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Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority

Official application routes, service-area details, contact information, and HUD-reported program data for this Cleveland housing agency.

Independent directory: CalculateBenefits is not CMHA or HUD. Recorded source-check date for the agency-specific details below: 2026-09-29.

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Housing applications and waiting-list registration are free. A third party cannot guarantee approval or move you ahead on a waiting list.

What this agency serves

CMHA serves Cuyahoga County, Ohio, including Cleveland. It manages public housing at more than 60 estates across the county and administers Housing Choice Vouchers usable in private rental housing.

Public Housing (CMHA Properties)
Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8)
Project-Based Vouchers (PBV)
Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS)
Employment services (ACE program)

Housing Choice Voucher application

CMHA's site says it is 'now accepting year-round preliminary applications for Housing Choice Vouchers' and that 'the waiting list will have no closing date.' CMHA picks applicants through random 'mini lotteries' as funding allows; it says your name 'may come up within a few days, or it may take months.' Preliminary applications stay valid for 18 months.

Apply for CMHA's Housing Choice Voucher waiting list →

Public housing application

The agency's site does not state a current open date for CMHA Properties (public housing) waiting lists; check its notices/portal. It says wait times 'vary by bedroom size, type of unit (family vs. high rise) and admission preferences' and that 'an Intake Specialist will contact you once your name reaches the top of the waiting list.'

Apply for a CMHA Properties (public housing) unit →

Contact CMHA before you visit

General inquiries: 216-348-5000
Central office: 8120 Kinsman Road, Cleveland, OH 44104-3101

Housing Choice Voucher line: 216-431-1471

Published hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

CMHA's Main Campus is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call before you go. To ask for a disability-related accommodation, contact CMHA's Reasonable Accommodations team at [email protected] or 216-271-2996, or submit Form RA-1L/2L (public housing) or RA-1H/2H (vouchers).

Before and after you apply

Apply for Housing Choice Vouchers through CMHA's online portal — preliminary applications stay valid for 18 months.
CMHA picks applicants through random 'mini lotteries,' so your wait could be days or months.
Contact CMHA about any address or information changes so you don't lose your place on a waiting list.
A local preference can move you up a public housing list, but 'a preference does not guarantee admission.'
To ask for a disability accommodation, submit Form RA-1L/2L (public housing) or RA-1H/2H (vouchers), or call 216-271-2996 — CMHA notes the process can be delayed if your verifier is slow to respond.

HUD-reported assistance

16,007HUD-reported voucher units

14,476Voucher units reported in use

5,009HUD-reported public housing units

3,281Occupied public housing units

These figures are HUD reporting-data snapshots, not a count of openings. Equal inventory and occupied counts do not prove that no future opening is possible. Waiting-list status comes from CMHA, not this dataset.

HUD public housing designation: Standard Performer. Standard Performer means the agency met HUD's overall and individual-indicator minimums but did not qualify as a High Performer. It is an operating assessment, not a customer-review rating.

HUD directory dataset retrieved 2026-07-20; record last updated 2026-04-07. Read the data methods and limitations.