WISCONSIN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (WHEDA)

HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM

ICS administers rental assistance for the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA). The assistance available through the WHEDA program functions very similarly to the BCHA program, but they are separate programs. Both are called the Housing Choice Voucher Program (also known as Section 8).

While the programs are very similar, there are a few noteworthy differences:

• There are no waiting list preferences for WHEDA. Applicants are pulled from the waiting list solely by application date and time.

  • The exception to this is Brown County WHEDA:

    • Waiting list preference is by homeless or not homeless, then application date and time. The applicant does not need to live in Brown County to be placed on the homeless waiting list.

• There are less vouchers available through WHEDA than in the BCHA program.

• WHEDA does not offer the Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) or Homeownership programs.

• The Payment Standards for WHEDA are different from the BCHA HCV program Payment Standards

- CLICK HERE TO VIEW WHEDA PROGRAM PAYMENT STANDARD AND UTILITY ALLOWANCE INFORMATION -

Counties that ICS administers WHEDA’s rental assistance for:

Adams - Brown - Burnett - Calumet - Columbia - Dane - Eau Claire - Florence - Forest

Iron - Jefferson - Kewaunee - Langlade - Manitowoc - Oconto - Oneida - Ozaukee

Price - Rusk - Sauk - Sheboygan - Taylor - Vilas - Washburn - Washington

Additionally, ICS administers Project Based Vouchers in three cities:

Hartford, WI - Harthaven, Washington Heights, and Hartford Heights

Manitowoc, WI - River Hill

Oconto, WI - Okato Manor

- CLICK HERE TO VIEW PROGRAM INCOME LIMITS BY COUNTY -

Pick up an application at our office, or download below.

** Please note: Emailed applications MUST be in PDF format. ICS will NOT accept photos/images of forms.