Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority

The Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The RRHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from August 15, 2022, until August 19, 2022.  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. Applications were submitted online; paper applications were not accepted. 

This waiting list had the following preferences: 

• Elderly/ Disabled Family.
• Families who pay 40% of their income towards rent.
• Mainstream non-elderly persons with disabilities who are transitioning out of institutional or other segregated settings, at serious risk of institutionalization, homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless.
• Family Unification Program Families for whom the lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in the imminent placement of the family’s child, or children, in out of home care; or the delay in the discharge of the child, or children, to the family from out-of-home care; and youth at least 18 years and not more than 24 years of age (have not reached their 25th birthday), who left foster care, or will leave foster care within 90 days, in accordance with a transition plan described in Section 475(5)(H) of the Social Security Act and are homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless at age 16 or older.
• Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH).
• Persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are in the target population of Virginia’s Olmstead Settlement Agreement with DOJ; 10 HCV Vouchers are set-aside to serve individuals meeting this preference.
• RRHA will offer a preference to families that include victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who have either been referred by a partnering service agency or consortia or is seeking an emergency transfer under VAWA from RRHA’s public housing program or other covered housing program operated by RRHA.

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the RRHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RRHA public notice on August 8, 2022.

The Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) Public Housing waiting list for apartments at Indian Rock Village is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from December 7, 2020, until December 18, 2020.

• Indian Rock Village is located at 2034 Indian Village Lane, S.E. Roanoke, Virginia 24013.
• Jamestown Place is located at 1533 Pike Lane, S.E. Roanoke, Virginia 24014.

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

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the RRHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RRHA website on December 10, 2020.

The Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) Public Housing waiting list for 2-Bedroom apartments at Scattered Sites is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from December 7, 2020, until December 18, 2020. 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.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the RRHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RRHA website on December 10, 2020.

The Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) last accepted Public Housing waiting list applications for Studio apartments at Melrose Towers Apartments from October 16, 2023, until October 27, 2023. This is the first time the waiting list has been open since it closed in March, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Complete the online application.
2. Pick up an application from the RHA management office.

Preferences have not been confirmed.

It was not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the RRHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RRHA facebook notice on March 6, 2023.

The Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) last accepted Public Housing waiting list applications for 2, 3 and 4-Bedroom apartments at Lansdowne Park Development Apartments from November 27, 2023, until December 15, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

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

1. Complete the online application.
2. Pick up an application in person at City of Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It was not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the RRHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RRHA public notice on September 13, 2023.

The Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) last accepted Public Housing waiting list applications for 3 and 4-Bedroom apartments at Jamestown Place Apartments from February 19, 2024, until February 23, 2024. This is the first time the waiting list has been open since it closed in December, 2020.

This waiting list was for the following property:

• Jamestown Place

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

1. Complete the online application.
2. Pick up an application at the Jamestown Place Management office.

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

1. Returned to the Jamestown Management office.

Preferences have not been confirmed.

It was not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the RRHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RRHA public notice on February 15, 2024.

The Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) last accepted Public Housing waiting list applications for 2, 3 and 4-bedroom apartments at Villages at Lincoln Apartments from April 8, 2024, until April 12, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

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

1. Complete the online application.
2. Pick up an application from the Villages at Lincoln Management Office.

Once the paper application was completed, it was to be: Returned to the Villages at Lincoln Management Office.

Preferences have not been confirmed.

It was not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the RRHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RRHA official Facebook public notice on March 27, 2024.

The Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) last accepted Senior and Disabled Public Housing waiting list applications for Studio and 1-Bedroom apartments at Morningside Manor from November 6, 2023, until November 10, 2023. This waiting list was last open in January, 2020. There is no notice when this waitlist will reopen.

This waiting list was for the following property:

• Morningside Manor, located in Roanoke, Virginia.

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

1. Complete the online application.
2. Pick up an application from the RRHA management office.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

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

For more information, visit the RRHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the RRHA public notice on November 7, 2023.