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Open: San Miguel County, New Mexico Section 8 Voucher

Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.

The Bernalillo County Housing Department (BCHD) is accepting Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications for San Miguel County from August 18, 2022 at 12:00 am MT, until further notice.

To apply while the waitlist is open, complete the online application.

The waiting list has the following preferences:

  • Federal Disaster Preference (7 pts): The PHA offers a preference to families displaced as a result of a federal declared disaster.
  • Insufficient Program Funding Preference (6 pts): The PHA offers a preference to families that have been terminated from its HCV program due to insufficient program funding.
  • Homeless Preference (5 pts): The PHA offers a preference to families who are certified as homeless (PHA’s definition of homeless) and referred by PHA approved entities.
  • Working Family Preference (includes families where head AND spouse/cohead are elderly or disabled) (4 pts): The PHA offers a working preference to an applicant whose head of household, spouse, or co-head is employed. Employed is defined as working a minimum of 30 hours a week from the date of application/declaration of preference until waiting list selection. Any break in employment during this period cannot exceed 45 calendar days. An applicant where the head and spouse (or co-head) or sole member is a person age 62 or older, or is a person with disabilities, must also be given the benefit of this preference.
  • Veterans Preference (4 pts): The PHA offers a preference to applicants who served in the active military, naval, or air service of the United States who received other than a dishonorable discharge.
  • Disabled Preference (4 pts): The PHA offers a preference to any family that includes a person with disabilities.

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

For more information, visit the BCHD website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BCHD Housing page on August 8, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in San Miguel County, New Mexico.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (505) 468-7000.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 08/10/2023.

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Open: Hope Village Supportive Housing Project-Based

The Bernalillo County Housing Department (BCHD) Supportive Housing waiting list for apartments at Hope Village is currently open. 

The BCHD is accepting applications for this waiting list from July 1, 2022 at 8:00 am MT, until further notice.

To apply during the opening period, print the paper application available here.

Once the application has been completed, it must be either:

  1. Emailed to Leonette Archuleta at lsarchulet@bernco.gov.
  2. Mailed to the Bernalillo County Housing Community Connections 2400 Wellesley NE Ste. 100 Albuquerque, NM 87107.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the BCHD website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BCHA on July 14, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other Project Based rental assistance in Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via .

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Bernalillo County, New Mexico Section 8 Voucher

The Bernalillo County Housing Department (BCHD) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications for Bernalillo County from December 20, 2022, until June 23, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

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

This waiting list has the following preferences:

  • Federal Disaster Preference (7 pts): The PHA offers a preference to families displaced as a result of a federal declared disaster.
  • Insufficient Program Funding Preference (6 pts): The PHA offers a preference to families that have been terminated from its HCV program due to insufficient program funding.
  • Homeless Preference (5 pts): The PHA offers a preference to families who are certified as homeless (PHA’s definition of homeless) and referred by PHA approved entities.
  • Working Family Preference (includes families where head AND spouse/cohead are elderly or disabled) (4 pts):
  • Veterans Preference (4 pts): The PHA offers a preference to applicants who served in the active military, naval, or air service of the United States who received other than a dishonorable discharge.
  • Disabled Preference (4 pts): The PHA offers a preference to any family that includes a person with disabilities.

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 BCHD website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BCHA Housing page on August 8, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

Last Updated on 08/10/2023.

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Closed: Seybold Village Disabled Public Housing

The Bernalillo County Housing Department (BCHD) Disabled Public Housing waiting list for 1, 2, 3, and 4-Bedroom apartments at Seybold Village is closed.

The BCHD last accepted applications for this waiting list from August 16, 2022, until September 16, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note: According to the BCHD, "The complex serves handicapped and disabled families".

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

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Mobility impaired individuals

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

For more information, visit the BCHD website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BCHA on August 10, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Disabled Public Housing rental assistance in South Valley, New Mexico. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Bernalillo County Housing Department Senior / Disabled Public Housing

The Bernalillo County Housing Department (BCHD) Senior or Disabled Public Housing waiting list is closed.

The BCHD last accepted applications for this waiting list from August 16, 2022, until September 16, 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.

There were preferences, and they were listed on the application.

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 BCHD website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BCHA on August 15, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior and Disabled Public Housing rental assistance in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Unit Project Based Elderly/Disabled Project-Based

The Bernalillo County Housing Department (BCHD) waiting list for Elderly/Disabled Unit Project Based (UPB) apartments  is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from January 4, 2021 until February 4, 2021. 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.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the BCHD website.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: El Centro Familiar Senior Housing Complex, Near Elderly Disabled

The Bernalillo County Housing Department (BCHD) Near Elderly or Disabled Public Housing waiting list for 1 and 2-Bedroom apartments at El Centro Familiar Senior Housing Complex is closed.

The BCHD last accepted applications for this waiting list from August 16, 2022, until September 16, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note: According to the BCHD, applicants "must be 55 years of age or disabled".

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

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Elderly (62 years of age or older)

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

For more information, visit the BCHD website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BCHA on August 9, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other Disabled rental assistance in South Valley, New Mexico.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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About Bernalillo County Housing Department

2400 Wellesley Drive Northeast, Albuquerque, NM | Visit Website | (505) 314-0200

Bernalillo County Housing Department provides affordable housing for up to 2,271 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..

In addition, Bernalillo County Housing Department offers other programs for eligible households, including:

  • Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH)
  • Family Unification Program (FUP)

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by Bernalillo County Housing Department is located in Bernalillo County, NM and San Miguel County, NM.

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