Fort Wayne Housing Authority
Fort Wayne Housing Authority is a housing authority that participates in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing, and Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) programs. As of June 24th, 2022, Fort Wayne Housing Authority has 5 waiting lists that are open now or opening soon.
Fort Wayne Housing Authority serves Decatur and Fort Wayne.
Fort Wayne Housing Authority also manages the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program for the Decatur Housing Authority.
Open Fort Wayne Housing Authority Waiting Lists
Open Soon:
Fort Wayne, Indiana Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List
The Fort Wayne Housing Authority (FWHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is opening soon.
The FWHA will accept 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
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 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 06/22/2022.
Open Soon:
Fort Wayne, Indiana Public Housing Waiting List
The Fort Wayne Housing Authority (FWHA) Public Housing waiting list is opening soon.
The FWHA will accept 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
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 21, 2022.
Service Area
This waiting list is for 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 06/22/2022.
Open Until Further Notice:
Posterity Heights Scholar House Project-Based Voucher Waiting List
The Fort Wayne Housing Authority (FWHA) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for Posterity Heights Scholar House is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least November, 2020, until further notice.
Please note: According to the FWHA, "Posterity Scholar house is targeted to Single Parent Households that are seeking self-sufficiency through higher education. The family must be either currently attending higher education classes, enrolled in future higher education classes or participating in a self-sufficiency program with a goal of completing higher education."
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.
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.
IMPORTANT:
This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.
Last Updated on 03/31/2022.
Open Until Further Notice:
Near-Elderly Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Waiting List
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 11/03/2020.
Open Until Further Notice:
Senior Conventional Waiting List
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 11/03/2020.
Other Fort Wayne Housing Authority Waiting Lists
Closed:
Fort Wayne, Indiana Mainstream Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List
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 rental assistance in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Last Updated on 03/10/2020.
Closed:
Decatur, Indiana Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List
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 Project-Based Voucher Waiting List
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:
Public Housing Waiting List
The Fort Wayne Housing Authority (FWHA) waiting list for Public Housing apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from June 17, 2019, until March 16, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
There were three ways to apply during the opening period:
- Complete the online application.
- Print the application on the FWHA website.
- Pick up the application at the FWHA Administrative Building.
Once the paper application was completed, it must have been either:
- Dropped off at the FWHA Administrative Building.
- Mailed to the FWHA.
- Faxed to the FWHA.
The waiting list had the following preferences: Working families, Domestic violence victims, Veterans, and Transitional housing graduates.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the FWHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the Fort Wayne Housing Authority, as of March 10, 2020.
Last Updated on 03/16/2020.
About Fort Wayne Housing Authority
More information about Fort Wayne Housing Authority can be found on its website at https://fwha.org/.
Representatives of Fort Wayne Housing Authority may be available by phone at (260) 267-9300. Unless otherwise noted above, applications will not be provided or accepted by phone.
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 2,842 active Housing Choice Vouchers.
The following is a summary of the types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of September 30th, 2021:
|
Standard | Homeownership | Tenant Protection | Ported Out | VASH | Non-Elderly Disabled |
| Vouchers |
2,522 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 106 | 71 |
| Monthly Cost Per Voucher |
$533 | $393 | $630 | $1,206 | $396 | $359 |
| Monthly Cost |
$1,344,005 | $3,146 | $15,126 | $32,571 | $41,986 | $25,482 |
Household Characteristics of Voucher Holders for Fort Wayne Housing Authority
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.
Public Housing Apartments Operated by Fort Wayne Housing Authority
2210 Beacon St
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Income Based
1-2 BR 55+
Accessible
62+
7300 Decatur Rd
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Call For Rent
1-2 BR 55+
Accessible
62+
2100 Saint Marys Ave
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Call For Rent
1-2 BR 55+
62+
3506 Miami Ln
Fort Wayne, Indiana
7284 Decatur Rd
Fort Wayne, Indiana
7260 John St
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Low Income Housing Managed by Fort Wayne Housing Authority
4315 Joshua Lane
Fort Wayne, Indiana
