Section 8
Housing Choice Voucher Program
Department of Community Services | Community Assistance Division | Rental Assistance Branch
Our waitlist is currently
closed.
We are not accepting any applications.
Factors of Eligibility
To be eligible for the program, the applicant family must:
- Meet current income limits
- Fall within the definition of a family
- Provide a Social Security Number or certify they don’t have one for all family members.
- Furnish evidence of citizenship or eligible immigrant status
- Must not be a registered sex offender
- Must not have been convicted of producing and manufacturing of methamphetamines.
- The program provides rental assistance to eligible families at or below the very low (50% of the median income for Honolulu) income limits set by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
- Not less than 75% of new admissions must have incomes that are at or below the extremely low (30% of the median income set by HUD for Honolulu) income limits.
- FY 2025 Income Limits Documentation (coming soon)
| FY 2024 Income Limits | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons in Household | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Extremely Low Income | $29,250 | $33,400 | $37,600 | $41,750 | $45,100 | $48,450 | $54,450 | $60,640 |
| 30% of Median | ||||||||
| Very Low Income | $48,750 | $55,700 | $62,650 | $69,600 | $75,200 | $80,750 | $86,350 | $91,900 |
| (APPLICATIONS-50% of Median) | ||||||||
| Low Income-80% | $77,950 | $89,100 | $100,250 | $111,350 | $120,300 | $129,200 | $138,100 | $147,000 |
| Median Family Income (MFI) $120,100 | ||||||||
The Housing Choice Voucher “Section 8” Program is primarily to help families.
A family is defined as:
- Two or more persons intending to or sharing residency whose income and resources are available to meet the family’s needs (including single individuals, with no other children who are pregnant or in the process of securing legal custody of any individual under 18 years of age).
- Persons with disabilities.
- Single person 62 years of age or older.
- Person displaced by government action or occurrence of a fire or natural disaster (time limit).
- Remaining member of an eligible family.
- Single individuals who are not elderly, disabled, or displaced.
Elderly, disabled, or displaced applicants and families consisting of 2 or more persons shall have preference over a single person.