Analysis by Nathan Brunet
Last Updated: February, 23rd 2024
This housing authority participates in the Maine Centralized Section 8 HCV Waiting List, which is a partnership between all 20 housing authorities in Maine. Applicants submit one application to apply to a centralized waiting list. Selected applicants will be placed on the centralized waiting list, and will be under consideration for every participating housing authority.
The Maine Centralized Section 8 HCV Waiting List is currently open.
The Maine Centralized waiting list will accept applications from April 2013, until further notice.
There are four ways to apply:
Once the application has been completed, it can be mailed, faxed or submitted in person to any participating housing authority. Contact information for all participating housing authorities can be viewed here.
The waiting list will be sorted differently by each housing authority according to its own preferences.
Participating housing authorities may have any of the following preferences: Disabled, elderly, family with minor children or dependents, where you live, veteran, displaced by natural or national disaster, chronically homeless, at where you work, non-subsidized, local full-time student, working, non-elderly or disabled single person family, Tedford Shelter resident. A full explanation of all preferences can be viewed here.
For more information, visit the website here, or contact a participating housing authority listed here.
Sources: This information was verified by the Maine Centralized page on December 28, 2022.
The application may be completed online at https://www.affordablehousing.com/mainecwl.
The application may be printed out from http://mainesection8centralwaitlist.org/dup/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/MaineCWLPreApp22022.pdf.
Maine Housing Choice Voucher has preferences for: Elderly, Displaced by Natural Disaster, Live, Work, or Attend School Locally, Veterans, Job Training or Higher Education, Homeless, Displaced by Government Action, Disabled, Families with Children. Preferences are not required but Centralized applicants that meet these criteria will be moved up the waiting list.
Maine Housing Choice Voucher Centralized Waiting List is managed by Maine Centralized Section 8 HCV Waiting List.
Maine Centralized Section 8 HCV Waiting List provides affordable housing for up to 0 low- and moderate-income households through its programs.
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