Sangamon County, Illinois Mainstream Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Springfield Housing Authority (SHA) Mainstream (Disabled) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. It was last open from January until March 5, 2019. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note: According to the SHA, the Mainstream Voucher Program, "is a rent subsidy program for low and moderate income households WITH a family member(s) who has a disability. This includes those households that are transitioning out of institutional or other segregated setting, or at serious risk of institutionalization, or homeless or at risk of homelessness."

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete an application at the SHA office.

This waiting list had the following preferences: Resident of Sangamon County, IL; Employed in Sangamon County for the past 12 months or resident who is unable to work due to disability; Non-Elderly Disabled household member transitioning out of institutional or other segregated setter, or at serious risk of institutionalization, or homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the SHA Section 8 page here.