Encinitas Housing Authority is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Encinitas Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 60 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Encinitas Housing Authority administered a total of 136 Section 8 Vouchers. Encinitas Housing Authority currently has Section 8 as its program type. Encinitas Housing Authority is located at 505 S. Vulcan Ave., Encinitas, CA, 92024 and serves the city of Encinitas. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Encinitas Housing Authority at, (760) 633-2723 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

The Housing section of the Advanced Planning Division is responsible for implementing the City's housing policies, administering various federally-funded and City-funded housing and community development programs, and providing staff support to the Housing Authority of the City of Encinitas. Annually, Housing staff consider and recommend grants and loans for activities and projects of service agencies, property owners, developers, and infrastructure projects.

Housing staff administer a variety of housing and community development assistance programs, including the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Community Development Block Grant Program, HOME Investment Partnership Program, and San Diego Regional Mortgage Credit Certificate Program. Additionally, staff prepares or assists in the preparation, and implements policy documents, such as the Housing Element, Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan, and Analysis to Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, Public Housing Agency Plan, and Affordable Housing Policy. Also, staff prepares necessary documents in implementing the City’s inclusionary and density bonus policies that create new affordable rental and ownership opportunities.

To promote adequate and affordable housing, economic opportunity, and a suitable living environment for Encinitas residents of all income levels. Specific to lower income families, the EHA shall maximize available resources in providing decent, safe, and affordable housing to eligible households.