Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority

Closed: Portsmouth Redevelopment & Housing Authority Section 8 Voucher

The Portsmouth Redevelopment & Housing Authority (PRHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last open for three days in July 2016, and before that in 2008. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Portsmouth, VA is about 5 miles southwest of Norfolk, VA.

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

This waiting list has preferences, and they can be found on the application.

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

For more information, visit the PRHA website.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Portsmouth, Virginia Mainstream Voucher

The Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority (PRHA) Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from April 27, 2021 until April 28, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note: According to the PRHA this waiting list was for "Non-elderly persons (18 and not yet 62 years of age) with disabilities who are: Transitioning out of institutional or other segregated settings; are at serious risk of institutionalization; currently experiencing homelessness; previously experienced homelessness and currently a client in a permanent supportive housing or rapid rehousing project; at risk of experiencing homelessness."

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

The maximum income limits for each household size were listed on the public notice.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery.

For more information, visit the PRHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the PRHA public notice on April 27, 2021.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Hamilton Place I and Hamilton Place II Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority (PRHA) waiting list for 2-Bedroom Project-Based Voucher apartments at Hamilton Place I and Hamilton Place II is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from January 29, 2020, until January 30, 2020. 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:

• PRHA HCV participants terminated due to insufficient funding, veterans, applicants involuntarily displaced by government action in Portsmouth, applicants living, working, graduate or participant of education or training program in the City of Portsmouth, elderly and/or disabled families and homelessness.

150 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the PRHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the PRHA website, as of January 27, 2020.

Service Area

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

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Dale l & ll Apartments, 1, 2, 3 and 4-Bedroom Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority (PRHA) last accepted Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1, 2, 3 and 4-Bedroom apartments at Dale l & ll Apartments from June 20, 2023, until June 22, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

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

The maximum income limits for each household size were as followed:

• 1 Person $41,580 | 5 Persons $64,200
• 2 Persons $47,520 | 6 Persons $68,940
• 3 Persons $53,460 | 7 Person $73,680
• 4 Persons $59,400 | 8 Persons $78,420

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Living or working in the City of Portsmouth
• Elderly and/or disabled families
• PRHA Section 8/Housing Choice Voucher participant
• Terminated due to insufficient funding
• Veteran
• Applicants involuntarily displaced by government action in the City of Portsmouth
• Homeless as defined by HUD

200 selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the PRHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the PRHA notice on June 20, 2023.

Service Area

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

Last Updated on 06/22/2023.

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Closed: Lexington Place, 2-Bedroom Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority (PRHA) is accepting Senior Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for 2-Bedroom apartments at Lexington Place Apartments from June 20, 2023, until June 22, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen/

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

The maximum income limits for each household size were as followed:

• 1 Person $34,650 | 5 Persons $53,500
• 2 Persons $39,600 | 6 Persons $57,450
• 3 Persons $44,550 | 7 Person $61,400
• 4 Persons $49,500 | 8 Persons $65,350

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Living or working in the City of Portsmouth
• Elderly and/or disabled families
• PRHA Section 8/Housing Choice Voucher participant
• Terminated due to insufficient funding
• Veteran
• Applicants involuntarily displaced by government action in the City of Portsmouth
• Homeless as defined by HUD

100 selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the PRHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the PRHA notice on June 20, 2023.

Service Area

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

Last Updated on 06/22/2023.

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Closed: Phoebus Square Apartments, 1-Bedroom Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority (PRHA) last accepted Senior Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1-Bedroom apartments at Phoebus Square Apartments from June 20, 2023, until June 22, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

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

The maximum income limits for each household size were as followed:

• 1 Person $41,580 | 2 Persons $47,520

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Living or working in the City of Portsmouth
• Elderly and/or disabled families
• PRHA Section 8/Housing Choice Voucher participant
• Terminated due to insufficient funding
• Veteran
• Applicants involuntarily displaced by government action in the City of Portsmouth
• Homeless as defined by HUD

150 selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the PRHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the PRHA notice on June 20, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Portsmouth, Virginia .

Last Updated on 06/22/2023.

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Closed: Swanson Homes, 2 and 4-Bedroom Public Housing

The Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority (PRHA) waiting list for 2 and 4-Bedroom Public Housing apartments at Swanson Homes is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from January 29, 2020, until January 30, 2020. 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.

The maximum income limits for each household size were as follows: 1 Person $44,450; 2 Persons $50,800; 3 Persons $57,150; 4 Persons $63,450; 5 Persons $68,550; 6 Persons $73,650; 7 Persons $78,700; 8 or More Persons $83,800.

This waiting list had the following preferences: PRHA HCV participants terminated due to insufficient funding, veterans, applicants involuntarily displaced by government action in Portsmouth, applicants living, working, graduate or participant of education or training program in the City of Portsmouth, elderly and/or disabled families and homelessness.

150 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the PRHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the PRHA website, as of January 16, 2020.

Service Area

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

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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