Cuyahoga County, Ohio Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently open. Applications are being accepted from November 9, 2020, until further notice.

To apply during the opening period, complete the online application here.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• HUD Directed Special Admissions - 40 points on the General Tenant-Based and General Project-Based Waiting Lists.
• Relocating Residents of Agency Owned Subsidized Properties (including RAD Relocation) – 40 points on the General Tenant-Based and General Project-Based Waiting Lists.
• Victims of Governmentally Declared Natural Disasters - 40 points on the General Tenant-Based and General Project-Based Waiting Lists.
• Money Follows the Person/Ohio Home Choice - 40 Points on the General Tenant-Based waiting list.
• Veterans Administration Supportive Housing (VASH) – 40 points on the General Tenant-Based and Project Based Waiting Lists.
• Relocating CMHA Public Housing or Project-Based resident displaced by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking- 40 points on the General Tenant Based Waiting List.
• Moving On (PSH)- 40 points on the General Tenant-Based Waiting List.
• Displaced Moderate Rehabilitation Program (participating families who must relocate because the family has a disabled member and there are no accessible Mod Rehab units of the appropriate size or type, or the owner has opted out of the program, or if there has been a HUD takeover, or if the contract with the owner is cancelled) - 30 points on the General Tenant-Based waiting list.
• Family Unification Program (FUP) – 15 points on the General Tenant-Based waiting list.
• Cuyahoga County Residency Preference-Applicant families who reside in Cuyahoga County will be assigned 10 preference points on the waiting list. This preference includes applicants who are working or who have been notified that they have been hired to work in Cuyahoga County.

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

For more information, visit the CMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland public notice, as of October 26, 2020.

Service Area

This waiting list is for rental assistance in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via CMHA’s Section 504/ADA Coordinator at (216) 348-5000 (voice) or 1(800) 750-0750 (Ohio Relay Service).