Housing Choice Voucher
A resource for Housing Choice Voucher participants and landlords
Use the links in the section menu to learn about the assistance we provide.
Home Forward’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waitlist is closed.
- If you applied for the HCV program in April 2025, you will be notified no later than September 2025.
- If you are currently on the HCV waitlist, you can check your status on Hope Forward’s Rent Café portal.
- Sign up here to get an email when there are waitlist openings or vacancies.
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program helps people in our community afford rent by covering part of the cost. This program makes it easier for families to find safe and stable housing while allowing them to choose where they want to live.
The HCV program gives rent assistance in the form of a voucher to households on the waitlist. Vouchers are given out over time in the order people joined the waitlist. Because the need for affordable housing is high, waitlists openings don’t happen very often.
Click on each menu item above to learn more about the HCV program. If you don’t find the answers to your questions here, please call us at 503-802-8333, so that we can assist you.
If you are a landlord who has tenants with an HCV, check out the Landlord Handbook on this site to learn more. Our website is not meant to replace formal information you receive about the program in briefing or directly from your Rent Assistance Services Coordinator.
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