From the Shasta County Newspaper - Redding Record Searchlight. For those out of state, Shasta County (population 179K or so) is in the North State, and is home to the last large City (Redding pop. 91K or so) before Oregon on I-5. Some insight into how the voucher program works.
http://www.redding.com/news/2011/feb/05/section-8-housing-145not-getting-turnover-face/
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I've seen waits as long as 8-10 years. During that time, they must check in every six months.