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Local Section 8 HCV waiting list to open June 17

Effective June 17, Community and Family Services, on behalf of the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) funded by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development will open the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Waiting List for Huntington County.  

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.

Community and Family Services will accept applications in person at Community and Family Services, located at 1255 Engle St., Huntington on June 17 and 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Mail-in applications will be accepted on or after June 19, until the waitlist has reached a 24-month capacity. Contact Vanessa Lee, 235 E. Main St., Portland, IN 47371; or email vlee@comfam.org; or call 726-6322 with questions.

Those applicants who need a reasonable accommodation of any kind should call Community and Family Services, Inc. at 726-6322.

For assistance in another language, call IHCDA at 317-232-7777 to schedule a phone call.

Applicants are placed on the list in order of preference points, then by date and time of application. Preference points are granted for residency, homelessness, working families (persons either going to school or working at least 20 hours per week); elderly status, non-elderly disabled status, having a disabled family member and persons residing in institutions such as nursing homes or who are at risk of institutionalization.