Housing Choice Vouchers

The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) is administered by various housing agencies throughout the State of Indiana and is not all managed by IHCDA. IHCDA contracts with local community action programs to provide case management, including waitlists for application to the HCV program. In order to apply for the HCV program, you will have to apply to an open waitlist. The Housing Choice Voucher Program comprises the majority of the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority's Section 8 rental assistance programs. IHCDA administered vouchers to help over 4,000 families pay their rent each month. Eligibility for the Housing Choice Voucher program is based on a family's household income. The voucher covers a portion of the rent and the tenant is expected to pay the balance. The tenants’ share is an affordable percentage of their income and is generally calculated to be between 30 to 40 percent of their monthly-adjusted gross income for rent and utilities. Most HCV program services are provided by Local Subcontracting Agencies throughout the state of Indiana. Click here for additional information on the Housing Choice Voucher/Section 8 Program

2025 Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan - DRAFT

• Plan updated for Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA) Compliance
• Plan updated for National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) Compliance
  • Added limited preference for Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
  • New Chapter on special programs
  • Added section for remote briefings
  • Removed reference to charge for copies of informal hearing documents
  • HOTMA removed the statutory authority for the Earned Income Disallowance (EID)
  • HOTMA Student Financial Assistance Requirements [24 CFR 5.609(b)(9)] added
  • Changing from 120% to 110% Fair Market Rent.

  Click here to access the Draft of the 2025 HCV Administrative Plan

  • Project-Based Voucher (PBV)
  • PBCA

  Referral Programs

  • Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH)
  • NED
  • Family Unification Program (FUP)
  • EHV/Homeless Preference
  • Waiting List Application Link
  • Jurisdiction Map

  Waiting List Public Notices

  • Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List Opens in Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, and Starke Counties
  • Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List Opens in Fayette, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, and Wayne Counties
  • Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List Opens in Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, and Union Counties
  • Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List Opens in Sullivan County
  • Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List Opens in Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, and Tipton Counties
  • Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List Opens in Clark, Floyd , and Harrison Counties
  • Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List Opens in Brown, Clay, Monroe, Morgan and Owen Counties; and the City of Jasonville
  • Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List Opens in Benton, Fountain, Vermillion, and Warren Counties
  • Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List open in Fayette and Rush Counties
  • Housing Choice Voucher Waiting Lists open in Jefferson, Jennings, and Scott Counties
  • Housing Choice Voucher Waiting Lists open in Daviess, Dubois, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Pike and Washington Counties

  "Portability" in the HCV program refers to the process through which the family can transfer or "port" their rental subsidy when they move to a location outside the jurisdiction of the public housing agency (PHA) that first gave them the voucher when they were selected for the program. New families may not be able to port immediately; they may have to live in the jurisdiction of the initial PHA for a year before they can port. Initial PHAs may allow moves during this one-year period. Click here for more details and instructions

  • Directions
    • Talk to LSA
    • Appeal to LSA
    • Appeal to HUD
    • Indiana Civil Rights Commission (ICRC)
    • Indiana Legal Services
    • HUD
    • Attorney General

    Contacts IHCDA Housing Choice Opportunities Program
    Phone: (317) 232-7788
    Fax: (317) 232-1257
    Email: Section8@ihcda.in.gov
    Click here for HCO staff contact information HUD - Indianapolis Field Office
    Indianapolis Field Office
    Minton Capehart Federal Building
    575 North Pennsylvania Street, Suite 655
    Indianapolis, IN 46204 Phone: (317) 226-6303
    Fax: (317) 226-6317
    Email: IN_Webmanager@hud.gov

    • Listing of Local Sub-Contracting Agencies
    • Map of Local Housing Authorities and Sub Contracting Agencies

    NOTE: The map contains numbers and names associated with the two listing documents. If you need to specify the area served by that housing authority or agency, please use the map to identify the appropriate contact.