Racine County, Wisconsin Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Racine County Housing Authority (RCHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from March 22, 2021 until March 24, 2021. 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:

• (10 Preference points) will be awarded to applicants that live, work, or have been hired to work in Racine County, Wisconsin.
• (5 Preference points) will be given to all Veterans of the United States Armed Forces who were discharged from service other than with a dishonorable discharge. The preference will also be given to an unmarried, surviving spouse of a United States Veteran.
• (20 Preference points) will be given to homeless applicants that are referred from a PHA approved homeless services agency. There will be a limit of 24 families assisted with this preference. Should such a family leave the program, a new homeless applicant may be selected and housed under this preference.
• (40 Preference points) will be awarded to any family that has been terminated from its HCV program due to insufficient program funding.

1,500 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the RCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the Journal Times public notice on March 23, 2021.

Service Area

This waiting list is for rental assistance in Racine County, Wisconsin.