As previously reported, the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) is set to reopen the Section 8 Rental Voucher Program waiting list for the first time since 2004, and now the housing authority has released a date: Starting on September 10, CRHA will accept applications through September 16, when the list will close again.
CRHA will give priority to residents who are working and living in the city, to those who have been victims of domestic violence in the past year, to the homeless or those living in substandard housing, to those paying more than 50 percent of their income in rent and to those affected by a natural disaster.
CRHA will reserve 75 percent of the spots on the list for families with an income that does not exceed 30 percent of the area median income. For a family of four, that is $20,550 per year.