Providence Housing Authority
Waiting Lists
Learn more about Providence Housing Authority.
- Rhode Island Housing Choice Voucher Centralized is open.
- Family, 2-7 Bedroom Public Housing is open.
- Near-Elderly, Studio Senior Public Housing is open.
- 1-Bedroom Senior / Disabled Public Housing is open.
- Providence Housing Authority Section 8 Project-Based Voucher is closed.
- Providence Housing Authority Public Housing is closed.
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.
Open: Family, 2-7 Bedroom Public Housing
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Providence Housing Authority (PHA) is accepting Family Public Housing waiting list applications for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7-Bedroom apartments from August 15, 2023 at 12:01 am, until further notice.
To apply while the waitlist is open, complete the online application.
This waiting list has the following preferences: Working families where the head, cohead, or sole member is employed at least 20 hours per week.
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 PHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the PHA notice on August 3, 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) 751-6400 or email waitlist@provhousing.org.
Next Steps
Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.
Last Updated on 08/16/2023.
Open: Near-Elderly, Studio Senior Public Housing
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Providence Housing Authority (PHA) is accepting Near-Elderly (50 and older) Public Housing waiting list applications for Studio apartments from August 15, 2023 at 12:01 am, until further notice.
To apply while the waitlist is open, complete the online application.
This waiting list has the following preferences: Working families where the head, cohead, or sole member is employed at least 20 hours per week.
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 PHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the PHA notice on August 3, 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) 751-6400 or email waitlist@provhousing.org.
Last Updated on 08/16/2023.
Open: 1-Bedroom Senior / Disabled Public Housing
Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.
The Providence Housing Authority (PHA) is accepting Elderly 62+/Disabled Public Housing waiting list applications for 1-Bedroom apartments from August 15, 2023 at 12:01 am, until further notice.
To apply while the waitlist is open, complete the online application.
This waiting list has the following preferences: Families where the head and spouse, or sole member is a person age 62 or older, or is a person with disabilities.
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 PHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the PHA notice on August 3, 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) 751-6400 or email waitlist@provhousing.org.
Next Steps
Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.
Last Updated on 08/16/2023.
Closed: Providence Housing Authority Section 8 Project-Based Voucher
The Providence Housing Authority (PHA) waiting list for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from March 2, 2020, until October 1, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete an online application.
The maximum income limits for each household size were as follows:
- 1 $28,700 | 4 $40,950
- 2 $32,800 | 5 $44,250
- 3 $36,900 | 6 $47,550
There were preferences, and they were listed on the application.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the PHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the PHA website, as of October 1, 2020.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Providence, Rhode Island.
Last Updated on 02/23/2024.
Closed: Providence Housing Authority Public Housing
The Providence Housing Authority (PHA) waiting list for Public Housing apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from March 2, 2020, until October 1, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.
To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete an online application.
The maximum income limits for each household size were as follows:
- 1 $28,700 | 4 $40,950
- 2 $32,800 | 5 $44,250
- 3 $36,900 | 6 $47,550
There were preferences, and they were listed on the application.
Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.
For more information, visit the PHA website.
Sources: This information was verified by the PHA website, as of October 1, 2020.
Service Area
This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Providence, Rhode Island. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.
Last Updated on 02/23/2024.
About Providence Housing Authority
100 Broad Street, Providence, RI | Visit Website | (401) 751-6400
Providence Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 5,130 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 Providence Housing Authority is located in Providence, RI.
Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.
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