks a fixed (stable), regular and adequate nighttime residence - living in a shelter, family divided due to lack of housing.
  • Evicted - Evicted by landlord through no fault of the tenant. 
  • Paying more than 50% to rent/utilities - When rent and utilities are more than 50% of your income.

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 GHA website.