Seattle Housing Section 8 Waitlist Lottery is Open

This message is about Seattle Housing Authority’s Section 8 Waitlist opening. 

Do you or someone you know need subsidized housing? The online lottery registration has opened for Section 8 housing vouchers through Seattle Housing Authority and will remain open until April 10th at seattlehousing.org/waitlist.

Section 8 vouchers allow participating tenants to choose and rent units from private landlords. The Housing Authority pays a fixed amount of the rent to the owner each month, and the tenant pays the difference between this subsidy and the total rent, in addition to any utilities not included in the rent. In general, tenants pay between 30 percent and 40 percent of their monthly income for rent and utilities.

Any person 18 years old or older (or an emancipated minor) may register for the lottery no matter where he or she lives. If someone lives outside of Seattle and receives a lottery number, and later a voucher, they will be required to live in Seattle during their first year on the program. 

To learn if you are eligible to receive a Housing Choice Voucher from Seattle Housing Authority, please read their Eligibility page.

Registration is free. If you are asked for money, you are not on the correct website. No one can promise you a spot on the waitlist. To avoid scams, do not search the internet for the waitlist registration, and do not click on ads. The safest way to register is to type "seattlehousing.org/waitlist" directly into your browser's address bar.

Important Waitlist lottery information:

• Registration will be open from March 23, 2015 at 8 a.m. through April 10 at 5 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) and a lottery will be held to determine who is placed on this new waitlist. 
• Only one person per household may register. Households may only register once.
• Registering for the lottery does NOT mean you are applying for housing.
• If you are already placed on the Section 8 waitlist that was originally established in 2013, there is no need to register for this lottery. Households still on our waitlist will receive first priority as vouchers become available.
• This is not a first-come, first-served process, so there is no need to be the first in line to register. A rush at the beginning of the registration period may result in website instability. If you experience this, please come back to the site later. Also, please do not leave registration until the last minute on April 10 in case you experience technical difficulties. 
• The registration period will not close early and there is no limit to the number of registrations we will accept.
• The registration form asks you to provide the name, date of birth, social security number, race and gender of all members of your household, as well as your household's annual income before taxes. Since it is not possible to save an unfinished registration, it is best to have this information on-hand before beginning your registration.
• For technical problems with registration, call the waitlist hotline at 206-239-1674 for help or submit an email using our contact form below.
• If you do not have access to a computer, call the waitlist hotline at 206-239-1674 for a list of locations that can serve you.

ConnectUp is just passing on this information from Seattle Housing Authority. To register for the Section 8 waitlist lottery you must register online at seattlehousing.org/waitlist. If you need help with registration call 206-239-1674.