This housing agency serves Gary and Merrillville, Indiana.
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Closed: Gary, Indiana Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List | Learn More |
Closed: Gary Housing Authority Public Housing Waiting List | Learn More |
Closed: Genesis Towers Senior High Rise and Glen Park Senior High Rise Senior Public Housing Waiting List | Learn More |
The Gary Housing Authority (GHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.
The GHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from January 30, 2023, until February 3, 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:
1,000 selected applicants were placed on this waiting list by random lottery, weighed by preferences.
For more information, visit the GHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the GHA Facebook notice on January 30, 2023.
The Gary Housing Authority (GHA) Public Housing waiting list is currently closed. It was last open for various communities and bedroom sizes in July, 2019. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
For more information, visit the GHA website.
The Gary Housing Authority (GHA) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications for Genesis Towers Senior High Rise and Glen Park Senior High Rise apartments from August 14, 2023, until August 31, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.
This waiting list was for the following properties:
To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.
Preferences have not been confirmed.
It was not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the GHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the GHA waitlists page on August 3, 2023.
Gary Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 3,949 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 |
578 Broadway, Gary, IN
Visit Website — (219) 881-6400Gary Housing Authority serves 2,424 low-income households. The agency manages 2,474 Housing Choice Vouchers and 520 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 78 percent of households served by Gary Housing Authority. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 94 percent of Gary Housing Authority households.
Working adults head 630 households and make up 26 percent of households served by Gary Housing Authority.
There are 1963 female-headed renter households living in Gary Housing Authority housing. Households headed by females are 81% of those served by the Gary Housing Authority.
Black | 2,327 |
White | 48 |
Hispanic | 48 |
There are 751 households headed by seniors served by the Gary Housing Authority. Senior households are 31% of households in Gary Housing Authority housing.
There are 533 persons with disabilities living in Gary Housing Authority housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 22% of households served by the Gary Housing Authority.
The Gary Housing Authority is rated as a troubled 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.
Gary Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list was last opened on January 30, 2023 and closed on February 4, 2023.
You can still apply to online applications without internet access.
If you don't have internet access, go to a local public library that has devices with an online connection.Takesha Powell says:
"Affordable Housing Online is a great resource that provides a lot of helpful links to get low-income and affordable housing."