This housing agency serves Oak Park, Illinois.
| Waiting List | |
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| Open Now: Mills Park Tower Senior Public Housing Waiting List | Learn More |
| Open Now: The Oaks Senior and Disabled Multi-Family Housing Other Senior and Disabled Waiting List | Learn More |
| Open Now: Farrelly-Muriello Apartments Disabled Multi-Family Housing Other Senior and Disabled Waiting List | Learn More |
| Closed: Oak Park, Illinois Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List | Learn More |
This waiting list is for Senior Public Housing rental housing assistance in Oak Park, Illinois.
The Oak Park Housing Authority Senior Public Housing waiting list for apartments at Mills Park Tower is currently open.
The OPHA is accepting applications for this waiting list from March 29, 2022, until further notice.
There are two ways to apply during the opening period:
This waiting list has the following preferences: Local residency.
Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, in order of preferences.
For more information, visit the OPHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the OPHA on March 11, 2022.
The Oak Park Housing Authority (OPHA) Senior and Disabled Multi-Family Housing waiting list for apartments at The Oaks is currently open.
The OPHA is accepting applications for this waiting list from the earliest confirmed date of October, 2019, until further notice.
There are two ways to apply during the opening period:
This waiting list has the following preferences: Local residency.
Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the OPHA website.
The Oak Park Housing Authority (OPHA) Disabled Multi-Family Housing waiting list for apartments at Farrelly-Muriello Apartments is currently open.
Please note: According to the OPHA, this property "is designed and constructed to meet the housing needs of severely mobility impaired individuals who are able to live independently."
The OPHA is accepting applications for this waiting list from the earliest confirmed date of October, 2019, until further notice.
There are two ways to apply during the opening period:
This waiting list has the following preferences: Local residency.
Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the OPHA website.
This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental housing assistance in Oak Park, Illinois.
The Oak Park Housing Authority (OPHA) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from March 4, 2024, until March 15, 2024. This waiting list was last open in March, 2022. 150 applicants were placed on the waiting list in August 2024. The Oak Park Housing Authority states on their website it anticipates the Section 8 waiting list will reopen in 2026.
To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.
The maximum income limit for each household size were as follows:
This waiting list had the following preferences: The OPHA gives preferences to very low-income households who are:
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences. Applicants not selected for the waiting list were sent notices that they were not selected on August 9, 2024. Applicants that were selected were sent both an email and mail notifications on August 13, 2024.
Dave Layfield, founder of Affordable Housing Online said "The Oak Park Section 8 waiting list is a good example of a small housing authority efficiently managing its waiting list. Housing authorities typically want to have about 2 years worth of applicants on their lists. With an anticipated opening again in 2026 and 150 applicants placed on the waiting list in 2024, this means the Oak Park Housing Authority processes about 75 applicants per year, issuing voucher to many of those applicants."
For more information, visit the OPHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the OPHA public notice on August 15, 2024.
Oak Park Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 690 low- and moderate-income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.
| Monday | 8:30am-5:00pm |
| Tuesday | 8:30am-5:00pm |
| Wednesday | 8:30am-5:00pm |
| Thursday | 8:30am-5:00pm |
| Friday | 8:30am-5:00pm |
21 South Boulevard, Oak Park, IL
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Oak Park Housing Authority serves 606 low-income households. The agency manages 546 Housing Choice Vouchers and 186 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 77 percent of households served by Oak Park Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 94 percent of Oak Park Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 103 households and make up 17 percent of households served by Oak Park Housing Authority.
There are 478 female-headed renter households living in Oak Park Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 79% of those served by the Oak Park Housing Authority.
| Black | 448 |
| White | 127 |
| Hispanic | 24 |
There are 321 households headed by seniors served by the Oak Park Housing Authority. Senior households are 53% of households in Oak Park Housing Authority housing.
There are 206 persons with disabilities living in Oak Park Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 34% of households served by the Oak Park Housing Authority.
The Oak Park Housing Authority is rated as a high performer by HUD.
HUD rates the performance of Public Housing Agencies. The department looks at physical condition of properties, financial condition, management operations, and use of Public Housing Capital Funds for improvements.
Oak Park Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list was last opened on May 5, 2025 and closed on May 5, 2025.
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