Orange County Housing Authority’s Section 8 program was last opened in 2012, and it’s taken the agency this many years to support the nearly 50,000 approved applicants with housing.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — For the first time in five years, the Orange County Housing and Community Development Department is taking applications just to get on a waitlist for Section 8 housing.

In all, about 87,000 local families are on waiting lists at the four agencies that administer the Section 8 program in Orange County. Waits of six to 10 years are common. The basic bargain of ...

Orange County's Section 8 program opens wait list for first time in 10+ years Interested households have through Sept. 29. to submit their applications for the wait list.

For the first time in seven years, the waiting list for Section 8 housing vouchers is open in Orange County. Low-income families, veterans, seniors and others who qualify must act soon though ...

The backstory. Orange County Housing Authority’s Section 8 program was last opened in 2012, and it’s taken the agency this many years to support the nearly 50,000 approved applicants with housing.