Local housing resources
ANAHEIM HOUSING AUTHORITY PROGRAM RESOURCE — https://www.anaheim.net/668/Housing-Authority, reviewed September 29, 2026. Anaheim Housing Authority describes federally funded housing programs and grants, not an address-level inventory of its own rental developments. Its Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program includes tenant-based assistance, where a participating household finds a landlord willing to accept the voucher, and project-based assistance tied to a unit at a selected apartment complex. Program details: https://www.anaheim.net/1989/Housing-Choice-Voucher-Program. The main page labels https://anaheim.myhousing.com/ as an AHA Project-Based Voucher (PBV) application, explicitly NOT the tenant-based Section 8/HCV application. See property-specific PBV waiting-list details at https://www.anaheim.net/761/Project-Based-Voucher-Waiting-Lists; a portal link alone does not establish that every site's list is open, that a unit is vacant or that any conviction will be approved. Anaheim's separate Affordable Housing Lists program https://www.anaheim.net/770/Affordable-Housing describes below-market rental agreements with owners. It says eligible people on the Interest List are notified by mail as affordable units become available; this is NOT rental assistance or a guaranteed offer. Interest-list enrollment is linked at https://housingportal.anaheim.net/AHEnrollment. The city's Apartment List https://www.anaheim.net/823/Apartment-Listing is a separate project directory; it distinguishes family, senior (55+ or 62+, depending on project) and special-needs projects. Its vacancy process says enrolled applicants receive a notice when an owner reports an eligible unit and must then apply to the project; managers are not required to select tenants from the interest list. This page does not import apartment records from that separate directory. Confirm current enrollment, project eligibility, income limits, rents and application instructions with the city and each owner before applying. The main Housing Authority page also describes HUD grant programs: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for community needs, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) for homelessness services, HOME funds supporting local affordable-housing strategies, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) housing and services. These are programs, not individual rental listings. AHA contact: Section 8 Rental Assistance Program 714-765-4320 (TTY 711), Affordable Housing Information Line 714-765-4300 ext. 4886. Housing Authority office: 201 S. Anaheim Blvd., Suite 201, 2nd Floor, Anaheim; the page identifies the City Hall West Tower first-floor lobby as a document drop-box. This office address is not a residence. The main page says application status cannot be provided by phone or in person and points to https://housingportal.anaheim.net/AHAStatusCheck/. None of these source pages establishes a property-specific criminal-history acceptance rule.