Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County: Section 8 Waiting List Open (September 2026)
Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County (HOC, MD004) was accepting Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) applications when we checked its website on September 19, 2026. An application puts your name on a waiting list. It is not a voucher, and the wait after you apply is often long.
What Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County says
Housing Path waitlist is still taking applications online year round. However, HOC says it cannot issue new vouchers right now because of a HUD funding shortfall (notice dated June 30, 2026) and expects to resume in early spring 2027.
This comes from the authority's own site, which we read on September 19, 2026. Housing authorities open and close lists with little notice, so read that page yourself before you rely on this.
How to apply
- Where: the official application page. Apply only through the housing authority itself.
- Questions: call 240-627-9400.
- Cost: free. Anyone charging a fee to apply, to hold a place in line or to "guarantee" a voucher is not the housing authority.
Save your confirmation number. If you move or change your phone number while you wait, update the authority, because people it cannot reach lose their place.
Who can apply
Housing authorities take applications from people who live outside their area. The trade-off: an applicant who lived elsewhere when applying can be required to lease in the authority's area for the first 12 months (24 CFR 982.353), and local residents often get a preference.
Income limits and what a voucher pays depend on the county. See Section 8 in Washington, DC for the rent figures in this area.
Other waiting lists in the Washington, DC area
We track 5 Housing Choice Voucher waiting lists in the Washington, DC area. When we checked in September 2026: 1 open, 4 closed. Every list we track there, with phone numbers and status, is on the Washington, DC Section 8 page.
If the list closes before you apply
Lists close without much warning. If this one is closed when you try, you still have options.
First, check which Section 8 waiting lists are open now: we recheck every list we track and date each entry. Second, sign up for the waiting list alert on the Washington, DC page, and we will email you when a list in the area opens. Third, apply to more than one authority. Being on several lists improves your odds, and nothing limits how many you can join.
Already have a voucher?
Then you do not need a waiting list. Search apartments from landlords who accept vouchers on VoucherMatch.
VoucherMatch Editorial Team
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