Sandusky Metropolitan Housing Authority

The Sandusky Metropolitan Housing Authority (SMHA) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from October 2, 2023, until October 31, 2023. This waiting list was last open in April, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

There were two ways to apply while the waiting list was open:

1. Complete the online application.
2. Pick up an application from the Sandusky Metropolitan Housing Authority Office. 

Once the application was completed, it was returned to the SMHA.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the SMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the SMHA on November 1, 2023.

The Sandusky Metropolitan Housing Authority (SMHA) Public Housing waiting list for 2 and 3-Bedroom apartments at Day Woods is closed.

The SMHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from the earliest confirmed date of October 1, 2020, until March 17, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Complete the online application.
2. Pick up a paper application at the SMHA office.

Once the paper application was completed, it must be hand delivered to the SMHA office.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Household is considered Homeless.
• Applicant, or household members are a Veteran.
• Applicant, or household members are considered handicapped or disabled.
• Applicant, or household members are age 18-62, AND are disabled, AND are considered Homeless, Institutionalized, or at Risk of Becoming Homeless or Institutionalized.

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the SMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the SMHA on March 10, 2022.

The Sandusky Metropolitan Housing Authority (SMHA) Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from October 13, 2020, until June 17, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note: According to the SMHA, "A family member on the application must be between the ages of 18-61 and disabled and the applicant family must be either homeless (or at risk of becoming homeless) or be institutionalized (or at risk of becoming institutionalized)."

There were three ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Print the application that was available online.
2. Pick up a paper application at the SMHA office.
3. Request a paper application by mail.

Once the paper application has been completed, it must have been either:

1. Mailed to Sandusky Metropolitan Housing Authority.
2. Returned to the drop box located outside of the SMHA office.
3. Faxed to the SMHA.
4. Emailed to the SMHA.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Veterans
  • Applicants who are (1) presently serving or (2) have served in the active military or naval service of the United States and who were discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable are considered to be veterans.
• Homeless Families
  • Lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence; AND
  • Have a primary nighttime residence that is a supervised public or private shelter providing temporary accommodations (including welfare hotels, congregate shelters and transitional housing), or an institution providing temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized, or a public or private place not ordinarily used as a sleeping accommodation for human beings.
  • A homeless family does not include any person imprisoned or otherwise detained pursuant to an Act of Congress or a State Law. Homeless families may maintain their place on the waiting list while completing a transitional housing program. Families who are residing with friends or relatives on a temporary basis will not be included in the homeless definition.
• Handicapped/Disabled Persons
  • Persons with disabilities as defined by HUD.
• Mainstream Voucher
  • Non-Elderly Disabled family member who is homeless (or at risk of becoming homeless) or institutionalized (or at risk of becoming institutionalized).
• Over- or Under- housed
  • Families currently living in SMHA public housing who, because of decreases or increases in family size, need a unit with less than two (2) bedrooms or more than three (3) bedrooms, may transfer to the Voucher program in order to obtain an appropriately sized unit.

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, read the SMHA public notice, or visit the SMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the SMHA, as of October 12, 2020.