How to apply for public housing or
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program?
Yes, our waiting lists are all currently open.
Note: Waiting lists are opened and closed based on availability of units and funding and the length of existing waiting lists. Closings will be posted on this website.
Applications are marked with date and time when submitted online. Applications are then reviewed for determination of apparent eligibility and applicants are notified within two weeks of their status.
With the preliminary application, you are required to submit a copy of a Social Security card for all household members and a photo ID for household members age 18 years old and older.
If applying online, please provide these documents as soon as possible after you submit your application.
Contact the office for assistance or additional information.
Currently the wait for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher is estimated to be six to nine months for applicants who can claim the Residency Preference. The wait for applicants without this preference
is several years.
The wait for Public Housing is dependent on when an unit is vacated. We cannot give a time frame for the waiting list for this program.
NIRHA currently administers two programs: Public Housing and Section 8.
Public Housing properties are owned by NIRHA and the Authority manages and leases the properties. Units owned and managed by NIRHA are leased to
low-income people on an income-based rental, or at a flat rental rate, depending upon what the resident chooses.
Housing Choice Voucher properties are owned and managed by private landlords who are willing to participate with the Voucher program. NIRHA subsidizes part of the resident's rent to the landlord making the housing affordable for the resident.
After you submit an online application, please allow at least two weeks to receive a response to your application. You may then check your status online.
Do not call our office for your status on the waiting list. This information is available by clicking below.
You will receive a letter from us when your application has been entered into the waiting list.
You can go to the waitlistcheck site to check your status. Please wait two weeks before checking your status to allow us to process the application. Do not call the NIRHA office for your status.
When you check your status on the waiting list, we can verify that you are active on the waiting list but you will not be given a number.
PUBLIC HOUSING ONLY: NIRHA administers a site-based waiting list system. Therefore, some sites may have longer waiting lists than other sites. Applicants may appear on as many site lists as they desire, depending upon eligibility factors (family sites compared to elderly sites and number of bedrooms needed by the applicant).