Waitlist

UPDATED MARCH 6, 2023: HOUSING OPPORTUNITY - WAITLIST LOTTERY OPENING

The Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco (Authority) is opening its waitlist application process for studio units (two-person household maximum) in the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Project-Based Voucher (PBV) program. The Authority will open waitlist applications to the public on 03/27/2023 starting at 8:00 AM and close applications on 03/29/2023 at 5:00 PM. Within 30 days of the waitlist application closing, the Authority will use a lottery to randomly draw names from the list of applications submitted for each community site. Those names drawn will be placed on one (or more) of the RAD/PBV waitlists. Applying for the lottery does not guarantee you a place on one of the RAD/PBV waitlists.

Apply at:

www.sfha.myhousing.com

Quick Links:

Eligibility and Income Requirements

Waitlist Sites

Waitlist Preference

How to Apply

Maintaining Your Status on the Waiting List

Disclaimers

Service Providers (Assistance with Application)

 

Eligibility and Income Requirements

To be determined as eligible for RAD/PBV assistance, applicant households must meet certain criteria. This information will be verified for applicants who were selected through the random lottery once their name comes to the top of the waiting list.

An applicant (and all members of the family, if applicable) must:

  • Have no more than two household members, including the head of household
  • Qualify as an individual or family as defined by the Authority
  • Have a head of household that is at least 18 years of age at the time of this waitlist application or be a minor legally emancipated by a court of competent jurisdiction, consistent with California law
  • Have an annual income at the time of admission that does not exceed the established income limits
  • Pass a criminal background check
  • Provide documentation of social security numbers or certify that they do not have social security numbers at the time of initial eligibility interview
  • Meet HUD requirements on citizenship or immigration status. One member of the applicant family must be a U.S Citizen, U.S. National or Non-Citizen with eligible immigration status at the time the voucher is issued to be eligible for assistance

An applicant/applicant family must not:

  • Have ever been convicted of manufacturing or producing methamphetamine on the premises of any federally assisted housing or any family household member that is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a state sex offender registration program will not be eligible for housing assistance.
  • Owe rent or other amounts to the San Francisco Housing Authority (or any other public housing authority). Assistance will not be offered until the outstanding balance is paid in full.

The Authority does not discriminate based on race, sex, color, religion, marital status, familial status, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, ancestry, or sexual orientation in the access to, admission into, or employment in housing programs or activities.

Additionally, total household income must not exceed 50% of AMI unless the family is already receiving assistance from the Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco or a different Public Housing Authority, then total household income must not exceed 80% of AMI.

2022 INCOME LIMITS (Effective 4/18/2022)

Family Size

Very Low (50% of AMI)

Low (80% of AMI)

1

$65,250

$104,400

2

$74,600

$119,300

 

Waitlist Sites

The Authority will open its waitlists for placement in the following communities:

Community

Address

Population Served

25 Sanchez Apartments

25 Sanchez St

Senior or disabled only

255 Woodside

255 Woodside Ave.

Senior or disabled only

3850 18th Street

3850 18th St.

Senior or disabled only

Mission Dolores

1855 15th St.

Senior or disabled only

462 Duboce

462 Duboce Ave.

Senior or disabled only

227 Bay

227 Bay St.

Senior or disabled only

Ping Yuen North

838 Pacific Ave.

No restriction

990 Pacific

990 Pacific Ave.

Senior or disabled only

Clementina Towers

320-330 Clementina St.

Senior or disabled only

Eddy Street Apartments

939 Eddy/951 Eddy St.

Senior or disabled only

Ellis Gardens

350 Ellis St.

Senior or disabled only

Sala Burton Manor

430 Turk St.

Senior or disabled only

Rosa Parks Apartments

1251 Turk St.

Senior or disabled only

345 Arguello

345 Arguello Blvd.

Senior or disabled only

2698 California

2698 California St.

Senior or disabled only

1880 Pine

1880 Pine St.

Senior or disabled only

JFK Towers

2451 Sacramento St.

Senior or disabled only

The Rose

125 6th St.

Formerly homeless

The Dudley

172 6th St.

No restriction

1760 Bush

1760 Bush St.

Senior or disabled only

491 31st Avenue

491 31st Ave.

Senior or disabled only

Rachel Townsend Apartments

1750 McAllister St.

Senior or disabled only

666 Ellis

666 Ellis St.

Senior or disabled only

 

Waitlist Preference

The Authority will give waitlist preferences to those who are:

  • Veteran/ Surviving Spouse of Veteran
  • Families with a Right to Return
  • RAD Emergency Referral
  • Residents of Residential Care Facilities for the Chronically Ill (RCFCI)/ Transitional Residential Care Facilities (TRCF)
  • Mixed Families currently residing at non-RAD units at HOPE SF sites
  • Involuntarily Displaced with Residential Certificate of Preference (COP)
  • Department of Homeless and Supportive Housing Referral
  • Families with minor children living in SROs with a referral from DBI
  • Involuntarily Displaced from San Francisco residence

 

How to Apply

 

Before you begin the waitlist application process, please review the Eligibility and Income Requirements above to ensure your household is eligible.

Once you are ready to apply, gather the names, social security numbers (if available), and dates of birth of all family members. You will also need the gross annual income of all family members. Make sure you have access to a printer, e-mail, or have paper and pen ready to write down your confirmation number!

     1) Complete the online waitlist application using any device with internet access at www.sfha.myhousing.com.

For anyone without internet access that would like to apply, there is assistance available from the service providers listed at the bottom of this announcement.

Additionally, the San Francisco Public Library has free community computers that may be used to fill out this waitlist application! Call 311 for locations of libraries and operating hours or go to www.sfpl.org.

Applicants who require assistance in completing an application, because of a disability or require translation services or communication in an alternate format, can call the SFHA Customer Care Center at (415) 715-5200 on 03/27/2023 through 03/29/2023 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. For applicants with hearing impairments, please contact us at our TTY line at (415) 467-6754. For applicants applying on the final day of the opening, please have all information ready and available and call as early as possible, preferably before 3:00 PM to ensure your application is completed by the 5:00 PM deadline.

     2) Review all information to make sure you have entered the requested information correctly!

     3) Submit your application.

     4) Print or save the online confirmation number. You can either print, e-mail, or write this number down with pen and paper.

Contact the Authority with any questions

For questions, please contact SFHA Customer Care Center Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM:

Maintaining Your Status on the Waiting List

Applicants randomly selected to be placed on a RAD/PBV waiting list will be notified by mail when their name comes to the top of that waiting list or if the Authority updates its files. If an applicant does not respond to our notifications or the letter is returned undeliverable, the applicant will be removed from the waiting list. If the applicant has a change of address, phone number, income, or family size, they must notify us within 10 business days of the change by letter or in person at 1815 Egbert Ave, San Francisco.

Disclaimers

Applications can be received from 03/27/2023 starting at 8:00 AM to 03/29/2023 ending at 5:00 PM. After 5:00 PM on 03/29/2023, the waitlist lottery opening will automatically close. Applicants will receive a confirmation number to acknowledge successful transmission of their application. If selected for the waitlist through the lottery process, applicants will be notified of their selection.

The waitlist applicant is non-transferable and does not administer nor guarantee housing assistance.

 

Service Providers

The following service providers will be available to assist applicants in completing their online applications during the waitlist opening:

Service Provider

Phone

Address

Hours

Catholic Charities

(415) 972-1200

50 Broad Street

Weekdays
9:30am - 5pm

Self Help for the Elderly

(415) 677-7600

408 22nd Avenue

Weekdays
9am - 5pm

Institute on Aging

(415) 750-4111

3575 Geary Boulevard

Weekdays
8am - 5pm

Kimochi Home

(415) 922-9972

1531 Sutter Street

Weekdays
9am - 5pm

Openhouse + On Lok Community Day Service

(415) 296-8995

75 Laguna Street

Weekdays
9am - 5pm

Sequoia Living – 3850 18th St.

(415) 872-9001

(415) 926-5328

3850 18th St.

Weekdays
8am – 4:30pm

Sequoia Living – Mission Dolores

(415) 872-9843

(415) 872-5001

1855 15th St.

Weekdays
8am – 4:30pm

Sequoia Living – Woodside Gardens

(415) 682-7101

(415) 702-6112

255 Woodside Avenue

Weekdays
8am – 5pm

Sequoia Living – 25 Sanchez St.

(415) 522-0203

(628) 867-7357

25 Sanchez St.

Weekdays
8am – 4:30pm

Sequoia Living – 462 Duboce

(415) 522-0203

(415) 926-5755

462 Duboce Ave.

Weekdays
8am – 4:30pm

Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco

(415) 715-5200

1815 Egbert Ave.

Weekdays
8am - 5pm

Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services

(415) 508-0847

1753 Carroll Ave.

Weekdays
9am - 5pm

Mission Neighborhood Centers

(415) 206-7752

362 Capp St

Weekdays
8am – 4:30pm

Kimochi - Japantown

(415) 931-2294

1840 Sutter St.

Weekdays
9am - 5pm

Lighthouse for the Blind and Vision Impaired

(415) 431-1481

1155 Market St.

Weekdays
9am - 5pm

Openhouse – Citywide locations

(415) 431-1481

65 Laguna St.

Weekdays
9:30am - 5pm

1760 Bush

(415) 872-7679

1760 Bush St.

Weekdays
9am - 5pm

 

Other Housing Authority Waitlists

While the Authority does not provide waitlist positions to applicants due to the ever-changing nature of the waitlist, we can confirm if applicants are active on the waitlist. Please refer to our Contact page to contact us regarding whether or not you are active on the waitlist.

The Authority operates separate waiting lists for the following federal programs:

  • Housing Choice Voucher 
  • Project Based Voucher Buildings
  • Rental Assistance Demonstration Buildings
  • Public Housing

The Authority also administers housing programs that require the applicant to be referred by a supportive service agency. These include:

  • Emergency Housing Voucher Program 
  • Family Unification Program 
  • Foster Youth to Independence Initiative
  • Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing 

Please visit our home page at sfha.org or our leased housing page at https://sfha.org/housing-programs/housing-choice-voucher for more information.