HABC Housing (Section 8) in Baltimore City

[Christopher Brandenburg]

Good morning everyone! Does anyone have experience with Section 8 housing in Baltimore city or Section 8 in general? I have found some resources online from the city, but I was hoping to find someone with real world experience. 

I am looking to understand how long the process takes to register a new property as Section 8, the pipeline of tenants, turnover %.

Thanks!

[Jennifer Donley]

Hey Christopher, Section 8 is all I do, but I'm not in Baltimore.

There's really a lot to learn to do it well, in my opinion, more than I could put in a BP post.  I answer a lot of questions on here about Section 8 so if you want to go to my profile and head to the Forum answer section, you'll get a ton of info and answers to questions you didn't even know to ask yet!  I also have a YouTube channel where I talk about all things Section 8, you can find it by searching YT for Section 8 Educate.

After all that, feel free to message me if I can help further.

[Jennifer Donley]

Hey Christopher, Section 8 is all I do, but I'm not in Baltimore.

There's really a lot to learn to do it well, in my opinion, more than I could put in a BP post.  I answer a lot of questions on here about Section 8 so if you want to go to my profile and head to the Forum answer section, you'll get a ton of info and answers to questions you didn't even know to ask yet!  I also have a YouTube channel where I talk about all things Section 8, you can find it by searching YT for Section 8 Educate.

After all that, feel free to message me if I can help further.

[Stephen Kehoe]

For me once.someone applies it will take two months on average. Voucher holders shop for new rentals earlier than private renters and the inspection process takes a while. 

The pipeline is strong in Baltimore although there is a lot of competition for these renters currently due to the moratorium making private renters rent less reliable.

Turnovers are less but the length of time for the turnover is longer so they even each other out 

[Christopher Brandenburg]

Stephen & Jennifer - thank you so much for the response and the information. I appreciate the help!