Lake County, Illinois Section 8 Voucher Waiting List

The Lake County Housing Authority (LCHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The LCHA last accepted Section 8 HCV applications for this waiting list from February 21, 2022, until February 25, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application. No paper pre-applications were available or accepted.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Residency: Head or spouse lives, works or has received a written offer of employment to work in Lake County, IL (15 Points)
• Nursing Home: Head or spouse resides in a licensed nursing home or similar licensed facility and remains there solely due to the inability to afford housing. (10 Points)
• Veteran: Head or spouse is a veteran (5 Points)
• Insufficient Funding: Families that have been terminated from this PHAs HCV program due to insufficient program funding. (5 Points)

2,500 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the LCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the LCHA Daily Herald public notice on January 21, 2022.