Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency

The Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency (DMMHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The DMMHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from November 17, 2022, until November 18, 2022.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

4,500 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery.

For more information, visit the DMMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the DMMHA public notice on November 17, 2022.

The Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency Public Housing waiting list for Efficiency and 1-Bedroom apartments at Royal View Manor is closed.

The DMMHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from the earliest confirmed date of May 12, 2022, until May 31, 2022.  There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Print the paper application.
2. Pick up the application from the DMMHA's administrative office.

Once the application was completed, it was returned DMMHA's administrative office.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Victim of physical violence; Victim of hate crime; Victim of natural disaster; Involuntarily displaced; Working.

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 DMMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the DMMHA on May 12, 2022.

The Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency last accepted Public Housing waiting list applications from June 17, 2024, until August 17, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

Preferences

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Victim of physical violence; Victim of hate crime; Victim of natural disaster; Involuntarily displaced; Working.

Selection Process

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, by order of preferences

Application Method

There were three ways to apply while the waitlist was open:

1. Pick up an application from the Administrative office.
2. Print the paper application.
3. Call the Administrative Office to request an application be mailed.

Once the paper application was completed, it was to be: returned to the Administrative Office.

For more information, visit the DMMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the DMMHA public notice on May 24, 2024.

The Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency accepted applications for Senior Public Housing from February 5, 2025, to February 20, 2025. Applications could be completed online.

The Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed. It was last open in October 2025, when the agency received over 7,500 applications but could only place 4,500 applicants.