Low Income Public Housing (LIPH), Midvale, Summit Green, Buckbee, North Main Manor, Park Terrace, and Olesen Plaza Senior / Disabled Public Housing Waiting List

The Rockford Housing Authority (RHA) is accepting Elderly and Disabled Low Income Public Housing (LIPH) waiting list applications for Midvale, Summit Green, Buckbee, North Main Manor, Park Terrace, and Olesen Plaza apartments from July 10, 2023, until further notice.

To apply during the opening period, complete the online application.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• Families whose head of household is working at least 10 hours a week
• Families whose head of household is enrolled in licensed or certified education or training
• Families whose head of household is enrolled in Economic Self Sufficiency (definition from law)
• Families whose head, spouse or co-head is Elderly/Disabled
• Families whose head, spouse or co-head is a veteran and was discharged from the military under any circumstances other than dishonorable
• Families who have been displaced by local, state or federal declared disaster
• Families whose head, spouse or co-head is near elderly
• Families who meet HUDs definition of homeless
• Families whose head, spouse, or co-head is a resident of or works in the city of Rockford
• State Operated Development Class (SODC) members referred to the waiting list through the State of Illinois Statewide Referral Network (SRN) with the terms of the Olmstead consent decrees or referrals for class members from: WILLIAMS v. QUINN, LIGAS v. HAMOS, and/or COLBERT v. QUINN, etc. or participants in the Pathways to Community Living Program.
• Families whose head, spouse or co-head is participating in the Rock River Homeless Coalition 
• The PHA will offer a preference to any family that has been terminated from its HCV program due to insufficient program funding
• The PHA will offer a preference to families that include victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who have either been referred by a partnering service agency or consortia or is seeking an emergency transfer under VAWA from the PHA’s public housing program or other covered housing program operated by the PHA. The applicant must certify that the abuser will not reside with the applicant unless the PHA gives prior written approval.

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 RHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RHA website on July 11, 2023.