New York City Housing Authority is a public housing authority in New York, New York. HUD lists the program type as Combined, which means both public housing and Housing Choice Vouchers. HUD reports 122,815 Housing Choice Voucher units. HUD reports 146,033 public housing units. Waiting lists we have checked: Housing Choice Voucher is closed. The contact information on this page is from HUD and is free to read. We do not take applications. Applying to the authority is free.
Each list below is separate. A status is open or closed only when the housing authority’s own page says so. The source link and the date we last read that page are on the card.
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) waitlist is currently closed to new applicants.
Source: www.nyc.gov/site/nycha/section-8/applicants.page
Last verified: October 22, 2026
We have not checked this waitlist yet. We only publish open, closed, or opening soon after a person confirms it on the housing authority’s own website.
Source: section8.fyi/about#how-we-check
Last verified: not yet verified
We do not take the application. The housing authority does. Applying to its waitlist is free.
This is a common checklist, not New York City Housing Authority’s list. Bring what the authority’s application page names. Read the longer notes on papers.
Applying is free. Do not pay a person, a website, or a text message that offers to add you to a waitlist or move you up one. A landlord can charge an ordinary fee to apply for an apartment. That fee is not a fee to join the housing authority’s list.
How to spot a voucher scam. Report one to the HUD Office of Inspector General hotline.
Address, phone, and email are the HUD directory record. They are free to read. We do not sell them or hide them.
HUD lists the program type as Combined, which means both public housing and Housing Choice Vouchers. These counts are units the authority reported to HUD. They are not the number of people on a waitlist.
Source: HUD Public Housing Authorities on Data.gov.
Plain-language notes on the programs this authority runs. They describe the federal programs. They are not this authority’s rules, and they are not legal advice.
A Housing Choice Voucher helps a household pay rent to a private landlord. The household finds the home. The housing authority pays a portion of the rent to the owner. People often call this Section 8.
The voucher is tied to the household, so the household can move to another unit that meets the program rules. The authority’s own page says where the household is allowed to live.
Public housing is an apartment the housing authority owns. The household pays rent based on income, and the authority is the landlord.
A public-housing waiting list is for those apartments. It is a different list from a voucher that can be used with a private landlord.
| Home size | Small Area Fair Market Rent | 90% of that rent | 110% of that rent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio (efficiency) | $3,210 | $2,889 | $3,531 |
| 1 bedroom | $3,380 | $3,042 | $3,718 |
| 2 bedrooms | $3,680 | $3,312 | $4,048 |
| 3 bedrooms | $4,660 | $4,194 | $5,126 |
| 4 bedrooms | $5,100 | $4,590 | $5,610 |
| Home size | Fair Market Rent | 90% of Fair Market Rent | 110% of Fair Market Rent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio (efficiency) | $2,593 | $2,334 | $2,852 |
| 1 bedroom | $2,729 | $2,456 | $3,002 |
| 2 bedrooms | $2,971 | $2,674 | $3,268 |
| 3 bedrooms | $3,760 | $3,384 | $4,136 |
| 4 bedrooms | $4,121 | $3,709 | $4,533 |
| Household | Extremely low (30%) | Very low (50%) | Low (80%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $35,650 | $59,400 | $95,000 |
| 2 people | $40,750 | $67,850 | $108,600 |
| 3 people | $45,850 | $76,350 | $122,150 |
| 4 people | $50,900 | $84,800 | $135,700 |
| 5 people | $55,000 | $91,600 | $146,600 |
| 6 people | $59,050 | $98,400 | $157,450 |
| 7 people | $63,150 | $105,200 | $168,300 |
| 8 people | $67,200 | $111,950 | $179,150 |
This timeline is our own record, from the status file we publish. Each line is a date we verified a list on the authority’s website. A household’s place in line stays with the housing authority.
Housing Choice Voucher marked closed, previously not yet verified.
Source. Read on the housing authority website.
Households can apply to more than one authority. Distance is a straight line from office to office, using the coordinates HUD published.
Yes. Joining a housing authority waitlist is free. New York City Housing Authority does not collect a fee on this website. A message that asks you to pay to be added to the list, or to move up it, is not an application to the housing authority.
New York City Housing Authority has not published a wait time on a page we have checked. The housing authority is the source for how long its own list takes. That time changes.
We have recorded these lists: Housing Choice Voucher (closed). An authority can also run lists we have not checked yet. Its own website is where those lists are named.
Office address from HUD: 90 Church St, New York, NY, 10007. Phone: (212) 306-3000. Email: nycha_gm@nycha.nyc.gov. Website: https://www.nyc.gov.
HUD’s fiscal year 2026 income limits for New York County are on this page. The table covers households of 1 to 8 people at 30, 50, and 80 percent of area median income. Median family income is $104,300. The very-low (50 percent) limit for one person is $59,400. The housing authority decides who qualifies. This copy of the HUD file does not include an effective date.
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If you saw the housing authority’s own page say a waitlist opened or closed, tell us. A person checks that page before we publish anything.