Fort Wayne, Indiana Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental housing assistance in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The Fort Wayne Housing Authority (FWHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The FWHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from June 29, 2022, until further notice. 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.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

1. Graduate of FWHA approved Transitional Housing Programs (2 Points) 
2. Resident who lives and/or works in the jurisdiction. (1 Point)
3. Working Families and those unable to work because of age or disability. (1 Point)
4. The PHA will offer a preference to families that include victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who have either been referred by a partnering service agency or consortia or is seeking an emergency transfer under VAWA from the PHA’s public housing program or other covered housing program operated by the PHA.
   • The PHA will work with the following partnering service agencies:
     • YWCA 211-United Way Center for Non—Violence Any other local agency assisting victims of domestic violence

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the FWHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by a representative of the FWHA, and the FWHA public notice on June 22, 2022.