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You can use this web site to locate open Housing Choice Voucher waiting lists throughout Connecticut.

You can also register to receive automatic notice of the opening of Housing Choice Voucher waiting lists whenever they occur

We continue to refer to it as Section 8, however, because that is the name by which most people know it.

The Section 8 program, which is generally administered by local housing authorities, provides rent vouchers to eligible households.

Voucher holders find their own apartments and negotiate their own rents and leases with landlords.

The landlord then signs an agreement with the housing authority that is administering the voucher. Each month voucher holders pay their share of the rent (usually 30% of income) to the landlord, and the housing authority pays the balance of the rent directly to the landlord.

• Register to receive email notices of opening of waiting lists.
• Open waiting lists.
• Frequently Asked Questions.

• 211 Infoline Connecticut's health and human services database
• CONN-NAHRO Connecticut Chapter of the National Association Of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
• CONN-NAHRO List of Connecticut Housing Authorities.
• DECD list of Connecticut Housing Authorities.

General information

• 211 INFOLine - www.211infoline.org

• 211 INFOLine housing page - www.infoline.org/InformationLibrary/housing.asp

• What are Section 8 vouchers - www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/hcv/tenant.cfm

• Getting rental help in Connecticut - www.hud.gov/local/index.cfm?state=ct&topic=renting

• Guide to the Section 8 program (Technical Assistance Collaborative) www.tacinc.org/index/viewPage.cfm?pageId=125

Listings of subsidized housing in Connecticut

• Privately-owned HUD-assisted housing   http://www.hud.gov/apps/section8/step2.cfm?state=CT%2CConnecticut

• All Connecticut housing authorities www.ct.gov/ecd/cwp/view.asp?a=1098&Q=249720&ecdNav=|

• Housing authorities with federally-assisted housing http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/pha/contacts/states/ct.cfm  

• Public housing waiting lists - http://www.conn-nahro.org/wait.html

• Renter's Directory - http://www.rentdirectory.com/statewide.htm

• Affordable Housing Online – http://www.affordablehousingonline.com/apartments.asp?mnuState=CT

Eligibility information

• Connecticut Section 8 fair market rents - http://www.conn-nahro.org/resources/Final_FY2005_CT_FMR.pdf

• HUD area median incomes http://www.huduser.org/Datasets/IL/IL05/ct_fy2005.pdf

Department of Social Services housing programs

• Department of Social Services – Housing Assistance - http://www.dss.state.ct.us/svcs/Housing/

• Housing Assistance – How to Apply - http://www.dss.state.ct.us/svcs/Housing/HowTo.htm

• Rental Assistance Program (RAP) - www.dss.state.ct.us/svcs/Housing/RAP.htm

• Transitionary Rental Assistance Program (T-RAP) www.dss.state.ct.us/svcs/Housing/TRAP.htm

• Security Deposit Guarantee Program (SDGP)   www.dss.state.ct.us/svcs/Housing/Security.htm

Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services housing programs www.dmhas.state.ct.us/Housing.htm

• Shelter Plus Care program  www.dmhas.state.ct.us/ShelterPlusCare.htm

Non-profit housing providers

• Directory of Supportive Housing (Corporation for Supportive Housing) www.csh.org/snep/housingdir

Discrimination complaints

• Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (discrimination complaints)   www.state.ct.us/chro/metapages/legalprot/houselink/Hunfairly.htm

• Connecticut Fair Housing Center (discrimination complaints)    www.volunteersolutions.org/uwcact/org/220945.html

Legal assistance

• Statewide Legal Services (all parts of the state)  www.slsct.org

• Greater Hartford Legal Aid (Hartford area)  www.glha.org

• New Haven Legal Assistance (New Haven area) - www.nhlegal.org

• Connecticut Legal Services (all parts of the state except Hartford and New Haven areas) - www.connlegalservices.org

Informational pamphlets

• Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut - www.larcc.org

Housing Authority Web Pages

• Derby - http://lnvalley.org/derby/GOVERN/housing.htm

• Bridgeport - http://www.bridgeporthousing.org/

• Vernon - http://www.vernonhousing.org/

• New Haven - http://www.hanh-ct.org/

• Hamden - http://www.hamdenhousing.com/links.aspx

• Norwalk - http://www.norwalkha.org/

• Willimantic - http://www.willimantichousing.org/

• Glastonbury – http://www.glastha.org

Social Services

• New Haven Area - http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/other/index.html

• CT Husky Program - http://www.huskyhealth.com/

• Fatherhood Initiative - http://www.fatherhoodinitiative.state.ct.us/ParenthoodResources.htm

• Parent Plus - http://www.ctparentsplus.org/

• CT Clearinghouse (Health Resources)http://www.ctclearinghouse.org/

• CT Child Resource Center  http://www.dss.state.ct.us/csrc/csrc.htm

• http://www.state.ct.us/dcf/

• Kids Health - http://kidshealth.org/index.html

• Social Security - http://www.ssa.gov/

• *CONN-PACE - http://www.connpace.com/

• CT Elderly Services - http://www.ctelderlyservices.state.ct.us/ProgramsFrm.htm