Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority
Waiting Lists
Learn more about Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority.
- Connie Griffith Apartments Section 8 Project-Based Voucher is open.
- Ballard Apartments Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher is open.
- Fayette County, Kentucky Section 8 HCV is closed.
- Centre Meadows Apartments General Section 8 Project-Based Voucher is closed.
- Centre Meadows Apartments Self-Sufficiency Section 8 Project-Based Voucher is closed.
- South Lexington Properites Self-Sufficiency Public Housing is closed.
- Northwest Lexington and Northeast Lexington, General Public Housing is closed.
- Northwest Lexington and Northeast Lexington, Self-Sufficiency Public Housing is closed.
- South Lexington Properites Self-Sufficiency and Public Housing is closed.
Open: Connie Griffith Apartments Section 8 Project-Based Voucher
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority (LHA) Section 8 Project-Based Housing Choice Voucher waiting list for 1-Bedroomapartments at Connie Griffith Apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted from January 13, 2020 at 12:00 am, until further notice.
Connie Griffith Apartments for elderly (62 years of age or older) households, is located at 650 Tower Plaza, Lexington, Kentucky 40508.
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.
This waiting list has the following preferences:
Currently the household is NOT receiving any subsidized or assisted housing rent.
Is the eligible head of household a U.S. veteran?
Is the head of household currently a permanent physical resident in Kentucky?
Are you Elderly or Disabled?
It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the LHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the LHA website, as of January 13, 2020.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Lexington, Kentucky.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (859) 281-5060. Persons with hearing or speech impairments can receive assistance contacting the LHA by dialing 7-1-1 to reach the Kentucky Telephone Relay Service..
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 10/18/2022.
Open: Ballard Apartments Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority (LHA) Senior Project Based Voucher waiting list for 1-Bedroom apartments at Ballard Apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted from June 1, 2020 at 9:00 am, until further notice.
- Ballard Apartments for ELDERLY (62 years of age and older) households, is located at 650 Tower Plaza, Lexington, Kentucky 40508
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.
This waiting list has the following preferences:
- Currently the household is NOT receiving any subsidized or assisted housing rent
- Head of household is a U.S. veteran
- Head of household currently has a permanent physical resident in Kentucky
- Elderly or Disabled
It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the LHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the LHA, as of June 8, 2020.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Lexington, Kentucky.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (859) 281-5060.
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 10/18/2022.
Closed: Fayette County, Kentucky Section 8 HCV
The Lexington Housing Authority (LHA) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from April 24, 2023, until April 28, 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:
- Families who are displaced by LHA action
- Eligible Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Project-Based Voucher (PBV) participants
- Veterans
- Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing participants
- Special Partner program participants
- Mainstream participants
- Resident of Kentucky
It was not known how selected applicants were placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the LHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the LHA website on March 17, 2023.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Fayette County, Kentucky.
Last Updated on 04/28/2023.
Closed: Centre Meadows Apartments General Section 8 Project-Based Voucher
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority (LHA) General Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for 2-Bedroom apartments at Centre Meadows Apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from September 28, 2020, until December 31, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
The maximum income limits for each household size were as follows:
- 1 Person – $27,000
- 2 Person - $31,000
- 3 Person - $35,750
- 4 Person - $39,700
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the LHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the LHA public notice, as of October 2, 2020.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Lexington, Kentucky.
Last Updated on 03/31/2022.
Closed: Centre Meadows Apartments Self-Sufficiency Section 8 Project-Based Voucher
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority (LHA) Self-Sufficiency Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for 2-Bedroom apartments at Centre Meadows Apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from April 19, 2021 until June 30, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the LHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the LHA on May 7, 2021.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Lexington, Kentucky.
Last Updated on 03/22/2022.
Closed: South Lexington Properites Self-Sufficiency Public Housing
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority (LHA) Self-Sufficiency Public Housing waiting list for 2-Bedroom apartments at South Lexington Properties is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from September 28, 2020, until December 31, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
Please note: In addition to the requirements for all General Public Housing programs, the Self-Sufficiency program requires that the head-of-household or spouse/co-head-of-household must demonstrate he/she has been working for at least 37.5 hours per week for Self-Sufficiency I, or 20 hours per week for Self Sufficiency II. The work requirement is demonstrated by verification of continuous (uninterrupted) employment over the 3 months prior to the eligibility certification or signing a lease for a Self-Sufficiency site.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the LHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the LHA public notice, as of October 2, 2020.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Lexington, Kentucky. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Last Updated on 07/27/2022.
Closed: Northwest Lexington and Northeast Lexington, General Public Housing
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority (LHA) Public Housing waiting list for apartments at Northwest Lexington and Northeast Lexington is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from August 9, 2021, until October 31, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
- Northwest Lexington Properties, have 2, 3 and 4-Bedroom units
- Northeast Lexington Properties, have 1 and 3-Bedroom units
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the LHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the LHA public notice on August 6, 2021.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Lexington, Kentucky. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Last Updated on 03/30/2022.
Closed: Northwest Lexington and Northeast Lexington, Self-Sufficiency Public Housing
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority (LHA) Self-Sufficiency Public Housing waiting list for apartments at Northwest Lexington and Northeast Lexington is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from August 9, 2021, until October 31, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
- Northwest Lexington Properties have 2, 3 and 4-Bedroom units
- Northeast Lexington Properties have 1 and 3-Bedroom units
Please note: According to the LHA public notice, "the Self-Sufficiency program requires that the head-of-household or spouse/co-head-of-household must demonstrate he/she has been working for at least 37.5 hours per week for Self-Sufficiency I, or 20 hours per week for Self Sufficiency II", "Elderly and disabled persons who meet all of the Self-Sufficiency Housing requirements with the exception of the work requirement may also be eligible for these units."
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the LHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the LHA public notice on August 6, 2021.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Lexington, Kentucky. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Last Updated on 03/30/2022.
Closed: South Lexington Properites Self-Sufficiency and Public Housing
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority (LHA) Self-Sufficiency and General Public Housing waiting list for 3-Bedroom apartments at South Lexington Properties is closed.
The LHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from July 5, 2022, until August 31, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
Please note: In addition to the requirements for all General Public Housing programs, the Self-Sufficiency program requires that the head-of-household or spouse/co-head-of-household must demonstrate he/she has been working for at least 37.5 hours per week for Self-Sufficiency I, or 20 hours per week for Self Sufficiency II. The work requirement is demonstrated by verification of continuous (uninterrupted) employment over the 3 months
prior to the eligibility certification or signing a lease for a Self-Sufficiency site.*
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.
Preferences have not yet been confirmed.
It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the LHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the LHA public notice on July 27, 2022.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Lexington, Kentucky. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Last Updated on 08/31/2022.
About Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority
300 West New Circle Road, Lexington, KY | Visit Website | (859) 281-5060
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 4,137 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..
In addition, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority offers other programs for eligible households, including:
- Homeownership Voucher
- Moving to Work
Housing Authority Jurisdiction
Low-income housing managed by Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority is located in Fayette County, KY.
Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.
About the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority manages 3,268 active Housing Choice Vouchers.
The following table summarizes types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of December 31st, 2021:
| Homeownership | Family Unification | Tenant Protection | Moving To Work | Ported Out | VASH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vouchers | 27 | 31 | 93 | 2,628 | 8 | 287 |
| Monthly Cost Per Voucher | $500 | $601 | $354 | $533 | $1,074 | $415 |
| Monthly Cost | $13,511 | $18,641 | $32,961 | $1,400,372 | $8,589 | $119,022 |
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 23% having issued approximately 122 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 6 years and 10 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 15 months on the waiting list1.
Income Characteristics
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.5 persons and has a household income of $12,715 per year. 96% of households were very low income (VLI) and 75% were extremely low income (ELI). 42% 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 52% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
Heads of Household Characteristics
4% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 61% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 22% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 12% 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.
57% of households included children, 3% of which had two adults in the household. 54% of households with children have a female head of household. 82% of all households were headed by a female.
74% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 72% of all heads of households being Black and 0% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program, 19% include at least one person with a disability. 27% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 76% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
Bedroom Size and Overhousing
21% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 35% with 2 bedrooms and 44% with 3 or more bedrooms. 22% 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 Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority voucher holders in 2016 was $355 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $566. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $167.
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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