The not-for-profit North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) has announced it will open the application waiting list Feb. 5 for a low-income rent-assistance program.The waiting list is online at www.necac.org and can be accessed by any device.NECAC covers Lewis, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, Randolph, Shelby and Warren counties and the Vandalia/Farber area where the agency contractually administers the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 Voucher Rent-Assistance Program. The waiting list was closed Jan. 31, 2017, after being open for almost three years.“We have currently exhausted our waiting list and we need new applicants to issue rent-assistance vouchers to as early as April 2018,” said NECAC Section 8 Rent-Assistance Programs Director Dianna Clair. “The waiting list gives preference points to the families who live and work in our jurisdiction and also for elderly and disabled applicants. The applicants will need to provide valid documentation to receive a preference.”The program provides rent payments, for low to moderate-income residents. NECAC makes rent-subsidy payments directly to private landlords for income-qualifying families and individuals on houses, apartments or mobile homes.NECAC