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Housing Choice Voucher Program’s Eastern Shore Waiting List to Open November 10, 2016, to November 17, 2016

Housing Choice Voucher Program’s Eastern Shore Waiting List to Open November 10, 2016, to November 17, 2016
Waiting Lists Will Be Available for Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico and Worcester Counties

NEW CARROLLTON, Md. (October 25, 2016) – The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development today announced that the Housing Choice Voucher Program waiting lists will open for Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico and Worcester counties for the first time since 2009. Applications will be accepted online only from noon on November 10, 2016, through November 17, 2016, at noon.

Preliminary applications must be submitted online at https://www.waitlistcheck.com/MD2673. The application is available in multiple languages. All pre-applicants will have an equal opportunity of being selected. Submission of a pre-application does not guarantee placement on any waiting list. Waiting list placement will be based on a computerized random selection.  Those selected for the waiting list will be reviewed to determine preliminary eligibility and preferences will be applied to determine the final order. As housing vouchers become available, those next on the waiting lists will be contacted to complete a full eligibility application.

Those with special needs may receive assistance completing their online preliminary application on:

  • Monday, November 14, 2016, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
    • Talbot County Library, 100 W. Dover Street, Easton MD 21601
    • Caroline County Library, 100 Market Street, Denton MD 21629
  • Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
    • Kent County Library, 408 High Street, Chestertown MD 21620
    • Somerset County Library, 11767 Beechwood Street, Princess Anne MD 21853
    • Wicomico County Library, 122 S. Division Street, Salisbury MD 21801
    • Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Eastern Shore Office, 503 Race Street, Cambridge MD 21613
  • Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
    • Worcester County Library, 307 N. Washington Street, Snow Hill MD  21863

The Housing Choice Voucher Program is the federally funded, locally administered rental assistance program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly and persons with disabilities to afford decent, safe and sanitary housing in the private market. The department administers the program for several counties on the Eastern Shore and in Western Maryland. Other counties in Maryland maintain their own programs and waiting lists.

Eligibility for a housing voucher is determined based on a family’s total annual gross income and is limited to United States citizens and specified categories of non-citizens who have eligible immigration status. In general, the family’s income may not exceed 50% of the median income for the county or metropolitan area in which the family resides.

For more information, visit http://dhcd.maryland.gov/Residents/Pages/HousingChoice/. To check the status of an application, visit https://www.waitlistcheck.com.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Sara Luell, Director of Communications, sara.luell@maryland.gov