Who can get housing help and who gets it first

(a) An eligible applicant is defined as any single person or family who: (1) May be displaced from a city-assisted housing project sold or leased by the city; (2) Has been displaced by governmental action, fire, or natural disaster; (3) Has been determined to be homeless as defined in the rules; or (4) Has been selected for placement in a city-assisted housing project; and whose total income, by number in the household does not exceed 80 percent of the median income for the city as determined by HUD. (b) Applicants receiving assistance under the federal Section 8 existing housing program, the State rent supplement program, or living in government-subsidized housing projects are ineligible for assistance. (c) Assistance shall be given in the following order of priority: (1) Applicants displaced as a result of governmental action and applicants who are current tenants in a city affordable housing project when it is sold by the city or leased by the city to a new lessor and who, without rental assistance, may be displaced by rent increases implemented by the buyer or new lessor; (2) Applicants displaced as a result of fire or natural disaster; (3) Applicants determined to be “homeless” as defined in the rules; and (4) Applicants selected for placement in city-assisted housing projects. )