Section 8 & Affordable Housing Waitlists in Michigan
In Michigan, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher and public housing waitlists are run by local public housing authorities — not by HUD or by Lease Lantern. Each authority opens and closes its own lists, sometimes for only a few days at a time, so timing and persistence matter.
How to find and join an open waitlist
- Identify the housing authorities that serve where you want to live (listed below).
- Contact each one to ask whether its Section 8 or public housing waitlist is currently open.
- Apply to every open list you qualify for — many people keep several active at once.
- Have your documents ready: ID, income, household members, and current address.
- Keep your contact info updated with each authority so you don’t lose your place.
Waitlist openings change frequently, so always confirm the current status directly with the authority. Eligibility depends on your household income versus the Michigan income limits.
Where to apply in Michigan
61 authorities administer Section 8 vouchers in Michigan. Contact one to check waitlist status:
Alma Housing CommissionAlma Ann Arbor Housing CommissionAnn Arbor Baldwin Housing CommissionBaldwin Baraga Housing CommissionBaraga Bath Charter Township Housing CommissionBath Battle Creek Housing CommissionBattle Creek Benton Harbor Housing CommissionBenton Harbor Benton Township Housing CommissionBenton Harbor Boyne City Housing CommissionBoyne City Cadillac Housing CommissionCadillac Cheboygan Housing CommissionCheboygan Clinton Township Housing CommissionClinton Township Detroit Housing CommissionDetroit Dowagiac Housing CommissionDowagiac Eastpointe Housing CommissionEastpointe Evart Housing CommissionEvart Ferndale Housing CommissionFerndale Flint Housing CommissionFlint Grand Rapids Housing CommissionGrand Rapids Grayling Housing CommissionGrayling Hancock Housing CommissionHancock Housing Services Mid-MichiganCharlotte Ingham County Housing CommissionOkemos Inkster Housing CommissionInkster Ionia Housing CommissionIonia Iron County Housing CommissionCrystal Falls Jackson Housing CommissionJackson Lansing Housing CommissionLansing Lapeer Housing CommissionLapeer Lincoln Park Housing CommissionLincoln Park Livonia Housing CommissionLivonia Luce County Housing CommissionNewberry Manistique Housing CommissionManistique Marquette Housing CommissionMarquette Melvindale Housing CommissionMelvindale Menominee Housing CommissionMenominee Michigan State Housing Development AuthorityLansing Montcalm County Housing CommissionHoward City Mount Pleasant Housing CommissionMount Pleasant Munising Housing CommissionMunising Muskegon Heights Housing CommissionMuskegon Heights Muskegon Housing CommissionMuskegon Plymouth Housing CommissionPlymouth Pontiac Housing CommissionPontiac Port Huron Housing CommissionPort Huron Potterville Housing CommissionPotterville Reed City Housing CommissionReed City River Rouge Housing CommissionRiver Rouge Rockford Housing CommissionRockford Roseville Housing CommissionRoseville Saginaw Housing CommissionSaginaw Saint Clair Housing CommissionSt Clair Saint Louis Housing CommissionSaint Louis Sault Ste Marie Housing CommissionSault Sainte Marie Southfield Housing CommissionSouthfield St Clair Shores Housing CommissionSaint Clair Shores Sterling Heights Housing CommissionSterling Heights Taylor Housing CommissionTaylor Traverse City Housing CommissionTraverse City Westland Housing CommissionWestland