Section 8 Eligibility

To be eligible for Section 8 housing, you must satisfy criteria set by both the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale:

HUD Criteria:

• You and your household must be a family.
• Your household's total income must fall within the appropriate income limits.
• You must have Social Security Numbers.
• You must be United States citizens or eligible immigrants.

HACFL Criteria:

• You must not have violated any family obligation during the past three (3) years of previous participation in the Section 8 Program.
• No family member may have committed fraud, bribery or any other corrupt or criminal act in connection with any federal housing program in the last five (5) years.
• You must not have violated the requirements of the FSS program without good cause.
• You must have paid any outstanding debt owed to any housing authority during prior participation in any federal housing program.
• No member of your family may have engaged in drug related or violent criminal activity in the past five (5) years.
• No family may have been evicted from public housing for any reason during the last five (5) years.