Rochester Housing Authority

Closed: Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans and Wayne County, New York Section 8 HCV

The Rochester Housing Authority (RHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from December 9, 2019, until December 22, 2019. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

1. Rochester Housing Authority Participants terminated due to insufficient funding; 30 points.
2. Involuntarily displaced from permanent residence by a Federal government action or whose dwelling has been extensively damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster declared or otherwise formally recognized pursuant to Federal disaster relief laws; 30 points.
3. Live, work or have been hired to work within the Rochester Housing Authority’s jurisdiction; 20 points
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 points.
5. 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; 1 point.

For more information, visit the RHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the Rochester Housing Authority website.

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 06/07/2020.

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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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Closed: 1 and 2-Bedroom Public Housing

The Rochester Housing Authority (RHA) Public Housing waiting list for 1 and 2-Bedroom apartments is currently closed. It is not known when this waiting list was last open, or when it will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It is not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information visit the RHA Public Housing page, or the RHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the Rochester Housing Authority on February 23, 2020.

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 02/25/2021.

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