Mobile Housing Authority

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Closed: Mobile County, Alabama Section 8 Voucher

The Mobile County Housing Authority (MCHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The MCHA last accepted applications for this waiting list for one day on March 23, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Displaced Due to MHB Repositioning Activity
  • Displaced Due to Natural Disaster or Federally Declared Disaster Areas
  • Displaced Due to Federal HCV Funding Shortfall.
  • Elderly and Disabled

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.

The waiting list closed after 1,000 applications were received.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on March 23, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Mobile County, Alabama.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Mobile County, Alabama Mainstream Voucher

The Mobile Housing Authority (MHA) last accepted Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from September 15, 2023, until 350 applications were received. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note: This waiting list was for Mainstream Applicants Only. Applicants must be non-elderly persons ages 18-61 with disabilities.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the MHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MHA public notice on September 19, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Mobile County, Alabama.

Last Updated on 03/14/2024.

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Closed: Cottage Hill Place Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Mobile County Housing Authority (MCHA) last accepted Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1, 2 and 3-Bedroom apartments at Cottage Hill Place from May 21, 2024, until 750 applications were received. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

This waiting list was for the following property:

  • Cottage Hill Place - Offering 1, 2 and 3-Bedroom units.

Preferences

Preferences have not been confirmed.

Selection Process

750 selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, by order of preferences.

Application Method

To apply while the waitlist was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA public notice on May 21, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Mobile County, Alabama.

Last Updated on 05/21/2024.

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Closed: Gulf Village Homes and Oaklawn Homes Public Housing

The Mobile Housing Board (MHB) last accepted Family Public Housing waiting list applications for Gulf Village Homes and Oaklawn Homes Apartments from May 6, 2024, until May 10, 2024.There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

This waiting list was for the following property:

  • Gulf Village Homes 
  • Oaklawn Homes

Preferences have not been confirmed.

It was not yet known how selected applicants were placed on the waiting list.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

For more information, visit the MHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MHA public notice on April 29, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Prichard, Alabama. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 05/10/2024.

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Closed: Thomas James Place and RV Taylor Plaza Public Housing

The Mobile Housing Board (MHB) Public Housing waiting list for apartments at Thomas James Place and RV Taylor Plaza is currently closed. It is not known when this waiting list was last open, or when it will reopen.

For more information, visit the MHB website.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Mobile, Alabama. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Emerson Gardens and Downtown Renaissance Senior Public Housing

The Mobile Housing Board (MHB) last accepted Senior Public Housing waiting list applications for Emerson Gardens and Downtown Renaissance Apartments from May 6, 2024, until May 10, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

This waiting list was for the following property:

  • Emerson Gardens 
  • Downtown Renaissance 

Preferences have not been confirmed.

It was not known how selected applicants were placed on the waiting list.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

For more information, visit the MHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MHA public notice on April 29, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior Public Housing rental assistance in Prichard, Alabama. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 05/10/2024.

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Closed: Central Plaza Towers and Downtown Renaissance Senior Living Senior

The Mobile Housing Authority Senior Living waiting list for apartments at Central Plaza Towers and Downtown Renaissance is currently closed. Applications were last accepted since at least April 2021, until an unconfirmed close date in 2022.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the MHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MHB on March 16, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other Senior rental assistance in Mobile, Alabama.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Frank W. Boykin Tower Senior Living Senior

The Mobile Housing Board (MHB) Senior Living waiting list for apartments at Frank W. Boykin Tower is currently closed. It is not known when this waiting list was last open, or when it will reopen.

For more information, visit the MHB website.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other Senior rental assistance in Mobile, Alabama.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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About Mobile Housing Authority

151 South Claiborne Street, Mobile, AL | Visit Website | (251) 434-2200

Mobile Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 7,377 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by Mobile Housing Authority is located in Mobile County, AL.

Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.

Office Hours

Open today from 8:00am to 4:30pm CT.

Day Hours
Monday 8:00am-4:30pm
Tuesday 8:00am-4:30pm
Wednesday 8:00am-4:30pm
Thursday 8:00am-4:30pm
Friday 8:00am-4:30pm