Public housing waiting list:

The Lake County Housing Authority will open its waiting list for public housing scattered sites on April 1. The list has been closed since January 2010 due to an extensive number of applicants. Residents pay 30 percent of their family income for rent. There are 163 scattered site locations. They include: Antioch, Barrington, Beach Park, Gages Lake, Grayslake, Gurnee, Ingleside, Island Lake, Lake Bluff, Lake Villa, Lincolnshire, Lindenhurst, McHenry, Mundelein, Palatine Prairie View, Round Lake, Wadsworth, Wauconda, unincorporated Waukegan, Wildwood and Zion. Applications can be downloaded from www.lakecountyha.org or picked up at: Central Office, 33928 N. Route 45, Grayslake; Northeast HCV Office, 1525 27th St., Suite 101, Zion; Marion Jones Townhomes, 1401 Sherman Ave., North Chicago; Warren Manor, 34425 N. Almond Road, Gurnee; Beach Haven Towers, 730 Golfview Drive, Round Lake Beach. Applications will be accepted through April 30.