Every person on the housing choice voucher program is assigned a case coordinator, a title which could have different names according to the Housing Authority. In some places they call them case managers, and others case coordinators or housing program coordinator. That person is the one who administers your housing choice voucher, and is responsible for assuring your current eligibility for the program.
Housing Opportunity Program
You first have to find such a program from your local housing department. The second step will be to apply for consideration.
There are, Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center, The Housing Emergency Loan Program, and NSCH
There are housing program in every state. Try contacting the state capitol to find the right department.
While each Housing Authority has its own rules by which someone must apply for a housing choice voucher or public housing, the section 8 program is a federal program: so the rules are basically the same everywhere.
Regardless of what state you're in, the section 8 program is the same: its comprised of either public housing or a voucher that guarantees that the landlord will be paid a portion of the rent for a tenant who qualifies in the program, minus the tenant's portion of the rent, which is determined upon commencement of the program.
Generally speaking, there is no such thing as emergency housing assistance through the voucher program. By federal law every housing authority must establish uniform criteria for qualifications to the program. It cannot allow bypassing of the waiting list, due to fairness of the program.
Each Housing Authority has its own rules by which someone applies for a section 8 voucher, now known as a housing choice voucher, or public housing. Most qualifications are the same for every jurisdiction, since the section 8 housing program is a federal program.
The section 8 program is a federal program albeit administered by state, regional, or local housing authorities.
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD
No. The housing choice voucher program is confidential in nature.