McHenry County Housing Authority

Waiting Lists

Learn more about McHenry County Housing Authority.

Open: Residences of Lake in the Hills 55+ Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) is accepting Near Elderly Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications for Studio and 1-Bedroom apartments at Residences of Lake in the Hills since at least February, 2021, until further notice.

Preferences

This waiting list has the following preferences:

  • Persons with disabilities transitioning from a licensed nursing facility into a private rental.

Selection Process

It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

Application Method

To apply while the waiting list is open, print the application.

Once the application has been completed, it must be mailed to McHenry County Housing Authority, 1108 N. Seminary Avenue, PO Box 1109, Woodstock, IL 60098.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on February 24, 2021.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Lake in the Hills, Illinois.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (815) 338-7752.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 05/22/2024.

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Open: Garden Place Apartments , 2 and 3-Bedroom Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) is accepting Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications for 2 and 3-Bedroom apartments at Garden Place Apartments from the earliest confirmed date of January 30, 2024, until further notice.

Preferences

This waiting list has the following preferences:

  • Applicants that live, work, or are hired to work in McHenry County (residency preference). 

Selection Process

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received.

Application Method

To apply while the waiting list is open, print the paper application.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on January 30, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in McHenry County, Illinois.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (815) 338-7752.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 05/22/2024.

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Open: Villas of Lake in the Hills, 2 and 3-Bedroom Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) is accepting Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications for 2 and 3-Bedroom apartments at Villas of Lake in the Hills until the earliest confirmed date of January 30, 2024, until further notice.

Preferences

This waiting list has the following preferences: Persons referred from the Illinois Statewide Referral Network (SRN)

Selection Process

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received.

Application Method

To apply while the waiting list is open, print the paper application.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on January 30, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in McHenry County , Illinois.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (815) 338-7752.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 05/22/2024.

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Open: Creekview Apartments, Near Elderly Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) is accepting Near Elderly (55+) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1-bedroom apartments at Creekview Apartments from the earliest confirmed date of January 30, 2024, until further notice.

Preferences

Preferences have not yet been confirmed

Selection Process

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received.

Application Method

To apply while the waiting list is open, print the paper application.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on January 30, 2024.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (815) 338-7752.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 05/22/2024.

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Open: Walnut Ridge Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) is accepting Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments at Walnut Ridge from the earliest confirmed date of January 30, 2024, until further notice.

Preferences

This waiting list has the following preferences:

  • Applicants that work, or are participating in a work training program, within a 12 mile radius of the development, or applicants that are unemployed by reasons of age (62) or disability.

Selection Process

It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

Application Method

To apply while the waiting list is open, print the paper application.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on January 30, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in McHenry County, Illinois.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (844) 459-3600.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 05/22/2024.

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Open: GreenTrees of Huntley and SilverTrees of Richmond Senior and Disabled

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) is accepting Senior and Disabled waiting list applications for 1-Bedroom apartments at GreenTrees of Huntley and SilverTrees of Richmond since at least February, 2021, until further notice.

To apply while the waiting list is open, print the application and background check form available online here. Scroll down to the "GreenTrees of Huntley and SilverTrees of Richmond" section.

Once the application has been completed, it must be mailed to McHenry County Housing Authority, 1108 N. Seminary Avenue, PO Box 1109, Woodstock, IL 60098.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on February 24, 2021.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other Senior and Disabled rental assistance in Richmond and Huntley, Illinois.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (815) 338-7752.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Open: The Renaissance Apartments Project-Based

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) is accepting waiting list applications for Studio, 1 and 2-Bedroom apartments at The Renaissance Apartments since at least February, 2021, until further notice.

This waiting list is for the following property:

  • Renaissance Apartments are located at Woodstock Square at 205 Dean Street, Woodstock, Illinois.

Please note: According to the MCHA, "These apartments are affordable but not subsidized, and applicants must provide income documentation that demonstrates an ability to pay rent."

Preferences

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

Selection Process

It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

Application Method

To apply while the waiting list is open, print the paper application.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on February 24, 2021.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other Project Based rental assistance in Woodstock, Illinois.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via Manager Noel DeLaurentis at (815) 338-7752 X 143 or email ndelaurentis@mchenrycountyhousing.org.

Last Updated on 05/22/2024.

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Closed: McHenry County, Illinois Section 8 Voucher

The McHenry Housing Authority (MHA) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from June 5, 2024, until June 12, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

Income Qualification

The maximum income limits for each household size were as followed:

  • 1 Person $39,250 | 5 Persons $60,550
  • 2 Persons $44,850 | 6 Persons $65,050
  • 3 Persons $50,450 | 7 Person $69,550
  • 4 Persons $56,050 | 8 Person $74,000

Preferences

This waiting list had the following preferences: Live or work in McHenry County.

Selection Process

5,000 selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

Application Method

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

For more information, visit the MHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MHA public notice on May 22, 2024.

Service Area

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

Last Updated on 06/12/2024.

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Closed: Congress Parkway Apartments Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) last accepted Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for 1, 2, and 3-Bedroom apartments at Congress Parkway Apartments from November 1, 2019, until the earliest confirmed close date of May 22, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

Preferences

Preferences have not  been confirmed.

Selection Process

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

Application Method

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

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on May 22, 2024.

Last Updated on 05/22/2024.

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Closed: Residences of Crystal Lake, Near Elderly Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) last accepted Near Elderly Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for 1-Bedroom apartments at Residences of Crystal Lake since at least February 2021, until August 1, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to print the paper application.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Applicants referred to the landlord through the Statewide Referral Network (SRN), individual and applicant families that contain a veteran, or individual and applicant families that contain a person 62 years of age or older that is homeless and working with a McHenry County Continuum of Care homeless provider.

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on January 30, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Villas of Lake in the Hills, 1-Bedroom Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) last accepted Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1-Bedroom apartments at Villas of Lake in the Hills until the earliest confirmed date of January 30, 2024.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to print the paper application.

This waiting list had the following preferences: Persons referred from the Illinois Statewide Referral Network (SRN)

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

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on January 30, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in McHenry County , Illinois.

Last Updated on 01/30/2024.

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Closed: Garden Place Apartments , 1-Bedroom Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) last accepted Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1-Bedroom apartments at Garden Place Apartments until the earliest confirmed date of January 30, 2024. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to print the paper application.

Once the application was completed, it was mailed to McHenry County Housing Authority.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Applicants that live, work, or are hired to work in McHenry County (residency preference). 

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on January 30, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in McHenry County, Illinois.

Last Updated on 01/30/2024.

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Closed: Cary Senior Living Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) last accepted Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1-Bedroom apartments at Cary Senior Living since at least February 2021, until August 1, 2022.

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

Once the application was completed, it was mailed to McHenry County Housing Authority.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Persons referred from the Illinois Statewide Referral Network.

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on January 30, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Cary, Illinois.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Huntley Horizons Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) last accepted Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications 1-bedroom apartments at Huntley Horizons until August 1, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to print the paper application. 

This waiting list had the following preferences: Living or working in McHenry County

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

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on January 30, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in McHenry County, Illinois.

Last Updated on 01/30/2024.

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Closed: 3-Bedroom Public Housing

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) last accepted Public Housing waiting list applications for 3-Bedroom apartments since at least August, 2019, until the earliest confirmed date of January 30, 2024. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to print the paper application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on January 30, 2024.

Service Area

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

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Berkshire Johnsburg, Near Elderly Project-Based

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) last accepted Near Elderly waiting list applications for 1-Bedroom apartments at Berkshire Johnsburg since at least February, 2021, until August 1, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to print the paper application.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Applicants living, working, or hired to work in McHenry County, applicants referred to the landlord through the Statewide Referral Network (SRN), individual and applicant families that contain a veteran, or individual and applicant families that contain a person that is homeless and working with a McHenry County Continuum of Care homeless provider. 

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on January 30, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other Project Based rental assistance in McHenry, Illinois.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Rental Housing Support Program Project-Based

The McHenry County Housing Authority (MCHA) last accepted Rental Housing Support Program waiting list applications for 1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments until the earliest confirmed date of August, 2023., until further notice.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to print the paper application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received.

For more information, visit the MCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the MCHA on January 30, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other Project Based rental assistance in McHenry County, Illinois.

Last Updated on 01/30/2024.

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About McHenry County Housing Authority

1108 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, IL | Visit Website | (815) 338-7752

McHenry County Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 1,015 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by McHenry County Housing Authority is located in McHenry County, IL.

Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.