Shasta County Housing Authority

Open: Shasta, Modoc, Siskiyou, and Trinity County, California Section 8 Voucher

The Shasta County Housing Authority (SCHA) is accepting Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from December 1, 2022, until January 31, 2024 at 11:59 pm PT.

To apply while the waiting list is open, complete the online application.

Income limit information can be found here.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• Due to funding constraints, it may become necessary to terminate participant families from the Shasta County HCV program. In this event, the families terminated from the program by Shasta County Housing Authority will have their name added to the HCV wait list, with priority, according to their original wait list application date.  
• Families who have been involuntarily displaced (within no more than six months from the date of preference verification) by governmental action, or whose dwelling has been extensively damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster occurring within Shasta County Housing Authority jurisdiction, as declared by the Governor of the State of California or due to extensive damage as a result of a federally‐declared disaster (as listed with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), pursuant to Federal disaster relief laws. 
• Families in which any member is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.   
• Families who are disabled non‐elderly, between the ages of 18‐61, who provide a certification from an eligible organization, who are transitioning out of an institution or other segregated settings, at serious risk of institutionalization, homeless (HUD definition), or at risk of becoming homeless.  
• Families whose head of household, spouse, or co‐head of household is elderly and/or disabled or families with dependents.  
• Families that are referred from an eligible organization as being housing deficient. Housing deficient families are families who meet the HUD homeless definition.  
• Families who reside in the PHA’s jurisdiction or whose head of household, spouse, or co‐head of household are employed within the PHA’s jurisdiction.  
• Families who reside in the City of Redding or whose head of household, spouse, or co‐head of household are employed within the city of Redding.

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

For more information, visit the SCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the SCHA application portal on February 6, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Shasta, Modoc, Siskiyou, and Trinity County, California.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via 530-225-5160 or visit the CCHA office located at 1450 Court St. Suite 108 Redding, CA 96001.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Open: Burney Commons Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Shasta County Housing Authority (SCHA) is accepting Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications for apartments at Burney Commons from April 17, 2023 at 8:00 am PT, until further notice.

To apply during the opening period, complete the online application.

The maximum income limits for each household size are as follows:

• 1 Person $27,800 | 5 Persons $42,900
• 2 Persons $31,800 | 6 Persons $46,100
• 3 Persons $35,750 
• 4 Persons $39,700 

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• Due to funding constraints, it may become necessary to terminate participant families from the Shasta County HCV program. In this event, the families terminated from the program by Shasta County Housing Authority will have their name added to the HCV wait list, with priority, according to their original wait list application date.  
• Families who have been involuntarily displaced (within no more than six months from the date of preference verification) by governmental action, or whose dwelling has been extensively damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster occurring within Shasta County Housing Authority jurisdiction, as declared by the Governor of the State of California or due to extensive damage as a result of a federally‐declared disaster (as listed with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), pursuant to Federal disaster relief laws. 
• Families in which any member is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.   
• Families who are disabled non‐elderly, between the ages of 18‐61, who provide a certification from an eligible organization, who are transitioning out of an institution or other segregated settings, at serious risk of institutionalization, homeless (HUD definition), or at risk of becoming homeless.  
• Families whose head of household, spouse, or co‐head of household is elderly and/or disabled or families with dependents.  
• Families that are referred from an eligible organization as being housing deficient. Housing deficient families are families who meet the HUD homeless definition.  
• Families who reside in the PHA’s jurisdiction or whose head of household, spouse, or co‐head of household are employed within the PHA’s jurisdiction.  
• Families who reside in the City of Redding or whose head of household, spouse, or co‐head of household are employed within the city of Redding.

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

For more information, visit the SCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the SCHA website on May 5, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Burney, California.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (530) 225-5160.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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