If your name has been removed from the waiting list of the Housing Authority in your jurisdiction, you may have to wait until that waiting list is open again, to try to get your name added to it.
Housing Opportunity Program
This probably happened because the Housing Authority could not get in touch with you when it sent a form to fill out to ensure you are still interested in the program. When a family gets on a waiting list for the Housing Authority's Voucher Program or Public Housing (these are separate waiting lists), it sends a form periodically for you to fill out and return, indicating that you are still interested in the program mentioned.
While each Housing Authority has its own rules by which someone must apply for a housing choice voucher or public housing, the section 8 program is a federal program: so the rules are basically the same everywhere.
This type of transfer is called porting. You are porting from an initial Housing Authority to a receiving Housing Authority. In order for this to happen either the initial Housing Authority must agree to pay the receiving Housing Authority all the costs associated with the porting and continued administration of your program, or the receiving Housing Authority must agree to absorb the costs of such. The problem generally occurs when you're trying to port your voucher from one Housing Authority to a more expensive jurisdiction.
The Housing Authority maintains a list of all Owners who participate in the program.
This is a question to ask the Housing Authority that is administering the Section 8 Program.
Every Housing Authority has its own list of qualifications for which a person can receive a voucher or public housing. You will need to check with the Housing Authority in that location for specific qualifications. Many of the qualifications fall under federal guidelines, while housing authorities are free to develop their own qualification criteria according to Housing Authority standards.
The Illinois Housing Development Authority offers an affordable housing scheme for singles and families. Eligibility for this scheme is dependent on income.
You can call the housing choice voucher program division of your housing authority to check the status of your waiting list or application.
Every person on the housing choice voucher program is assigned a case coordinator, a title which could have different names according to the Housing Authority. In some places they call them case managers, and others case coordinators or housing program coordinator. That person is the one who administers your housing choice voucher, and is responsible for assuring your current eligibility for the program.
Call your local Housing Authority or the Housing Authority at which you would like to place your name on the waiting list.
Section 8 vouchers typically do not have an expiration date. Once you are approved for the voucher, it is usually active until you are able to find suitable housing and the housing authority conducts annual re-certifications to ensure continued eligibility. It is important to comply with program requirements to maintain the voucher.