About HACSM Waiting Lists

To improve your access to affordable housing opportunities administered through the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo (HACSM), we use an online portal called Rent Café PHA which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The link to the portal is at www.mysmchousing.com

Applicants can register on the portal to be considered for tenant-based rental assistance or project-based rental assistance when wait lists are open. 

If you are currently on the Moving To Work tenant-based wait list (formerly known as Section 8) or any of the project-based wait lists and you want to check your status of the application, please login to your account.

If you need assistance with the online application process, email us at csteam@smchousing.org or leave a message at (650) 802-3352 or TDD at (650) 802-3377.

If you do not have access to a computer or the ability to apply online, please call our office and leave a message at (650) 802-3352. A Housing Authority representative will contact you to discuss options for getting your name on any of our open waiting lists.

See flyers under "Related Documents" below that highlight project-based and/or tenant-based waiting lists currently open in San Mateo County including:

>>Moving To Work tenant-based wait list (formerly known as Section 8)

>>Half Moon Village (Half Moon Bay) project-based wait list (2 BR units only)

>>Serenity Senior Apartments (East Palo Alto) project-based wait list (2 BR units only)

>>St Matthews (San Mateo) project-based wait list (SRO units only)

>>Rent Café Instructions in both English and Spanish are also posted below