Eau Claire County, Wisconsin Section 8 Voucher Waiting List is Closed as of July 2024.

The Central Wisconsin Community Action Council Inc (CWCAC) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The CWCAC last accepted applications for this waiting list from the earliest confirmed date of July 29, 2022, until the earliest confirmed closed date of October 14, 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. Call the CWCAC to request an application.

Once the application was completed, it was either:

1. Mailed to the CWCAC.
2. Dropped off at the CWCAC office.
3. Faxed to the CWCAC.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• The PHA will offer a preference in Brown County, Wisconsin, to individuals and families that meet the definition of Category 1 or Category 4 of Homeless
  • Category 1: An individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, meaning:
    • An individual or family with a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including a car, park, abandoned building, bus or train station, airport, or camping ground; or
    • An individual or family living in a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements (including congregate shelters, transitional housing, and hotels and motels paid for by charitable organizations or by federal, state, or local government programs for low-income individuals); or
    • An individual who is exiting an institution where he or she resided for 90 days or less and who resided in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation immediately before entering that institution.
  • Category 4: Any individual or family who:
    • Is fleeing, or is attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous or life-threatening conditions that relate to violence against the individual or a family member, including a child, that has either taken place within the individual’s or family’s primary nighttime residence or has made the individual or family afraid to return to their primary nighttime residence; and
    • Has no other residence; and
    • Lacks resources or support networks, e.g., family, friends, and faith-based or other social networks, to obtain permanent housing.

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 CWCAC website.

Sources: This information was verified by the CWCAC on October 14, 2022.