The Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Administrative Offices of the Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb, 310 North Sixth Street, DeKalb, IL, to accept public comment regarding the PHA 2020 Annual Plan, Modifications to the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan and the Public Housing Admissions and Continued Occupancy Plan.  All Plans being modified are available on this site. Written comments can be submitted at requests@dekcohousing.com. If you are a person with disabilities and need an accommodation to access this information, please contact the housing authority main office at 815-758-2692

The Housing Authority is in the process of completing its Annual and 5-Year plan. Please review the draft version and provide any comments to requests@dekcohousing.com.

The Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb will be revising its Admissions & Continued Occupancy Policy [ACOP] for the Public Housing Program. Public review and comments are welcome for consideration. For detailed review click here to access the full document or you can review the summary.

Comments can be sent to requests@dekcohousing.com.

The Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb will be revising its Administrative Plan governing the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Public review and comments are welcome for consideration. Click here to access the full detailed document or you can view the summary.

Comments can be sent to requests@dekcohousing.com.

Effective Thursday October 31, 2019 8:00AM the Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb will officially CLOSE the Housing Choice Voucher/Section 8 Waiting List.  HACD will temporarily close the Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List.  The Housing Authority anticipates re-opening the waiting list during 2020.  No date has been selected at this time. 

The Low-Income Public Housing Waiting List remains open to applicants who are income eligible and who have two (2) or more of our local preferences.  Pre-applications are submitted online at www.dekcohousing.com.  Please read each question carefully and provide the best answer to have a successful pre-application submission.

 Applicants are encouraged to check their pre-application status online at https://www.hmsforweb.com/OWL 

This housing authority does not offer emergency shelter or funding.

For more information on our Port-in process please click here.

Low Income Public Housing 1, 2 & 3 bedroom waiting lists are currently open to applicants that are income eligible AND qualify for 2 or more local preferences.

Applications WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED if the applicant does not qualify for 2 or more local preferences. Click here for a list of preferences.

It is important to the application/waitlist process that all your information is correct and up to date at all times. If anything changes, (ie; mailing address, email address, household members) you MUST contact the Housing Authority in writing to have your application updated to reflect those changes. Send all changes to request@dekcohousing.com

Attached is the Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb holiday schedules.

Click on this 2019 Holiday Schedule for a list of days our offices will be closed for all holidays in 2019.