Philadelphia Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. The waiting list was last open in March 2010, and will not re-open until most of the applications on the current waiting list have been served. Prior to that opening, the waiting list was last open in 2000.


Approved applicants will be pulled from the waiting list in order of the date and time they submitted the application.


The PHA stated it received 54,000 applications during its last opening.

The PHA estimates that 2,500 vouchers become available per year. If all 54,000 applicants are eligible, it would take more than 21 years for all of the 2010 applicants to be served.




Please note: The PHA has requested applicants who are on the waiting list to update their application by March 6th, 2015. If an applicant did not respond by that date, their application was terminated.


For more information, please contact the PHA at 215-684-4000.