HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR WAITING LIST
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February 29th,2024
Housing choice Voucher Waiting List opens in _Fayette, Hancock,Henry,Madison,Rush,Wayne County(s
HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR WAITING LIST
Effective March 31st,2024,lCAP on behalf of the lndiana Housing and Community Development Authority
(IHCDA) funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will open the Section 8
Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Waiting List for Favette. Hancock. Henrv. Madiaon. Rush . Wavne.
The Section 8 HCV program is available to income eligible individuals and families and exists to assist
with rent payments to provide decent, affordable, sanitary, and safe housing for persons with low
incomes. The Sectton 8 HCV program rs not emergency housing assrstance and your wartrng time for
assistance may exceed 24 months
ICAP will accept applications online only at the following website: (lnsert & Hyperlink URL Here).
The application portal will be available on l\rarch 31st,2024 kom 8:00 AM and will remain open until
further notice. Please note that you will be required to create a Wartlrstcheck account and have a valid e-
mail address in order to submit an application A lrnk to free e-mail providers will be included on the
websile for your conven rence
lf you have a disability where a reasonable accommodation to allow you equal access to the application
process may be needed, please contact ICAP at 765-692{236 to request an accommodation no later
than March 16th, For assistance in another language, please call IHCDA a|317 -232-7788 to schedule a
phone call with an interpreter no later than March ‘l6th.
Applicants are placed on the list in order of preference points, then by date and time of application.
IHCDA has the following preference points:
. Residency – Applicant is a legal resident of, has been hired to work in, or currently works within
the couNTY they have applled to
. Person residing in an institutional setting or at risk of being placed in an institutional
setting – An institutional or other segregated setting includes, but is not limited to: Congregate
settings populated exclusively or primarily with individuals with disabilities; or congregate settings
characterized by regimentation in daily activities, lack of privacy or autonomy, policies limiting
visitors, or limits on individuals’ ability to engage freely in community activities and to manage
their own activities of daily living; or settings that provide for daytime activities primarily with other
individuals with disabilitiest or a person at risk of being placed in a setting defined above
o Working Families – Persons either attending a school/training program or working at least 20
hours per week; elderly status (age 62 and older), non-elderly disabled status (61 and under with
disability), having a disabled family member (any age)
. Elderly – Applicant (Head, Spouse, Co-Head, Sole Member) is age 62 or older
. Non-Elderly Family Member with Disability – Non-elderly (61 years or younger) family, Head,
Spouse, Co-Head, or sole member meets HUD’s definition of disabled
o Family Membe. with a Disability – An individual who meets the HUD definition of a person with
a disability
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Youth Exiting Foster Care – Youth that lndiana Department of Child Services has certified to be
at least 18 years and not more than 24 years of age who have left foster care, or will leave foster
care within 90 days and is homeless or is At Risk of Becoming Homeless
Child Welfare lnvolved Families – A family that lndiana Department of Child Services has
certified as a family for whom the lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in the placement of
the family’s child, or children, in out-of-home care, or in the delay of discharge of a child, or
children, to the family from oulof-home care.
Placement on the waiting list is not a guarantee that applicants will qualify for assistance. Any
preferences claimed at the time of application will be verified at the time of selection from the waiting list.