Erie Metropolitan Housing Authority

The Erie Metropolitan Housing Authority (EMHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The EMHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from October 3, 2022, until October 7, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

There were two ways to apply during the opening period: 

1. Complete the online application.
2. Pick up a paper application from the clear literature box outside Erie MHA's office.

Once the application was completed, it was returned to the drop box outside the Erie MHA's office.

This waiting list had the following preferences: veteran, displaced by government action, working/disabled, and victim of domestic violence.

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

For more information, visit the EMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the EMHA public notice on September 30, 2022.

The Erie Metropolitan Housing Authority (EMHA) waiting list for 3-Bedroom Public Housing apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from January 2, 2020, until January 31, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Complete the online application.
2. Pick up an application from the main office of Erie MHA.

Completing the online application was encouraged by the EMHA.

Once the paper application was completed, it must have been returned to the Erie Metropolitan Housing Authority office.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Veteran
• Displaced by government action
• Working/disabled
• Victim of domestic violence

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

For more information, visit the EMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by a representative of the EMHA, and its website, as of December 26, 2019.

The Erie Metropolitan Housing Authority (EMHA) Public Housing waiting list for 2-Bedroom apartments at Scattered Sites is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from October 26, 2020, until November 9, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note: According to the EMHA, "Only applicants who are 55 yrs. and over and/or have a documented disability are eligible to apply for Bayshore Towers."

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Complete the online application here.
2. Pick up an application at Erie MHA office.

Completing the online application was encouraged by the EMHA.

Once the paper application was  completed, it must have been returned to the Erie Metropolitan Housing Authority office.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It is not known how selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the EMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by a representative of the EMHA on October 22, 2020.

The Erie Metropolitan Housing Authority (EMHA) Near Elderly Public Housing waiting list for apartments at Bayshore Towers is closed.

The EMHA last accepted applications for this waiting list on September 6, 2022, until September 30, 2022. There is no notice when this waiting will reopen.

Please note: According to the EMHA, "Only applicants who are 55 yrs. and over and/or have a documented disability are eligible to apply for Bayshore Towers."

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Complete the online application.
2. Pick up an application at Erie MHA office.

Once the paper application was completed, it was returned to the Erie Metropolitan Housing Authority drop box.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• Veteran
• Displaced by government action
• Working/disabled/employed or attending college, vocational training, job training, etc
• Victim of domestic violence or hate crime

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

For more information, visit the EMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the EMHA representative and notice on the EMHA page on September 6, 2022.

The Erie Metropolitan Housing Authority (EMHA) waiting list for 2 and 4-Bedroom Public Housing apartments is currently closed. It is not known when this waiting list was last open, or when it will reopen.

For more information, visit the EMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the EMHA website, as of December 26, 2019.

The Erie Metropolitan Housing Authority (EMHA) Senior (62+) Public Housing waiting list for apartments at Community Plaza is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from March 8, 2021 until April 6, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Complete the online application.
2. Pick up an application at Erie MHA office.

Once the paper application was completed, it was returned to the Erie Metropolitan Housing Authority office drop box.

There were preferences, and they were listed on the application.

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

For more information, visit the EMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by a representative of the EMHA on March 5, 2021.

The Erie Metropolitan Housing Authority (EMHA) Mainstream Section 8 Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from February 3, 2020, until April 4, 2021.  There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note: According to the EMHA, "A family member on the application must be between the ages of 18-61 and disabled, AND the applicant family must be either homeless (or at risk of becoming homeless), be institutionalized (or at risk of becoming institutionalized), or have previously experienced homelessness and currently in permanent support housing or rapid rehousing project."

To apply during the opening period, in person applications were available at the EMHA Office.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Non-Elderly Disabled 
• Institutionalized (or at risk of) 
• Homeless (or at risk of) 
• Previously Homeless and currently in permanent supportive housing/rapid rehousing project.

It was not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the EMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by a representative of the EMHA on April 9, 2021.