Rhode Island Housing Choice Voucher Program Centralized Wait List
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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.
About Rhode Island Housing Choice Voucher Program Centralized Wait List
Rhode Island Housing Choice Voucher Program Centralized Wait List provides affordable housing for up to 0 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program..
Housing Authority Jurisdiction
Low-income housing managed by Rhode Island Housing Choice Voucher Program Centralized Wait List is located in:
- Barrington, RI
- Bristol, RI
- Central Falls, RI
- Charlestown, RI
- Coventry, RI
- Cumberland, RI
- East Greenwich, RI
- East Providence, RI
- Exeter, RI
- Glocester, RI
- Hopkinton, RI
- Jamestown, RI
- Johnston, RI
- Lincoln, RI
- Little Compton, RI
- Middletown, RI
- Narragansett, RI
- New Shoreham, RI
- Newport, RI
- North Kingstown, RI
- North Providence, RI
- North Smithfield, RI
- Pawtucket, RI
- Portsmouth, RI
- Scituate, RI
- Smithfield, RI
- South Kingstown, RI
- Warren, RI
- Warwick, RI
- West Greenwich, RI
- Woonsocket, RI
Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.
The following agencies are participants in the Rhode Island Housing Choice Voucher Program Centralized Wait List:
| Agency | Serves |
|---|---|
| Bristol Housing Authority | Bristol |
| Central Falls Housing Authority | Central Falls |
| Coventry Housing Authority | Coventry |
| Cumberland Housing Authority | Cumberland |
| East Greenwich Housing Authority | East Greenwich |
| East Providence Housing Authority | East Providence |
| Housing Authority of the City of Newport | Newport |
| Johnston Housing Authority | Johnston |
| Lincoln Housing Authority | Lincoln |
| North Providence Housing Authority | North Providence |
| Pawtucket Housing Authority | Pawtucket |
| Providence Housing Authority | Providence |
| Rhode Island Housing | Barrington, Charlestown, Exeter, Glocester, Hopkinton, Jamestown, Little Compton, Middletown, Narragansett, New Shoreham, Newport, North Kingstown, North Smithfield, Portsmouth, Scituate, West Greenwich |
| Smithfield Housing Authority | Smithfield |
| South Kingstown Housing Authority | South Kingstown |
| Warren Housing Authority | Warren |
| Warwick Housing Authority | Warwick |
| Woonsocket Housing Authority | Woonsocket |
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