Fair Shot Housing

Area-wide waitlists

Waitlists for a whole city or county

One waitlist for a whole city or county, run by a local housing office. It is not for one building.

These are separate from the homes on the search page, which are each one building you can see on the map. A waitlist like this has no single address, so it has no pin.

176

open waitlists

19

states

50

for Section 8 vouchers

108

for public housing

How these waitlists work

How area-wide waitlists work

  1. Find your area

    Pick your state, then your city or county. Each list is run by one local housing office.

  2. Join on the official page

    You apply with the housing office, not with us. Each card links to its page.

  3. Keep your details current

    Waits can run from months to years. If the office cannot reach you, you can lose your place.

Pick a state

A few open waitlists

The ones closing soonest, then lists in the places with the most waitlists. Pick a state above to see every list we have for it.

28 of these 176 lists post an income limit we can check. For the others, check the rules on the housing office's page.

What to check before you apply

Check your housing office’s own website too. This is not every waitlist in the country. It holds the lists we found on housing offices’ own websites that were open when we last checked (Oct 6). Many housing offices keep other lists, and lists that are closed are not shown. Big-city lists are often closed most of the time. The housing office makes every decision about who qualifies and when a list opens. For one particular building, use the search page, or check what you may qualify for.

By state: Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.