Cumberland Housing Authority

Open: Rhode Island Housing Choice Voucher Centralized

This housing authority participates in the Rhode Island Housing Choice Voucher Program Centralized Wait List, which is a partnership between 18 of the 28 housing authorities in Rhode Island. Applicants submit one application to apply to a centralized waiting list. Conditionally eligible applicants will be placed on a housing authority's waiting list if they fall within the agency's maximum income limit.

The Rhode Island Housing Choice Voucher Program Centralized Wait List Portal is accepting Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from December 17, 2017 at 12:01 am ET, until further notice.

To apply while the waiting list is open, complete the online application. 

Applications that are mailed, faxed, e-mailed or hand delivered will not be processed.

The waiting list will be sorted differently by each housing authority according to its own preferences.

Participating housing authorities may have any of the following preferences: Chronically Homeless (Pawtucket), Disabled Head or Co-Head (Cumberland and some RIHousing Project Based Voucher sites), Disabled Vet (Smithfield, Woonsocket), Displacement (Newport and Woonsocket), For Elderly Families (Cumberland and some RIHousing Project Based Voucher sites), Full-Time Student (North Providence), Homeless Preference (RI Housing), Job Training (Portsmouth, Woonsocket), Money Follows the Person (RI Housing), Near Elderly (North Providence), Relocation, Rent Burdened (Woonsocket), Supportive Services (Certain RIHousing Project Based Voucher sites, Termination due to Insufficient Funding, Family previously terminated from the Johnston Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher Program (ONLY) due to insufficient funding, Unstable Housing Situation (RI Housing), Veteran (East Greenwich, East Providence, Pawtucket, Smithfield, South Kingstown, Warren, Woonsocket), Victim of Domestic Violence (Providence, Portsmouth, Woonsocket, RI Housing tenant-based and certain Project Based Voucher sites), Witness Protection (Woonsocket), Working Family and/or Elderly/Disabled (Central Falls, Coventry, Newport, North Providence, Pawtucke, Warwick [if working, 30 hours/week], Woonsocket [if working, 20 hours/week for at least 1 month])

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 Rhode Island Housing website.

Sources: This information was verified by the Rhode Island Centralized page on January 29, 2024.

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, or email waitlist@rihousing.com.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Open: Cumberland Manor Senior / Disabled Public Housing

The Cumberland Housing Authority (CHA) is accepting Elderly and Disabled Public Housing waiting list applications for Cumberland Manor from April 4, 2024, until further notice. This is the first time the waiting list has been open since it closed in October, 2023.

To apply while the waitlist is open, print the paper application.

Once the application has been completed, it must be returned to the Cumberland Housing Authority, One Mendon Road, Cumberland, RI 02864.

The maximum income limits for each household size are as follows:

• 1 Person $57,350
• 2 Persons $65,550
• 3 Persons $73,750
• 4 Persons $81,900

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• Residency preference in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
• Veteran

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

For more information, visit the CHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the CHA notice on April 2, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior and Disabled Public Housing rental assistance in Cumberland, Rhode Island . Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (401) 724-8590.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 04/04/2024.

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Open: 4-Bedroom Project-Based Apartments Project-Based

The Cumberland Housing Authority (CHA) is accepting Project Based waiting list applications for Woodward St. apartments from the earliest confirmed open date of August, 2019, until further notice.

Please note: According to the CHA, "These apartments are located on Woodward St. in Cumberland."

To apply while the waitlist is open, call (401) 334-2678 to request an application.

The maximum income limits for each household size are as follows:

• 4 Person $51,200 | 7 Persons $63,500
• 5 Persons $55,300 | 8 Persons $67,600
• 6 Persons $59,400

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the CHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the CHA website on December 28, 2022 and updated on September 21, 2023.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (401) 334-2678.

Last Updated on 04/02/2024.

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