Public housing and Housing Choice Vouchers
Detroit Housing Commission
Detroit's public housing agency: the city's public housing communities and its Housing Choice Vouchers.
Public housing agency
Detroit Housing Commission
- Housing Choice Vouchers
- Public housing
- Redevelopment
1301 E. Jefferson Ave, Detroit, MI 48207
(313) 877-8000
How to reach DHC
- Phone
- (313) 877-8000
- Executive Director, named in August 2024
- Arthur Jemison
- Serves
- City of Detroit
- HUD code
- MI001
- Leadership
- Arthur Jemison, Executive Director since August 2024
Programs
- Housing Choice Vouchers The federal voucher program (Section 8) that pays part of the rent for income-eligible families in homes they rent from private landlords.
- Public housing Apartments and homes the commission owns and manages across Detroit.
- Redevelopment Rebuilding its oldest properties with private partners, including a $200 million project on an east side property.
How to get started
- 1 Check the waiting lists Applications open when a list opens; the commission announces them.
- 2 Apply and keep your contact current Families are reached by mail and phone when their name comes up.
- 3 Find a home With a voucher, rent from a landlord who accepts it and passes the inspection.
Questions people ask
How do I get a Housing Choice Voucher in Detroit?
Apply to the Detroit Housing Commission when its waiting list is open, and keep your contact details current so it can reach you.
Other offices Detroiters call
- Public authority Detroit Land Bank Authority
- County office Wayne County Treasurer
- State housing finance agency Michigan State Housing Development Authority
- City utility Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
- Electric and gas utility DTE Energy
- Community action agency Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency
- City department Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department
- Statewide notice system MISS DIG 811
- State licensing bureau Michigan Bureau of Construction Codes