The D.C. Housing Authority’s wait list has three programs: public housing, which has more than 8,000 units that are owned and managed by the DCHA; the Housing Choice Voucher Program, ...

Waiting lists for public housing and affordable housing vouchers can be lengthy. When Brenell Whitfield joined a San Diego subsidized housing waitlist, she was a single mother with two young ...

"Officially, they will tell you that the waiting list, the time on a waiting list for most people is 4.3 years," Washington said. "But anecdotally, I do this for a living right now.

The need now for housing, based on the economy, is much greater, so what we’re expecting is between 10,000 and 12,000.” Last time, the waiting list was opened, HACM was using paper applications.

Local housing officials are anxious to do away with the reviled wait list for affordable apartments but are having trouble coming up with a system they like better. After a second debate on the topic ...