Walker County Housing Authority

The Walker County Housing Authority (WCHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently open until further notice.

There are two ways to apply:

1. Visit the WCHA office to pick up a pre-application, located at 2084 Horsecreek Blvd, Dora, AL 35062, from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm CT, Monday-Thursday.
2. Download the pre-application online, then print and complete.

Once the pre-application has been completed, it must be hand delivered to the address listed above, from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm on Wednesdays only.

Be sure to include these documents with the pre-application: Social Security Cards and birth certificates for all household members, photo IDs for all household members aged 16 years or older, marriage license (if applicable), school records for any household member attending school, bank account information, veteran (if applicable), food stamp information ( if applicable), current landlord information, divorce papers (if applicable).

The following preferences have been identified: elderly, disabled, involuntarily displaced, substandard living, rent burdened, live in Walker County, veteran, on the waiting list for more than half a year.

For more information, visit the WCHA website, or call the office at (205) 648-5963 from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm, Monday-Thursday.

As of July 2017, the Walker County Housing Authority (WCHA) is currently accepting Public Housing waiting list pre-applications for families and senior/disabled households.

To apply:

• Download and print the application online.
• Visit the WCHA office to pick up a pre-application, located at 2084 Horsecreek Blvd, Dora, AL 35062, from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm, Monday-Thursday.

Once the pre-application has been completed, it must be hand delivered to the address listed above, from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm, on Wednesdays only.

Be sure to include these documents with the pre-application: Social Security Cards and birth certificates for all household members, photo IDs for all household members aged 16 years or older, marriage license (if applicable), school records for any household member attending school, bank account information, veteran (if applicable), food stamp information (if applicable), current landlord information, divorce papers (if applicable).

The WCHA does have a preference point system that may improve an applicant's spot on the waiting list: Catastrophic involuntarily displaced, working family, minimum income of $8,000, minimum income of $5,000, a veteran, or a resident of Walker County.

For more information, visit the WCHA website, or call the office at (205) 648-5963.