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4 <br />Waiting List Status <br />The current Section 8 Waiting List totals 2,169 families and applications are presently being <br />accepted in the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. We are currently purging this waiting <br />list to be certain that we maintain a current and accurate list of applicants. Applicants are being <br />contacted by mail and will have until July 31, 2008 to indicate their interest in remaining on the <br />waiting list by returning the postage paid reply card. <br />Selections are made from the waiting list according to date and time of application and <br />preference ranking when current voucher holders leave the program. <br />The program presently maintains the following Waiting List Preferences for the applicants that <br />are: <br />a. Involuntary displaced; <br />b. Living in substandard housing to include homeless families; <br />c.' Paying more than 50% of their income for rent and utilities; and <br />d. Elderly and/or Disabled. <br />Additionally, the program has the following Local Preferences for: <br />a. Families who live, work, or have been hired to work in the jurisdiction. <br />b. Families who are graduates or participants in an education and training program to <br />prepare for self-sufficiency. <br />c. Graduates of transitional housing programs for homeless persons; substance abusers; <br />and victims of domestic abuse. <br />