Housing Authority of the City of Alameda
Announces
Site-based Project-based Voucher (PBV) Waiting List Openings for

PBV Units at Alameda Point Collaborative (Two, Three and Four bedroom only)

The Housing Authority will be accepting pre-applications for waiting list for certain Section 8 Project-based Voucher assisted units in the City of Alameda. This is NOT the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List. Submission of a pre-application does not guarantee placement on this waiting list, and placement on this waiting list does not guarantee eligibility or an offer of housing.

A person with a disability may require an accommodation to have equal access to this program.  If a reasonable accommodation is needed, please call (510) 747-4300 to request the specific accommodation.

Waiting List Opening Time
The Housing Authority will open the following project-based voucher waiting list beginning Monday, June 13, 2011.

This waiting list for these project-based (PBV) units at Alameda Point Collaborative will remain open until further notice.

Additional Information
Applicants who are placed on this waiting list will only be offered project-based voucher units at Alameda Point Collaborative (APC) in the City of Alameda. Please review additional information about policies and wait list preferences on our website and about APC units and services at www.apcollaborative.org. Please save this information packet and a copy of your submitted application for your records.

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Paper Pre-Application Availability
Paper pre-applications for this wait list will be available and accepted beginning June 13, 2011 during regular business hours (8:30 am – 5:00 pm) at the Housing Authority office, 701 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda, CA   94501. 

Application Submission
Pre-applications for the PBV Units at APC may be submitted in person or by mail to the Housing Authority office. They may also be submitted at the APC office during regular business hours during the week of June 13-17, 2011 (concurrent with the APC’s application period). All eligible APC PBV pre-applications received at AHA or at APC or postmarked by June 24, 2011 will be placed on the wait list in random order, therefore there is NO advantage in applying early nor any disadvantage in submitting a pre-application near the end of this eleven day period. Pre-applications for the APC PBV waiting list received at the Housing Authority or postmarked after June 24, 2011 placed on the wait list by date/time order. Incomplete, ineligible or duplicate pre-applications will be returned (duplicate will generally defined as the same address with a majority of family members in common). NO FAXED or electronically submitted pre-applications will be accepted, nor will they be returned.

Placement on the Wait List
Pre-applications will be reviewed to ensure that the applicant family includes the minimum number of people need to qualify for a 2, or 3, or 4 bedroom unit under the Housing Authority’s subsidy/occupancy standards. In some cases, additional information may be requested. Applicants placed on the waiting list will be advised of their requirement to notify the Housing Authority in writing about any address change; failure to respond to written notices from the Housing Authority will also result in being dropped from the waiting list.

Tenant Selection
The order in which families will receive assistance from the waiting list is impacted in part by any selection preferences for which the family qualifies (for example, residency or employment in Alameda, Veteran status, and/or being referred by APC providing supportive services for the homeless or persons/families at risk of homelessness), the source of funding, and property owner obligations to house applicants with specific characteristics.  For example, occupants of APC PBV units served by this wait list must meet certain definitions of “homeless” and “disabled.”  When selected, applicants will be required to submit evidence of citizenship or eligible immigration status.  The Housing Authority will refer candidates to APC from the waiting list, and APC will apply its tenant selection criteria.   The Housing Authority will determine eligibility for assistance for applicants approved for tenancy by APC.

Eligibility and Voucher Assistance Determination
Applicants for these project-based apartments will be subject to Section 8 HCV project-based voucher eligibility determination, including performance of a criminal background check and verification of income, assets, disabilities, citizenship or eligible immigration status, etc.