Rhode Island Housing

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: Various Communities Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Rhode Island Housing (RIH) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for the communities listed below is currently open, from June 6, 2019 at 12:01 a.m. ET, until further notice.

Please note: The waiting list is opening for following communities: Canonchet Cliffs III, Coventry Crossroads, East Bay CDC, Harbor House, Living East Bay, Marshfield Commons, St. Ann Apartments, Sweetbriar, and Westbay.

To apply, complete the online application. Applications that are mailed, faxed, e-mailed, or hand delivered will not be processed.

Applicants may also submit an application to the other waiting lists on the centralized application portal.

There are preferences, and they are listed on the application.

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

For more information, read the RIH public notice, or visit the RIH website.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (401) 457-1288 and TTY at (401) 450-1394.

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 02/23/2024.

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Open: Rockville Mill Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Rhode Island Housing (RIH) is accepting Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications for Rockville Mill Apartments from April 15, 2024 at 12:01 a.m. ET, until further notice.

 This waiting list is for the following property:

• Rockville Mill Apartments - located in Hopkinton, RI.

There are preferences, and they are listed on the application.

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

To apply while the waitlist is open, complete the application online.

For more information, visit the RIH website.

Sources: This information was verified by the Providence Journal on April 16, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Hopkinton, Rhode Island.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via 401-457-1288.

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 04/16/2024.

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