Fort Wayne Housing Authority

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.

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:

1. Download and print the application online.
2. Pick up an application at the the FWHA central office.

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

1. Mailed to the FWHA central office.
2. Dropped off at the FWHA central office.
3. 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.

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:

1. Download and print the application online.
2. Pick up an application at the the FWHA central office.

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

1. Mailed to the FWHA central office.
2. Dropped off at the FWHA central office.
3. 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.

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:

1. Graduate of FWHA approved Transitional Housing Programs (2 Points) 
2. Resident who lives and/or works in the jurisdiction. (1 Point)
3. Working Families and those unable to work because of age or disability. (1 Point)
4. 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 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.

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:

1. Download and print the application online.
2. Pick up an application at one of multiple locations.

For more information, visit the FWHA Housing Choice Voucher program page here.