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Important Information Regarding Affordable Housing

The Albuquerque Housing Authority (AHA) offers a variety of programs designed to provide accessible housing to individuals of modest means, making the AHA a very useful resource for the public and clients of attorneys conducting pro bono service. These include:

• Public Housing (Closed until further notice)
• Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) (Program open July 15 - Aug. 15)
• Project Based Voucher (PBV) (Program open until further notice)
• Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) (Program open until further notice)

Applications for each open program are available exclusively online and cannot be made via physical forms. For brief instructions on how to apply for each, please see below.

Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)

The AHA is accepting pre-applications for the Section 8 HCV Program each year from June 1 to June 30 (July 15 - Aug. 15). Households selected through the lottery process should not make any plans to move or rent a home until they are directed to do so by the AHA Admissions Staff.

For more information or questions, concerning the Section 8 HCV Program, you may contact AHA's Intake at 505-764-3904 or update@abqha.org.

Project Based Voucher (PBV)

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allows local Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) that already administer a tenant-based Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) rental assistance program under an Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) with HUD to locally choose to take up to 20 percent of that PHAs authorized HCV units and attach the Section 8 rental assistance funding to specific units (Project Based) rather than using it for tenant-based vouchers.

AHA has Project Based Voucher (PBV) rental assistance benefits that are tied to units at specific apartment complexes. This rental assistance is not a portable rental benefit. The PBV rental assistance cannot be transferred to pay rent at any other rental unit or property.

HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH)

Participants in the HUD-VASH program are required to receive a referral by the Department of Veterans Affairs to the AHA to receive a HUD-VASH voucher. For inquiries regarding this program, contact the Department of Veterans Affairs at 505-265-1711 or 800-465-8262.

For more information regarding the full program, please visit https://www.va.gov/new-mexico-health-care/.

For more information about the Albuquerque Housing Authority and each of its programs, please visit www.abqha.org.

View more pro bono and volunteer opportunities in New Mexico at www.sbnm.org/probono.

Do you know of an upcoming pro bono or volunteer opportunity?

Please email us at probono@sbnm.org.

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