Apply for the Sonoma County Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8)

Applicants will be required to provide information regarding their living situation, household composition, income, and any preferences for which they may qualify.

Please enter all information requested to allow us to position your application appropriately on the waiting list.

The Sonoma County Housing Authority has opened several Senior Studio & one-Bedroom Very Low-Income (50% AMI) Project Based Voucher waitlist lotteries. The waitlists will be for applicants 62 or over who meet the qualifications for "very low income."  These waitlist lotteries will be open from June 1, 2025, to June 30, 2025. Applications may be submitted online here: https://www.waitlistcheck.com/CA085. Paper applications are available upon request and at our office located at 141 Stony Circle, Suite 210 in Santa Rosa.

The Sonoma County Housing Authority (SCHA) maintains separate waitlists for  Project Based units at the properties listed below. For these vouchers, rental assistance is tied to a specific unit. This application is for a PBV unit only and NOT for the general affordable housing complex or a regular Housing Choice/Section 8 Voucher. If your name is reached and you are selected for a PBV unit, you will receive rental assistance for that specific unit ONLY.

Applicants will be required to provide information regarding income and any preferences for which they may qualify.  Applications will be accepted for project-based voucher units at the following locations:

• Vallejo Street Senior Apartments in Petaluma
• Daniel Drive Senior Apartments, commonly known as the Herb Lee Senior Apartments, in Petaluma
• Fisher I/II Senior Apartments in Petaluma
• Lindberg Lane Senior Apartments in Petaluma
• Kings Valley Senior Apartments in Cloverdale

The waitlists adhere to the Housing Authority's subsidy standards and reasonable accommodation policy, assigned to households of one to two people for a studio unit and one to three people for a one-bedroom unit.  If your household does not meet the criteria for income or household size requirements for these lists, you may apply to other project based voucher waitlist lotteries (concerning various bedroom sizes and income limits throughout the county), which will be open in the coming months.  

The Sonoma County Housing Choice Voucher waitlist is currently closed and is not expected to reopen unitl 2026.  An application for a project-based voucher unit will not result in an applicant being placed on the general Housing Choice Voucher waitlist.

Disability-related accommodation to access any programs, services or activities provided by the Sonoma County Community Development Commission or the Sonoma County Houisng Authority, can be arranged by calling (707) 565-7500/TDD (707) 565-7555.  Translation services will be made available upon request.  

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