How applicants are chosen for the county housing rental program

A. Applicants who are deemed eligible under section 2.86.420 for the county housing project rental program shall be selected from a waiting list, which shall be established and maintained on a project-by-project basis. Placement on the waiting list shall initially be on the basis of a drawing that shall be conducted by the department. To participate in the drawing, a person or family must submit a completed preliminary rental application that is received by the department within the time period specified in the public notice that is to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county. Placement on the waiting list for applications that are received by the department after the deadline for participation in the drawing shall be on a first-come first-served basis, with the date and time of receipt of the completed preliminary rental application by the department being used as the basis for determining such placement. B. The director may give preference to a person or persons and families displaced or to be displaced by the county, state or federal government's action or a natural disaster, subject to their meeting the eligibility criteria for the project. For the purposes of this section, the director shall determine what constitutes a natural disaster. ( Ord. No. 5676 , § 5, 2024; Ord. 1967 § 1 (part), 1990: Ord 1754 § 2, 1988; Ord. 1336 §§ 1 (part) and 2 (part), 1983)