Housing Choice Vouchers
Rent privately owned housing and pay a portion of the rent based on your income. AHA pays the rest directly to your landlord.
Who it serves: income-eligible renters in the private market.
About vouchers →Albuquerque Housing Authority
The road home starts here.
Apply for housing, check your place on a waitlist, or find the form you need, in a few clear steps. AHA provides affordable homes and rental assistance to more than 5,000 households across Albuquerque.
Note for reviewers
This is a working redevelopment concept for the Albuquerque Housing Authority, built by Stoa as part of our response to the Website Redevelopment and Related Services RFP. The palette is drawn from AHA's own terracotta brand color and the Sandia sunset; the photography is open-license (Wikimedia Commons) standing in for AHA's own. Every page you can reach here is real and runs in your browser, including a live document search, an accessibility audit of the current site, and Spanish-language pages. Buttons that would post to AHA's systems on a live site are marked where they appear.
Start here
What can we help you do today?
- Apply for housingVouchers and public housing eligibility, and how to start.
- Check my waitlist placeSee where you stand and keep your contact details current.
- Find a form or documentSearch plans, applications, and payment standards.
- Become a landlordSteady, direct rent and a large pool of renters ready to lease.
- What can a voucher cover?Look up payment standards by bedroom size.
- Get help or report a concernRepairs, reasonable accommodations, and fraud reporting.
Programs & services
Find the program that fits your household
AHA administers several federally assisted housing programs for income-eligible families, seniors, people with disabilities, and veterans.
Public Housing
Apartments and senior communities owned and managed by AHA, with rent set as a share of household income.
Who it serves: income-eligible families and seniors.
About public housing →Veterans (HUD‑VASH)
Rental assistance paired with VA case management and clinical support for veterans who are homeless or at risk.
Who it serves: eligible veterans referred by the VA.
Assisting veterans →Family Self‑Sufficiency
A voluntary program that turns rising earnings into matched escrow savings you can claim at graduation. Running since 1993.
Who it serves: current voucher and public‑housing participants.
About FSS →By the numbers
Housing that reaches across the city
4,000+Housing Choice Vouchers administered
~950Public & affordable housing units
373Homes set aside for elderly & disabled residents
1993Family Self‑Sufficiency running since
Figures drawn from AHA's published program pages on abqha.org. Approximate counts shown for this concept.
Built for every resident
Clear to read. Easy on a phone. Ready in Spanish.
Most residents reach AHA on a phone, and roughly half of Albuquerque is Hispanic. This concept is built mobile-first, to the federal accessibility standard (WCAG 2.1 Level AA), with plain-language steps and Spanish-language pages for the most common tasks.
Document search
Find a form, plan, or board document
Search AHA's applications, payment standards, agency plans, and board materials. Synonym-aware, so a search for “rent help” also finds “Housing Choice Voucher.”
Open government
The Board of Housing Commissioners
AHA is governed by a five-member Board of Housing Commissioners, including a resident commissioner. The Board meets in public on the third Wednesday of each month at noon in the Carnis Salisbury Building, and by Zoom.
News & notices
Latest from the Authority
· Vouchers
Updated Section 8 payment standards are posted
New payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher program are now in the document library. Current participants will be notified of any change to their rent share.
· Resident Services
Family Self-Sufficiency enrollment is open
FSS helps participants build savings and reach work and education goals. Talk with resident services to enroll.
· Accessibility
A more accessible website is on the way
AHA is modernizing abqha.org to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA, with document remediation and ongoing monitoring.
Sample notices shown for this concept. Not official AHA announcements.