Housing Authority of Winston-Salem

Waiting Lists

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Closed: Forsyth County, North Carolina Section 8 Voucher

The Housing Authority of the City of Winston-Salem (HACWS) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list from April 2, 2024 until April 4, 2024. This waiting list was last open in December, 2021. 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.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Any family that has been previously terminated from its HCV program due to insufficient program funding. 
  • Families that have been displaced from Public Housing due to actions of the PHA involving redevelopment and disposition or demolition of Public Housing.

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by the date and time the application was received, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the HACWS website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACWS public notice on March 1, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Forsyth County, North Carolina.

Last Updated on 04/04/2024.

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Closed: Brown School Apartments Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Housing Authority of Winston-Salem (HAWS) last accepted Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list for Brown School Apartments for one day only on September 12, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

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

This waiting list had the following preference: Families who were relocated or are scheduled to be relocated out of the Cleveland Avenue Homes public housing community and are applying to the PBV development as a returning family.

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

For more information, visit the HAWS website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HAWS public notice on September 14, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Graham, North Carolina.

Last Updated on 09/14/2023.

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Closed: Multiple Properties Public Housing

The Housing Authority of the City of Winston-Salem (HAWS) Public Housing waiting list for Camden Station, The Oaks at Tenth, Stoney Glen, Townview and Cleveland Avenue Homes apartments is closed.

The HAWS is accepting applications for this waiting list from the earliest confirmed date of  April 27, 2022, until May 16, 2022.

The HAWS states "Public Notice will be provided when HAWS re-opens the Waiting List for these specific communities."

During the opening period, applicants were to complete an online application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit HAWS website.

Sources: This information was verified by HAWS public notice on August 4, 2022.

Service Area

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

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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About Housing Authority of Winston-Salem

500 West 4th Street, Winston–Salem, NC | Visit Website | (336) 727-8500

Housing Authority of Winston-Salem provides affordable housing for up to 6,503 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 Housing Authority of Winston-Salem is located in Forsyth County, NC.

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

Office Hours

Open today from 8:30am to 5:00pm ET.

Day Hours
Monday 8:30am-5:00pm
Tuesday 8:30am-5:00pm
Wednesday 8:30am-5:00pm
Thursday 8:30am-5:00pm
Friday 8:30am-5:00pm