UNDATED – Effective April 1, 2021, Hoosier Uplands Economic Development Corporation (HUEDC) on behalf of the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will open the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Waiting List for Daviess County, Dubois County, Greene County (excludes within the city limits of Bloomfield and Linton), Lawrence County (excludes within the city limits of Bedford), Martin County, Orange County, Pike County, and Washington County.
The Section 8 HCV program is available to income-eligible individuals and families and exists to assist with rent payments to provide decent, affordable, sanitary, and safe housing for persons with low incomes. The Section 8 HCV program is not emergency housing assistance and your waiting time for assistance may exceed 24 months.
HUEDC will accept applications online only at the following websites:
- Daviess County: https://www.waitlistcheck.com/IN1806-2462
- Dubois County: https://www.waitlistcheck.com/IN1806-2467
- Greene County: https://www.waitlistcheck.com/IN1806-2476
- Lawrence County: https://www.waitlistcheck.com/IN1806-2495
- Martin County: https://www.waitlistcheck.com/IN1806-2499
- Orange County: https://www.waitlistcheck.com/IN1806-2507
- Pike County: https://www.waitlistcheck.com/IN1806-2511
- Washington County: https://www.waitlistcheck.com/IN1806-2536
The application portal will be available from Thursday, April 1, 2021, at 8:00 a.m. EDT until Friday, April 16, 2021, at 4:00 p.m. EDT. Please note that you will be required to create a WaitListCheck account and have a valid e-mail address in order to submit an application. A link to free e-mail providers will be included on the website for your convenience.
If you have a disability where a reasonable accommodation to allow you equal access to the application process may be needed, contact Amy Hopper at HUEDC at 800-827-2219 or section8@hoosieruplands.org to request an
accommodation no later than Wednesday, March 17, 2021. For assistance in another language, call IHCDA at 317-232-7788 to schedule a phone call with an interpreter no later than Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
Applicants are placed on the list in order of preference points, then by date and time of application. IHCDA has the following preference points:
- Residency – Applicant is a legal resident of, has been hired to work in, or currently works within the COUNTY they have applied to (If YES, you must enter the name and address of the employer OR enter in your residential the address within that county) a person residing in an institutional setting or at risk of being placed in an institutional setting – An institutional or other segregated setting includes, but is not limited to: Congregate settings populated exclusively or primarily with individuals with disabilities; or congregate settings characterized by regimentation in daily activities, lack of privacy or autonomy, policies limiting visitors, or limits on individuals’ ability to engage freely in community activities and to manage their own activities of daily living; or settings that provide for daytime activities primarily with other individuals with disabilities; or a person at risk of being placed in a setting defined above
- Working Families – Persons either attending a school/training program or working at least 20 hours per week; elderly status (age 62 and older), non-elderly disabled status (61 and under with disability), having a disabled family member (any age)
- Elderly – Applicant (Head, Spouse, Co-Head, Sole Member) is age 62 or older
- Non-Elderly Family Member with Disability – Non-elderly (61 years or younger) family, Head, Spouse, Co-Head, or sole member meets HUD’s definition of disabled
- Family Member with a Disability – An individual who meets the HUD definition of a person with a disability
- Youth Exiting Foster Care – Youth that Indiana Department of Child Services has certified to be at least 18 years and not more than 24 years of age who have left foster care, or will leave foster care within 90 days and is homeless or is At Risk of Becoming Homeless
- Child Welfare Involved Families – A family that Indiana Department of Child Services has certified as a family for whom the lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in the placement of the family’s child, or children, in out-of-home care, or in the delay of discharge of a child, or children, to the family from out-of-home care.
Placement on the waiting list is not a guarantee that applicants will qualify for assistance. Any preferences claimed at the time of application will be verified at the time of selection from the waiting list.
