Yolo County Housing

Waiting Lists

Learn more about Yolo County Housing.

Open: USDA Farm Labor Housing Project-Based

Yolo County Housing (YCH) waiting list for Farm Labor Housing apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least June, 2018, until further notice.

To apply during the opening period, complete the online application, and select the box for USDA Farm Labor Housing. The pre-application is available in EnglishSpanish, and Russian.

This waiting list may have any of the following preferences:

  • Live and/or work in Yolo County
  • Displaced by government action through no fault of your own
  • U.S. Veteran or the surviving spouse a U.S. Veteran
  • Household contains at least one adult member who has worked for six months or is currently receiving unemployment benefits
  • Head or spouse permanently disabled OR 62 years of age or older

For more information, visit the YCH website.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other Project Based rental assistance in Davis, 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) 662-5428.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Open: Cottonwood Meadows Fair Market Rent Near-Elderly/Disabled Senior and Disabled

Yolo County Housing (YCH) Near-Elderly/Disabled (55+) Fair Market Rent waiting list for apartments at Cottonwood Meadows is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least March, 2021, until further notice.

To apply during the opening period, complete the online application, and select the box for USDA Farm Labor Housing. The pre-application is available in EnglishSpanish, and Russian.

This waiting list may have any of the following preferences:

  • Live and/or work in Yolo County
  • Displaced by government action through no fault of your own
  • U.S. Veteran or the surviving spouse a U.S. Veteran
  • Household contains at least one adult member who has worked for six months or is currently receiving unemployment benefits
  • Head or spouse permanently disabled OR 62 years of age or older

For more information, visit the YCH website.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other Senior and Disabled rental assistance in Woodland, 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) 662-5428.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Yolo County, California Section 8 Voucher

The Yolo County Housing (YCH) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The YCH last accepted applications for this waiting list from August 22, 2022, until September 7, 2022, or when the maximum number of applications were received. 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:

  • The PHA will offer a preference to any family that has been terminated from its HCV program due to insufficient program funding. These families will automatically be at the top of the waiting list when funding becomes available. Therefore, the point system does not apply to these families.
  • Two points – Displaced by Government Action
  • Two points – Working Families/Elderly/Disabled - Families with at least one adult who is employed at least 20 hours per week and has been employed for six months; this definition includes families where at least one adult was employed and is currently receiving unemployment benefits. This preference is automatically extended to families where the head of house and spouse/cohead are elderly (62 years of age or older) or meet the HUD definition of disabled.
  • One point – Residency Preference – Applicants who live, work, or are hired to work in the County of Yolo.
  • One point – Military Preference – Any citizen of the United States who served in the active military, naval, or air service of the United States who received an honorable discharge or released from active duty under honorable conditions. This preference applies to veterans and the surviving spouses of veterans.
  • One point – Youth Exiting the Family Unification Program (FUP) – Participants whose FUP Youth Assistance is expiring and will have a lack of adequate housing as a result of their termination from the program.
  • One point – Mainstream – Eligible Mainstream voucher families, who are non-elderly persons with disabilities and their families.

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

For more information, visit the YCH website.

Sources: This information was verified by the YCH public notice on August 11, 2022.

Service Area

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

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Eleanor Roosevelt Senior Apartments Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Yolo County Housing (YCH) waiting list for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher apartments at various properties is currently closed.

The YCH last accepted applications for this waiting list from November 17, 2020, until February 28, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

This opening was for the following properties:

  • Fair Plaza Senior complex.
  • Esperanza Crossing Apartments.
  • Blue Mountain Terrace..
  • Walnut Terrace.

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

  1. Complete the online application.
  2. Persons who do not have Internet access may apply at one of the sites listed below, by appointment only:
    1. Woodland Public Library.
    2. Yolo County Libraries.
    3. RISE, Community Service Centers
    4. Yolo County Children’s Alliance.
    5. Yolo County Housing.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the YCH website.

Sources: This information was confirmed by the YCH public notice on November 17, 2020.

Service Area

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

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Fair Plaza Senior Complex, Esperanza Crossing Apartments, Blue Mountain Terrace and Walnut Terrace Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Yolo County Housing (YCH) waiting list for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher apartments at various properties is currently closed.

The YCH last accepted applications for this waiting list from November 17, 2020, until February 28, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

This opening was for the following properties:

  • Fair Plaza Senior complex.
  • Esperanza Crossing Apartments.
  • Blue Mountain Terrace..
  • Walnut Terrace.

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

  1. Complete the online application.
  2. Persons who do not have Internet access may apply at one of the sites listed below, by appointment only:
    1. Woodland Public Library.
    2. Yolo County Libraries.
    3. RISE, Community Service Centers
    4. Yolo County Children’s Alliance.
    5. Yolo County Housing.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the YCH website.

Sources: This information was confirmed by the YCH public notice on November 17, 2020.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Woodland, Davis, Esparto and Winters, California.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Yolo County Housing Public Housing

Yolo County Housing (YCH) Public Housing waiting list is closed.

The YCH last accepted applications for this waiting list since at least June, 2018, until February 28, 2023. There is no notice when this waitlist will reopen.

There were three ways to apply during the opening period:

  1. Complete the online application. The pre-application is available in English, Spanish, and Russian.
  2. Pick up an application at the YCH office
  3. Call YCH to request an application by mail.

This waiting list may have had any of the following preferences:

  • Live and/or work in Yolo County
  • Displaced by government action through no fault of your own
  • U.S. Veteran or the surviving spouse a U.S. Veteran
  • Household contains at least one adult member who has worked for six months or is currently receiving unemployment benefits
  • Head or spouse permanently disabled OR 62 years of age or older

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

For more information, visit the YCH website.

Sources: This information was verified by the YCH public housing page on February 24, 2023.

Service Area

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

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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About Yolo County Housing

147 West Main Street, Woodland, CA | Visit Website | (530) 662-5428

Yolo County Housing provides affordable housing for up to 2,242 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 Yolo County Housing is located in Yolo County, CA.

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