There are five waiting lists open now offered by Community Development Authority of the City of Madison.
Waiting List | Status |
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Family Public Housing | Open Until Further Notice |
Community Development Authority of the City of Madison Senior and Disabled Public Housing | Open Until Further Notice |
Karabis Apartments Wheelchair Accessible Only Multifamily Housing | Open Until Further Notice |
Parkside Apartments Senior/Disabled Multifamily Housing | Open Until Further Notice |
Parkside Townhomes Wheelchair Accessible | Open Until Further Notice |
Madison, Wisconsin Mainstream Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher | Closed |
Madison, Wisconsin Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher | Closed |
Truax Park Apartments Section 8 Project-Based Voucher | Closed |
Community Development Authority of the City of Madison offers the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs in Madison.
Go to the Wisconsin Section 8 Waiting Lists page or the Wisconsin Public Housing Waiting Lists page for more nearby housing applications.Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Community Development Authority of the City of Madison (CDA) waiting list for Family Public Housing apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least October, 2018, until further notice.
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.
This waiting list has the following preferences:
For more information, visit the CDA website.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (608) 266-4675.
Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.
Last Updated on 07/22/2021.
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Community Development Authority of the City of Madison (CDA) waiting list for Senior/Disabled Public Housing apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least October, 2018, until further notice.
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.
This waiting list has the following preferences:
For more information, visit the CDA website.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (608) 266-4675.
Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.
Last Updated on 07/22/2021.
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Community Development Authority of the City of Madison (CDA) waiting list for Wheelchair Accessible Only; 1, 2 and 3-Bedroom Multifamily Housing apartments at Karabis Apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least March, 2020, until further notice.
Karabis Apartments is:
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.
This waiting list has the following preferences:
For more information, visit the CDA website.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (608) 266-4675.
Last Updated on 07/22/2021.
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Community Development Authority of the City of Madison (CDA) waiting list for 1-Bedroom, Senior (62+)/Disabled Multifamily Housing apartments at Parkside Apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least March, 2020, until further notice.
Parkside Apartments is:
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.
This waiting list has the following preferences:
For more information, visit the CDA website.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (608) 266-4675.
Last Updated on 07/22/2021.
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Community Development Authority of the City of Madison (CDA) Multifamily Housing waiting list for 2-Bedroom wheelchair accessible apartments at Parkside Townhomes is currently open. Applications are being accepted from March 15, 2021, until further notice.
To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.
For more information, visit the CDA website.
Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (608) 266-4675.
Last Updated on 07/22/2021.
The Community Development Authority of the City of Madison (CDA) Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from March 26, 2020, until an unconfirmed close date.
According to the CDA, the following households qualify:
This includes any member of the family who is between the age of 18 and 61, and is a person with disabilities as defined in 42 U.S.C. 423."
There are two ways to apply during the opening period:
This waiting list has the following preferences:
Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the CDA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the Community Development Authority of the City of Madison on July 22, 2021.
This waiting list is for Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Madison, Wisconsin.
Last Updated on 07/22/2021.
The Community Development Authority of the City of Madison (CDA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. The waiting list was last open in July 2014, and before that in 2007. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
A random lottery process was used to choose who was added to the waiting list.
When the waiting list opens up again, notices will be published in local media.
For more information, visit the CDA website here, or call the office at (608) 266-4675.
Last Updated on 10/29/2018.
The Community Development Authority of the City of Madison (CDACM) waiting list for 2-Bedroom Section 8 Project Based Voucher apartments at Truax Park Apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from June 1, 2020, until an unconfirmed close date. 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 CDACM website.
Sources: This information was verified by the CDACM, as of May 29, 2020.
This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Madison, Wisconsin.
Last Updated on 02/23/2022.
Website: https://www.cityofmadison.com/dpced/housing/.
Phone: (608) 266-4675.
As of the HUDs most recent Voucher Management System report, Community Development Authority of the City of Madison manages 1,715 active Housing Choice Vouchers.
The following table summarizes types of vouchers managed and the monthly costs of each as of December 31st, 2021:
Standard | Homeownership | Family Unification | Tenant Protection | Ported Out | VASH | |
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Vouchers | 1,358 | 40 | 91 | 16 | 19 | 191 |
Monthly Cost Per Voucher | $774 | $780 | $862 | $617 | $979 | $516 |
Monthly Cost | $1,051,006 | $31,194 | $78,462 | $9,874 | $18,599 | $98,575 |
According to the 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households database, the housing authority's voucher program has an annual turnover of 8% having issued approximately 215 vouchers in the past year. The average voucher holder has received housing benefits for 8 years and 11 months. According to the 2016 PSH database, persons who were issued a voucher in the preceding 12 months waited an average of 13 months on the waiting list1.
According to 2016 Q4 Picture of Subsidized Households data, the average voucher household contains 2.4 persons and has a household income of $15,217 per year. 97% of households were very low income (VLI) and 77% were extremely low income (ELI). 31% 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 60% of households had other income (Social Security, Disability or Pension) as their major source of income.
3% of households were headed by a person 24 years old or less, 56% were headed by a person 25 to 49 years old, 22% were headed by a person 51 to 60 years old, and 19% were headed by a person 62 years old or older. In addition, 1% of households were headed by a person 85 years old or older.
48% of households included children, 3% of which had two adults in the household. 47% of households with children have a female head of household. 79% of all households were headed by a female.
66% of all voucher households were headed by minorities with 59% of all heads of households being Black and 1% being Hispanic.
Of all households participating in the Community Development Authority of the City of Madison Housing Choice Voucher program, 31% include at least one person with a disability. 45% of households with a head of household 61 years or less were headed by a person with a disability. 78% of households headed by someone 62 or older were headed by a person with a disability.
28% of voucher holders reside in a home with zero or 1 bedroom, 36% with 2 bedrooms and 37% with 3 or more bedrooms. 19% of voucher recipients are considered overhoused, meaning they occupy a rental unit larger than their family size requires.
The average monthly tenant contribution to rent by Community Development Authority of the City of Madison voucher holders in 2016 was $404 and the average monthly HUD expenditure per voucher holder was $685. The average utility allowance across all voucher recipients is $107.
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.