Public Housing Waiting List

The Vermilion Housing Authority (VHA) waiting list for Public Housing apartments is currently open. Applications are being accepted since at least November, 2020, until further notice.

There are two ways to apply during the opening period:

• Complete the online application here.
• Print the application available here. Select the "Download & Print Application" link.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• Vermilion County Resident
  Has a legal domicile in Vermilion County
• Veteran
  Head of household has served in the United States Armed Forces and who was discharged or released from such service under conditions other than dishonorable
• Working
  Head/Spouse/Co-head work a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week
• Elderly
  Head/Spouse/Co-head is 62 years or older
• Disabled
  Head/Spouse/Co-head is disabled
• Displaced by Natural Disaster
  Fire, flood, earthquake or other federally declared disaster that has caused the unit to be uninhabitable
• Displaced by Domestic Violence
  Displaced by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking

It is not known how selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the HACD website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACD on November 20, 2020.

Service Area

This waiting list is for rental assistance in Allerton, Danville, Fairmount, Georgetown, Hoopeston, and Rossville, Illinois. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (217) 443-0621.