Applicants

Housing Choice Voucher Waitlist Applicants

The great demand for affordable housing is overwhelming in the City of Alameda, so individuals seeking affordable housing may only apply for the housing assistance programs (such as the Housing Choice Voucher program), when a wait list is open at the Housing Authority of the City of Alameda (AHA).

All housing wait lists at AHA are currently closed. An applicant does not need to reside or work in the City of Alameda in order to apply to a housing wait list. AHA provides housing programs only in the City of Alameda.

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If you are interested in applying for a unit owned or managed by AHA, please visit our Current Communities page:

Current Communities

If you are interested in viewing available affordable housing rentals in the City of Alameda, please visit our Available Rentals page:

Available Rentals

Housing Wait List Applicants already on AHA’s Housing Choice Voucher Wait List(s)

Wait list applicants who are already on an AHA wait list must inform the Housing Authority of the City of Alameda immediately if personal information has changed. Changes can be reported at any time through the Tenant Portal. A request to update the contact information of the applicant such as e-mail, phone number, or address can be submitted through the portal at any time. Changes in family composition or income will be periodically requested through an email for an update or upon the household being selected for an eligibility determination. Please check your email regularly.

See the Administrative Plan on restrictions to changes in family composition. If AHA is unable to contact an applicant, or the applicant fails to respond to outreach either by e-mail or mail by the AHA, the applicant’s name may be removed from the wait list. So housing wait list applicants need to keep information updated. A wait list applicant’s information can be updated at any time via the button below.

Update My Information

For instructions on how to update wait list applicant information, please click button below:

Applicant Information Update Instructions

Please visit the websites below to find more information about affordable housing outside the City of Alameda:

Alameda County Housing Portal

County of Alameda Housing Authority

City of Oakland Housing Authority

Federal HUD Database

In recent weeks, the Housing Authority of the City of Alameda (AHA) issued over 60,000 letters regarding the December 2024 waitlist opening. Unfortunately, AHA cannot respond to your emails or phone calls. Applicants are advised to closely review any letter(s) sent from AHA and/or a “Save My Spot” email from cdr@yardi.com.

If you selected multiple wait lists when you applied in December 2024, you may be notified multiple times via written letter for each wait list you applied to. A lottery for each wait list is performed separately. So applicants may, for example, be selected for one wait list but not selected for another wait list. See FAQs for more information. Please also note that being selected for a wait list does not mean housing is available immediately.

Applicants can log in to the applicant portal here: The Housing Authority of the City of Alameda Online Portal

Applicants can also read the Frequently Asked Questions here: Wait List Information