Fort Wayne Housing Authority
Waiting Lists
Learn more about Fort Wayne Housing Authority.
- Fort Wayne, Indiana Section 8 HCV is open.
- Fort Wayne, Indiana Public Housing is open.
- Near-Elderly Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Senior is open.
- Senior Conventional Senior is open.
- McCormick Place Low-Income is open.
- Fort Wayne, Indiana Mainstream Voucher is closed.
- Decatur, Indiana Section 8 HCV is closed.
- Posterity Heights Scholar House Section 8 Project-Based Voucher is closed.
- Posterity Heights Scholar House Section 8 Project-Based Voucher is closed.
- 2-Bedroom Public Housing is closed.
Open: Fort Wayne, Indiana Section 8 HCV
The Fort Wayne Housing Authority (FWHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently open.
The FWHA is accepting applications for this waiting list from June 29, 2022 at 8:00 am ET, until further notice.
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.
This waiting list has the following preferences:
- Graduate of FWHA approved Transitional Housing Programs (2 Points)
- Resident who lives and/or works in the jurisdiction. (1 Point)
- Working Families and those unable to work because of age or disability. (1 Point)
- The PHA will offer a preference to families that include victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who have either been referred by a partnering service agency or consortia or is seeking an emergency transfer under VAWA from the PHA’s public housing program or other covered housing program operated by the PHA.
- The PHA will work with the following partnering service agencies:
- YWCA 211-United Way Center for Non—Violence Any other local agency assisting victims of domestic violence
- The PHA will work with the following partnering service agencies:
Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the FWHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by a representative of the FWHA, and the FWHA public notice on June 22, 2022.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (260) 267-9300.
Next Steps
Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.
Last Updated on 12/27/2022.
Open: Fort Wayne, Indiana Public Housing
The Fort Wayne Housing Authority (FWHA) Public Housing waiting list is currently open.
The FWHA is accepting applications for this waiting list from June 29, 2022 at 8:00 am ET, until further notice.
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.
This waiting list has the following preferences:
- Graduate of FWHA approved Transitional Housing Programs (2 Points)
- Resident who lives and/or works in the jurisdiction. (1 Point)
- Working Families and those unable to work because of age or disability. (1 Point)
- The PHA will offer a preference to families that include victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who have either been referred by a partnering service agency or consortia or is seeking an emergency transfer under VAWA from the PHA’s public housing program or other covered housing program operated by the PHA.
- The PHA will work with the following partnering service agencies:
- YWCA 211-United Way Center for Non—Violence Any other local agency assisting victims of domestic violence
- The PHA will work with the following partnering service agencies:
Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the FWHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by a representative of the FWHA, and the FWHA public notice on June 22, 2022.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (260) 267-9300.
Next Steps
Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.
Last Updated on 12/27/2022.
Open: Near-Elderly Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Senior
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Fort Wayne Housing Authority (FWHA) Near-Elderly (55+) Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) waiting list for apartments at Brooklyn Manor is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least January, 2019, until further notice.
To apply during the opening period, print the paper application that is available online here. Select the "Download" link for "Brooklyn Manor application" in the Applicant Documents section.
For more information, visit the FWHA Tax Credit page, or the FWHA website.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (260) 449-7800.
Last Updated on 10/18/2022.
Open: Senior Conventional Senior
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Fort Wayne Housing Authority (FWHA) Senior Conventional waiting list for apartments at Southside Senior Villas is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least January, 2019, until further notice.
Please note: According to the FWHA, "Southside Senior Villas is a mixed-finance community with some public housing and some conventional."
To apply during the opening period, print the paper application that is available online here. Select the "Download" link in the Applicant Documents section.
For more information, visit the FWHA Conventional page, or the FWHA website.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (260) 267-9300.
Last Updated on 10/18/2022.
Open: McCormick Place Low-Income
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Fort Wayne Housing Authority (FWHA) waiting list for 3, 4 and 5-Bedroom apartments at McCormick Place is currently open.
The FWHA is accepting applications for this waiting list from August 1, 2022 at 8:00 am ET, until further notice.
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the FWHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the FWHA public notice on July 20, 2022.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Other rental assistance in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via the Receptionist at (260) 267-9300.
Last Updated on 08/01/2022.
Closed: Fort Wayne, Indiana Mainstream Voucher
The Fort Wayne Housing Authority (FWHA) Mainstream (Non-Elderly Disabled) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last open for one day in October, 2018. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
Please note: According to the FWHA, applicants must be a "Non-elderly person with disabilities [who] must be at least 18 years of age and less than 62 years of age who is:
- Transitioning out of institutional or other segregated setting,
- At serious risk of institutionalization,
- Homeless (as defined by HUD), or
- At risk of becoming homeless"
There were two ways to apply during the opening period:
- Download and print the application online.
- Pick up an application at one of multiple locations.
For more information, visit the FWHA Housing Choice Voucher program page here.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Last Updated on 03/10/2020.
Closed: Decatur, Indiana Section 8 HCV
The Decatur Housing Authority (DHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from April 4, 2019, until September 15, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to pick up an application at one of many locations.
This waiting list had the following preferences:Elderly, Disabled, Live, Work, or Attend School Locally, Working/Employed,Victims of Domestic Violence, Displaced by Natural Disaster.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the DHA page on the For Wayne Housing Authority website.
Sources: This information was verified by the DHA public notice as of August 31, 2020.
Last Updated on 09/16/2020.
Closed: Posterity Heights Scholar House Section 8 Project-Based Voucher
The Fort Wayne Housing Authority (FWHA) waiting list for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher apartments at Posterity Heights Scholar House Project is currently closed. It was last open from January 9, 2019, until January 10, 2019. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
Please note: According to the FWHA, "Qualified applications must meet the following criteria:
Single parent students furthering their education
- Single parent students currently enrolled in school
- Single parent students enrolled in future semester
- Single parent enrolled in Self-sufficiency Program seeking continued education"
There were two ways to apply during the opening period:
- Download and print the application online.
- Pick up an application at the the FWHA central office.
Once the paper application was completed, it must have been either:
- Mailed to the FWHA central office.
- Dropped off at the FWHA central office.
- Faxed.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It is not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the FWHA website.
Last Updated on 03/10/2020.
Closed: Posterity Heights Scholar House Section 8 Project-Based Voucher
The Fort Wayne Housing Authority (FWHA) waiting list for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher apartments at Posterity Heights Scholar House Project is currently closed. It was last open from January 9, 2019, until January 10, 2019. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
Please note: According to the FWHA, "Qualified applications must meet the following criteria:
Single parent students furthering their education
- Single parent students currently enrolled in school
- Single parent students enrolled in future semester
- Single parent enrolled in Self-sufficiency Program seeking continued education"
There were two ways to apply during the opening period:
- Download and print the application online.
- Pick up an application at the the FWHA central office.
Once the paper application was completed, it must have been either:
- Mailed to the FWHA central office.
- Dropped off at the FWHA central office.
- Faxed.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It is not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the FWHA website.
Last Updated on 03/31/2022.
Closed: 2-Bedroom Public Housing
The Fort Wayne Housing Authority (FWHA) Public Housing waiting list for 2-Bedroom apartments is closed.
The FWHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from June 29, 2022, until February 20, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
This waiting list had the following preferences:
- Graduate of FWHA approved Transitional Housing Programs (2 Points)
- Resident who lives and/or works in the jurisdiction. (1 Point)
- Working Families and those unable to work because of age or disability. (1 Point)
- The PHA will offer a preference to families that include victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who have either been referred by a partnering service agency or consortia or is seeking an emergency transfer under VAWA from the PHA’s public housing program or other covered housing program operated by the PHA.
- The PHA will work with the following partnering service agencies:
- YWCA 211-United Way Center for Non—Violence Any other local agency assisting victims of domestic violence
- The PHA will work with the following partnering service agencies:
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the FWHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by a representative of the FWHA, and the FWHA public notice on February 14, 2023.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Last Updated on 02/14/2023.
About Fort Wayne Housing Authority
7315 South Hanna Street, Fort Wayne, IN | Visit Website | (260) 267-9300
Fort Wayne Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 3,893 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..
In addition, Fort Wayne Housing Authority offers other programs for eligible households, including:
- Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV)
Housing Authority Jurisdiction
Low-income housing managed by Fort Wayne Housing Authority is located in Decatur, IN and Fort Wayne, IN.
Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.
Office Hours
Open today from 8:00am to 3:00pm ET.
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8:00am-3:00pm |
| Wednesday | 8:00am-3:00pm |
| Thursday | 10:00am-5:00pm |
About the Fort Wayne Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Fort Wayne Housing Authority manages 2,767 active Housing Choice Vouchers.
The following table summarizes types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of December 31st, 2021:
| Homeownership | Tenant Protection | Moving To Work | Ported Out | VASH | Non-Elderly Disabled | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vouchers | 8 | 23 | 2,464 | 28 | 104 | 72 |
| Monthly Cost Per Voucher | $358 | $653 | $533 | $1,240 | $389 | $356 |
| Monthly Cost | $2,864 | $15,025 | $1,314,364 | $34,732 | $40,471 | $25,647 |
Waiting List and Tenancy
According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 10% having issued approximately 270 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 7 years and 7 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 32 months on the waiting list1.
Income Characteristics
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.6 persons and has a household income of $11,516 per year. 94% of households were very low income (VLI) and 71% were extremely low income (ELI). 35% of households had wages as a major source of income, 1% of households had welfare (TANF, General Assistance or Public Assistance) as their primary source of income, and 53% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
Heads of Household Characteristics
6% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 64% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 19% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 11% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 0% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.
60% of households included children, 2% of which had two adults in the household. 58% of households with children have a female head of household. 87% of all households were headed by a female.
82% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 78% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Fort Wayne Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 17% include at least one person with a disability. 29% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 77% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
Bedroom Size and Overhousing
14% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 34% with 2 bedrooms and 52% with 3 or more bedrooms. 32% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.
Rent, Assistance, and Utility Allowances
The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Fort Wayne Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $285 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $542. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $142.
1. This Picture of Subsidized Households data field is the average wait time of those who received a voucher in the preceding 12 months. Due to special voucher programs like VASH, recent waiting list purges, or waiting list preferences the average wait time can vary significantly from one year to the next and it is entirely possible many current applicants on the waiting list have been waiting for assistance for far longer.
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