How do I find affordable or low-income housing in Florida?

For a Housing Choice Voucher, often called Section 8, you apply to a specific local housing authority, and each one keeps its own list and opens it on its own schedule; moving to Florida does not create eligibility or move you up a list. If you already hold a voucher somewhere else, the move, which HUD calls portability, starts with the authority that issued it. Housing for very low-income seniors and for people with disabilities, under HUD's Section 202 and 811 programs, is run through non-profit owners and applied for separately. Florida Housing Finance Corporation also sponsors a free rental search, FloridaHousingSearch.org, at 1-877-428-8844, with details on each property's accessibility features. 1stFlorida's affordable housing page lists every public housing authority in the state by county, with its telephone number.

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