Mainstream Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Erie Metropolitan Housing Authority (EMHA) Mainstream Section 8 Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from February 3, 2020, until April 4, 2021.  There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note: According to the EMHA, "A family member on the application must be between the ages of 18-61 and disabled, AND the applicant family must be either homeless (or at risk of becoming homeless), be institutionalized (or at risk of becoming institutionalized), or have previously experienced homelessness and currently in permanent support housing or rapid rehousing project."

To apply during the opening period, in person applications were available at the EMHA Office.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Non-Elderly Disabled 
• Institutionalized (or at risk of) 
• Homeless (or at risk of) 
• Previously Homeless and currently in permanent supportive housing/rapid rehousing project.

It was not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the EMHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by a representative of the EMHA on April 9, 2021.

Service Area

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