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Connecticut

Section 8 & Public Housing waiting list status for all housing authorities in Connecticut.

50
Housing Authorities
112
Open Lists
290
Closed Lists
Local Housing Guide 2026

Complete Guide to Section 8 & Public Housing in Connecticut

Connecticut has 50 housing authorities managing a combined 449 waiting lists across Section 8 (HCV), Public Housing, and Project-Based Voucher programs. Currently, 112 of those lists are accepting applications — an open rate of approximately 25%. This data was last verified on Jun 7, 2026.

Connecticut provides various affordable housing assistance options through its 50 housing authorities, which manage a total of 349 waiting lists across the state. Currently, 84 of these lists are open, representing a 24% open rate, while 220 lists are closed. Key programs with open lists include Public Housing, with 17 of its 50 lists accepting applications, and Project-Based Vouchers (PBV), which has 6 open lists out of 38. For applicants seeking specialized housing, State Elderly Housing has both of its 2 lists open, and Congregate Housing has 2 open lists out of 3. Other programs like Mainstream and Family Housing currently have no open lists.

The availability of assistance varies by location and program. Danbury's Housing Authority stands out with 7 open lists. Hartford has 3 open lists across its 3 housing authorities, while Bridgeport and Canton each have 1 open list. For many Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) statewide, a centralized waitlist manages Elderly/Disabled housing applications, simplifying the process for this demographic. However, Hartford, New Haven, and Bridgeport operate independently, requiring separate applications for their programs. Other open opportunities include specific programs such as one open Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) list out of 50, a LIHTC (Low-Income Housing Tax Credit) list, Assisted Living programs (with 5 open lists), and several Below Market Rate (BMR) and Workforce Housing options, each having multiple open lists. Veterans may find assistance through one open VASH list.

Prospective applicants should actively monitor individual housing authority lists, as their status can change. For example, the Waterbury Housing Authority recently changed its Public Housing list from open to closed, while the Housing Authority of the Town of Enfield opened its Public Housing list. The Housing Authority of the City of Danbury also changed a Public Housing list from open to closed, illustrating the dynamic nature of availability. The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) serves as the state's housing agency and is a key resource. Focusing efforts on the 84 currently open lists, particularly for programs like Public Housing, PBV, State Elderly Housing, and various Elderly/Disabled options, can improve the chances of securing affordable housing assistance.

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The affordable housing programs tracked in Connecticut include Public Housing (17 open), Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) (2 open), Project-Based Vouchers (PBV) (5 open), Mainstream (1 open), RAD (2 open), VASH (1 open). Each program has its own eligibility criteria, application process, and wait times. In most cases, applicants can apply to multiple program types at the same housing authority, and there is no limit to the number of housing authorities you can apply to statewide.

The cities with the most open waitlists in Connecticut right now are Stamford (34), Storrs (12), Enfield (10), Seymour (10), and Danbury (9) . Applicants who are flexible about location will generally receive assistance sooner than those who apply to a single waitlist in a high-demand area.

Latest opening: Housing Authority of the City of New Britain — Public Housing (closes Jun 5, 2026)

Eligibility Requirements for Connecticut

To qualify for assistance in Connecticut, applicants must meet specific income and household criteria set by the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA).

  • Income: Below HUD local limits
  • Citizenship: U.S. Citizen or eligible legal status
  • Background: Criminal background check required
  • Residency: Preferences often given to locals

Real-Time Data Verification

Section 8 Waitlist aggregates data from official Connecticut legal notices, government press releases, and PHA portal updates. Every listing is cross-referenced with Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) to ensure that families receive accurate information for low-income programs.

Browse by City in Connecticut

449 results

Canton Housing Authority

Canton, Connecticut · CT068

Elderly and Disabled Housing ● Public Housing ● HCV ● other ● PBV ● LIHTC ● Family Housing ●

City of Hartford Housing Authority

Hartford, Connecticut · CT051

Public Housing ● RAD ● Mainstream ● HCV ● PBV ● VASH ● FUP ●

Connecticut Department of Housing

Hartford, Connecticut · CT901

Public Housing ● PBV ● other ● Rental Assistance Program (RAP) ● RAP ● HCV ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

East Hartford Housing Authority

East Hartford, Connecticut · CT013

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Hamden Housing Authority

Hamden, Connecticut · CT042

Other ● Congregate ● Congregate Housing ● Congregate Living ● State Elderly/Disabled Housing Program ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Elderly/Disabled Housing Program ● Elderly/Disabled Housing ● Mainstream ● Elderly Housing ● PBV ● RAD ● other ● Affordable Housing ●

Housing Authority Of The City Of Norwalk

Norwalk, Connecticut · CT002

Other ● Workforce Housing ● Affordable Housing ● PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ● Mainstream ● Emergency Housing Voucher ●

Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Connecticut · CT001

Public Housing ● PBV ● HCV ● Mainstream ●

Housing Authority of the City of Danbury

Danbury, Connecticut · CT020

State Elderly Housing ● Senior Housing ● Danbury Commons Senior Housing ● other ● PBV ● Elderly Housing ● State Elderly Housing (Glen Apartments) ● Federal Elderly Housing ● Federal Elderly (Putnam Towers and Wooster Manor) ● Danbury Commons Apartments ● Family Housing ● Mainstream ● HCV ● Moderate Rental & Fairfield Ridge Housing ● Public Housing ● RAD ●

Housing Authority of the City of Hartford

Hartford, Connecticut · CT003

Public Housing ● RAD ● Mainstream ● PBV ● HCV ● VASH ●

Housing Authority of the City of New Britain

New Britain, Connecticut · CT005

Public Housing ● HCV ● RAD ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the City of New Haven

New Haven, Connecticut · CT004

Mainstream ● Public Housing ● RAD ● PBV ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the City of Stamford

Stamford, Connecticut · CT007

Below Market Rate / Workforce Housing ● Below Market Rate ● Workforce Housing (WFH) ● Other (Residential Care Home) ● Other (Senior Congregate Housing) ● Other (Below Market Rate) ● Other (Workforce Housing) ● Other ● Residential Care Home - Scofield Manor ● Senior Congregate Housing - Wormser Congregate ● Below Market Rate (BMR) ● other (Workforce Housing) ● BMR (Below Market Rate) ● Workforce Housing / BMR ● Residential Care Home ● Senior Congregate Housing ● Other (Summer Place/Straight Tax Credit) ● Residential Care Home (Scofield Manor) ● BMR ● Other (Below Market Rate Housing) ● LIHTC (Low-Income Housing Tax Credit) ● LIHTC ● Workforce Housing ● Other (LIHTC) ● Public Housing ● Tax Credit ● Senior Congregate Housing (Wormser Congregate) ● BMR (Point Rock) ● BMR (Sono Pearl) ● other (Tax Credit) ● other (Residential Care Home) ● other (Senior Congregate Housing) ● other (Below Market Rate) ● WFH ● other ● PBV ● Workforce Housing (The Curb and One Glover) ● HCV ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

Housing Authority of the Town of Brooklyn

Putnam, Connecticut · CT066

HCV ● Public Housing ● Affordable Housing - St. Onge Apartments ● Affordable Housing - Sunny Acres Apartments ● Affordable Housing - Crabtree Apartments ● Affordable Housing - Sunny Acres ● PBV ● Affordable Housing ● Affordable Housing (Crabtree Apartments) ● Affordable Housing (Crabtree, St. Onge) ● Affordable Housing (New Roxbury Village) ● Affordable Housing (St. Onge Apartments) ● Affordable Housing (Sunny Acres) ● Other Affordable Housing ● Affordable Housing - Upper Village Apartments ● RAD ●

Housing Authority of the Town of Enfield

Enfield, Connecticut · CT008

RAD ● Congregate Housing Program ● Public Housing ● VASH ● Congregate ● Elderly/Disabled Housing ● Congregate Program ● PBV ● Congregate Housing ● Other ● Moderate Rental Housing ● Moderate Rental Program ● Elderly/Disabled Housing Program ● Elderly/Disabled Program ● Elderly/Disabled ● Mainstream ● Moderate Rental Housing Program ● Moderate Rental ● HCV ● other ●

Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour

Seymour, Connecticut · CT035

Assisted Living (State PILOT/LIHTC) ● Affordable Housing ● Assisted Living (Smithfield Gardens) ● Assisted Living ● Assisted Living / LIHTC ● Assisted Living (PILOT/LIHTC) ● Assisted Living - Smithfield Gardens ● Other ● Other (Assisted Living) ● other ● Public Housing ● Rental Assistance Program (RAP Certificates) ● RAP ● Moderate Rental ● State Moderate Rental Housing ● Elderly Housing (Federal) ● PBV ● Elderly (Federal) Housing ● Moderate Rental (State) Housing ● Moderate Rental Housing ● HCV ● Federal Elderly Housing ● Mainstream ● RAD ●

Killingly Housing Authority

Danielson, Connecticut · CT061

LIHTC ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ● HCV ● PBV ● RAD ●

Mansfield Housing Authority

Storrs, Connecticut · CT038

Affordable Housing ● Mixed Income ● Other ● PBV ● Other (Mixed Income - Eagleville Green) ● other ● Other (Eagleville Green) ● Eagleville Green (Mixed Income Property) ● Mixed-Income ● Mixed Income Property ● Other (Holinko Estates - State Financed) ● Mixed Income Housing ● HCV ● Holinko Estates (Family - Moderate Income Housing) ● Public Housing ● Wright's Village ● Mainstream ● Other (Moderate Income Housing - Holinko Estates) ● Wright's Village (Elderly/Disabled Housing) ● RAD ● Holinko Estates (Family – Moderate Income Housing) ● Wrights Village ● Other (Wright's Village) ● Holinko Estates ●

Middletown Housing Authority

Middletown, Connecticut · CT009

PBV ● State Moderate Program ● Public Housing ● HCV ● State Moderate Program - 2 & 3 Bedroom Units ●

Plainfield Housing Authority

Plainfield, Connecticut · CT058

Senior Housing ● Public Housing ● RAD ● HCV ● PBV ●

Putnam Housing Authority

Putnam, Connecticut · CT024

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Affordable Housing ● Affordable Housing - St. Onge Apartments ● Affordable Housing - New Roxbury Village ● Affordable Housing - Sunny Acres ● RAD ● Mainstream ● Affordable Housing - Crabtree Apartments ●

Torrington Housing Authority

Torrington, Connecticut · CT031

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Willimantic Housing Authority

Willimantic, Connecticut · CT010

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Winchester Housing Authority

Winsted, Connecticut · CT025

State Elderly Housing ● CHAMP ● State Elderly Housing (Chapter 667) ● State Elderly (Chapter 667) ● State Elderly Chapter 667 ● State Family Housing ● Public Housing ● HCV ● FSS ●

Windsor Locks Housing Authority

Windsor Locks, Connecticut · CT032

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Bloomfield Housing Authority

Bloomfield, Connecticut · CT056

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Derby Housing Authority

Derby, Connecticut · CT017

Public Housing ● State Elderly/Disabled Housing ● HCV ● Senior/Disabled Housing ● PBV ●

East Haven Housing Authority

East Haven, Connecticut · CT063

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Fairfield Housing Authority

Fairfield, Connecticut · CT052

Tenant Based Rental Assistance ● Mainstream ● TBRA ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) ● HCV ●

Farmington Housing Authority

Farmington, Connecticut · CT041

Senior Housing (Maple Village) ● Maple Village (Senior Housing) ● Senior Housing ● RAD ● Public Housing ● Maple Village ● Cooperative Ownership Program ● PBV ● Mainstream ● HCV ● Other ● Other - Cooperative Ownership Program ● Cooperative Ownership ● Other - Maple Village ●

Greenwich Housing Authority

Greenwich, Connecticut · CT019

LIHTC (Armstrong Court Phase IV) ● State Moderate - Adams Gardens McKinney Terrace I ● Affordable Housing (Low Income Housing Tax Credit) ● State Moderate - McKinney Terrace II ● Housing Tax Credit ● LIHTC - Armstrong Court (Accessible Units) ● Low Income Housing Tax Credit ● RAD ● Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) ● Other - State Moderate ● State Moderate Housing ● State Moderate Housing (McKinney Terrace II) ● State Moderate (McKinney Terrace II) ● LIHTC (Family - Armstrong Court Phase IV) ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Private Market ● Family Housing ● Private Market Family Units ● Private Market (Town Hall Annex) ● LIHTC (Armstrong Court Phase IV - 3 Bedroom) ● LIHTC (Armstrong Court Phase IV - 2 Bedroom) ● LIHTC - Armstrong Court Phase IV (3 Bedroom) ● LIHTC - Armstrong Court Phase IV (2 Bedroom) ● Family Housing - Adams Gardens McKinney Terrace I ● Private Market - Adams Gardens II ● other ● Other (State Moderate) ● LIHTC ● Other (Private Market) ● Other (State Moderate - McKinney Terrace II) ● Senior- Disabled ● State Moderate ● LIHTC - Accessible Unit (Armstrong Court) ● LIHTC (Accessible Unit) ● HCV ● Other ● Private Market - Town Hall Annex ●

Housing Authority of the City of Ansonia

Ansonia, Connecticut · CT015

State Elderly ● PBV ● HCV ● Public Housing ●

Housing Authority of the City of Bristol

Bristol, Connecticut · CT023

Congregate Housing ● other ● Family State Housing ● Family State Housing Program (1, 2, and 3-Bedroom) ● PBV ● Mainstream ● HCV ● Public Housing ● Congregate Housing (Komanetsky Estates Senior) ● Congregate Housing - Komanetsky Estates Senior ● Family State Housing Program ●

Housing Authority of the City of Meriden

Meriden, Connecticut · CT011

State Moderate Income Program ● State Moderate Income Housing Program ● other ● Community Towers ● State Moderate Income ● Other ● Public Housing ● Mainstream ● Moderate Income Housing Program ● Other - State Moderate Income program ● PBV ● HCV ●

Housing Authority of the Town of Glastonbury

Glastonbury, Connecticut · CT040

HCV ● Public Housing ● RAD ●

Housing Authority of the Town of Stratford

Stratford, Connecticut · CT027

State Moderate Rental Program ● Other Senior ● Public Housing ● State Elderly Rental Housing Program ● HCV ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the Town of West Hartfor

West Hartford, Connecticut · CT039

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

Housing Authority of the Town of Windsor

Windsor, Connecticut · CT048

other ● NED ● SRAP ● HCV ● PBV ● Other ● NED (Non-Elderly Disabled) ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ● RAD ●

Manchester Housing Authority

Manchester, Connecticut · CT026

Congregate Senior ● Congregate ● Public Housing ● Congregate housing ● Congregate Senior housing ● HCV ● Congregate Senior Housing ● Congregate Housing ● J. D'Amelia Program ●

Milford Redevelopment and Housing Partnership

Milford, Connecticut · CT030

HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ● Elderly/Non-Elderly Disabled Housing ● Family Housing ●

Naugatuck Housing Authority

Naugatuck, Connecticut · CT047

Other ● PBV ● HCV ● Other Senior ● RAD ● Senior ● Public Housing ● Other Senior and Disabled ●

New London Housing Authority

New London, Connecticut · CT022

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ● Mainstream ● Senior/Disabled Housing ●

Newington Housing Authority

Newington, Connecticut · CT049

Senior and Disabled Housing ● Other Senior and Disabled Housing ● Public Housing ● Other ● Mainstream ● Other Senior and Disabled Rental Assistance ● HCV ● Other (Senior and Disabled) ● other ● Other Senior and Disabled ● PBV ● RAD ●

Norwich Housing Authority

Norwich, Connecticut · CT018

Public Housing ● HCV ●

Portland Housing Authority

Portland, Connecticut · CT036

PBV ● Public Housing ● HCV ● State Program ● State Program (Quarry Heights) ●

South Windsor Housing Authority

South Windsor, Connecticut · CT033

RAD ● Mainstream ● Public Housing ● HCV ● PBV ●

Vernon Housing Authority

Vernon, Connecticut · CT028

Elderly Congregate Living Center ● Public Housing ● Other - Congregate Living Center (Pitkat) ● Other ● Pitkat Congregate Living Center ● Congregate Housing ● PBV ● HCV ● Other (Elderly Congregate Living Center) ●

Wallingford Housing Authority

Wallingford, Connecticut · CT067

Mainstream ● PBV ● State Elderly/Disabled Housing ● HCV ● State Elderly/Disabled Housing Program ● Public Housing ● State Elderly/Disabled Housing (0-Bedroom) ● State Elderly/Disabled Housing (McKenna Court) ● State Family Housing ● other ● State Elderly/Disabled Housing (1-Bedroom) ● State Elderly/Disabled ●

Waterbury Housing Authority

Waterbury, Connecticut · CT006

HCV ● Public Housing ● PBV ●

West Haven Housing Authority

West Haven, Connecticut · CT029

Mainstream ● Senior Housing ● HCV ● PBV ● Public Housing ● other ●

Wethersfield Housing Authority

Wethersfield, Connecticut · CT053

Mainstream ● Elderly/Disabled Affordable Housing ● HCV ● Public Housing ●

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