The
Housing Authority offers a variety of rental assistance programs that are
categorized as either "Tenant-Based" or
"Project-Based".
Tenant Based rental assistance in the form
of a "voucher" follows
the client to any private market property that accepts rental assistance and that meets
housing quality standards. The demand for vouchers is very
great. Our waiting list for this program is currently closed.
Please check back for future announcements. Applicants who are
already on the waiting list can expect to wait up to five years before they
receive assistance. See Wait List Stats
for current statistical information. This program is also known as
"Section 8".
Project Based rental assistance is attached to the
rental unit and does not follow the client if they move from the assisted
unit. The Housing Authority administers the subsidy on some of
these units in Thurston County. The waiting list for this assistance
is usually 6 to 12 months.
For both categories of rental assistance, the households portion
of the rent is based upon 30% of monthly adjusted income. The
remaining portion of the rent is paid directly to the landlord.
To be
eligible, households must be US citizens or legal immigrants, have an income that is less than fifty percent of the
Thurston County median income, and meet priority criteria. See
Eligibility
for current income and priority criteria.
See Other Resources for other
project-based, subsidized housing opportunities in Thurston County. These
opportunities include family housing, senior housing, and housing for special-needs or
disabled households. These properties are not owned or
managed by the Housing Authority.
Are you a landlord or property manager? See Landlords
for information on how to participate in our rental assistance programs.
If you have a unit that you would like to make available to assisted
tenants, use the on-line listing form to list
the unit.
