Rochester Housing Authority

Closed: Rochester Area, New York Section 8 Voucher

The Rochester Housing Authority (RHA) last accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from May 23, 2024, until June 14, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

1. Previous RHA Housing Choice Voucher participants that were terminated from RHA’s HCV program due to insufficient funding.
2. Applicants involuntary displaced by a government action.
3. Live, work or have been hired to work in Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans and Wayne County, New York.
4. Non-elderly persons with disabilities who are transitioning out of institutional and other segregated settings, at serious risk of institutionalization, homelessness, or of at risk of becoming homeless.
5. Home Ownership Voucher: Families in a RHA public housing development that are participating in the Family Self-Sufficiency program or are designated senior or disabled and have been certified eligible for a home-ownership voucher
6. Community Choice Demonstration Program: Eligible Families in the Community Choice Demonstration program must have at least one child aged 13 and under, living in a census tract with a family poverty rate of 30% or higher.

4,000 selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

To apply while the waitlist was open, applicants were required to complete the online application that was available on the RHA website.

For more information, visit the RHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RHA profile on Minority Reporter website on April 19, 2024.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans and Wayne County, New York.

Last Updated on 06/14/2024.

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Closed: 1-Bedroom Public Housing

The Rochester Housing Authority (RHA) last accepted Public Housing waiting list applications for 1-Bedroom apartments from the earliest confirmed open date of September 1, 2023 until September 18, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

There were three ways to apply while the waitlist was open:

1. Complete the online application.
2. Print the paper application.
3. Apply in person at the RHA Applications Processing Center.

Once the paper application was completed, it was to be either:

1. Mailed to the RHA Application Processing Center.
2. Faxed to the RHA.

Preferences have not been confirmed.

It was not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the RHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RHA public notice on September 6, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Rochester, New York. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 09/18/2023.

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