This housing agency serves Janesville, Wisconsin.
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| Closed: Janesville, Wisconsin Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List | Learn More |
This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental housing assistance in Janesville, Wisconsin.
The Janesville Housing Authority (JHA) Section 8-Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last open from September 25, 2024 until October 25, 2024. Before that, it was last open in 2022 and before that in 2018.
Applications were submitted online and will be available on the Housing Authority website.
According to the housing authority's Administrative Plan, the waiting list has the following preferences:
Applicants seeking the preference must demonstrate proof of local residency and/or employment. This could include: a driver’s license, State or Federal ID card, lease, utility bill, social security statement or check stub.
This waiting list opening is a random lottery. Applicants will be selected at random from all applications received to be placed on the waiting list. It is not known how many applicants the housing authority plans to place on the waiting list.
For more information, visit the JHA website here.
This information was confirmed by a news article on the City of Janesville website on September 15, 2024 by Dave Layfield.
Janesville Neighborhood and Community Services provides affordable housing for up to 543 low- and moderate-income households through its public housing programs.
| Monday | 7:30am-4:30pm |
| Tuesday | 7:30am-4:30pm |
| Wednesday | 7:30am-4:30pm |
| Thursday | 7:30am-4:30pm |
| Friday | 7:30am-4:30pm |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
18 North Jackson Street, Janesville, WI
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Janesville Neighborhood and Community Services serves 468 low-income households. The agency manages 558 Housing Choice Vouchers and 0 public housing units.
Extremely low-income (ELI) renters, earning less than 30% of Area Median Income (AMI), make up 79 percent of households served by Janesville Neighborhood and Community Services. Very low-income renters earn less than 50% AMI, and are 97 percent of Janesville Neighborhood and Community Services households.
Working adults head 112 households and make up 24 percent of households served by Janesville Neighborhood and Community Services.
There are 365 female-headed renter households living in Janesville Neighborhood and Community Services housing. Households headed by females are 78% of those served by the Janesville Neighborhood and Community Services.
| Black | 122 |
| Asian-Pacific Islander | 14 |
| White | 309 |
| Hispanic | 23 |
There are 135 households headed by seniors served by the Janesville Neighborhood and Community Services. Senior households are 29% of households in Janesville Neighborhood and Community Services housing.
There are 140 persons with disabilities living in Janesville Neighborhood and Community Services housing. Persons with disabilities are the head of 30% of households served by the Janesville Neighborhood and Community Services.
Janesville Neighborhood and Community Services’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list was last opened on September 25, 2024 and closed on October 25, 2024.
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Most HUD housing programs, like Section 8 and Public Housing, do not have a credit check. But Section 8 landlords will likely require one for an available unit.Belinda Hewitt says:
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