Lake County Housing Authority

Closed: Lake County, Illinois Section 8 Voucher

The Lake County Housing Authority (LCHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The LCHA last accepted Section 8 HCV applications for this waiting list from February 21, 2022, until February 25, 2022. 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. No paper pre-applications were available or accepted.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Residency: Head or spouse lives, works or has received a written offer of employment to work in Lake County, IL (15 Points)
• Nursing Home: Head or spouse resides in a licensed nursing home or similar licensed facility and remains there solely due to the inability to afford housing. (10 Points)
• Veteran: Head or spouse is a veteran (5 Points)
• Insufficient Funding: Families that have been terminated from this PHAs HCV program due to insufficient program funding. (5 Points)

2,500 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the LCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the LCHA Daily Herald public notice on January 21, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Lake County, Illinois.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Near Elderly Public Housing

The Lake County Housing Authority (LCHA) last accepted Near Elderly Public Housing waiting list applications from the earliest confirmed date of March 1, 2029, until the latest confirmed date of October 26, 2023. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the LCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the LCHA application portal on October 26, 2023.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Scattered Sites, 3 and 4-Bedroom Public Housing

The Lake County Housing Authority (LCHA) last accepted Public Housing waiting list applications for 3 and 4-Bedroom Scattered Site units from September 1, 2023, until September 30, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply when the waiting list was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Preferences have not been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the LCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the LCHA Waiting List Information page on August 21, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Lake County, Illinois. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 02/29/2024.

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Closed: Shiloh Towers, Studio Senior Public Housing

The Lake County Housing Authority (LCHA) last accepted Senior Public Housing waiting list applications for Studio apartments at Shiloh Towers from September 1, 2023, until September 30, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply when the waiting list was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Preferences have not been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the LCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the LCHA Waiting List Information page on August 21, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior Public Housing rental assistance in Lake County, Illinois. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 09/30/2023.

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