OPEN: Watervliet Housing Authority is currently open and does not have a predetermined closing date.

The Watervliet Housing Authority (WHA) is currently accepting Public Housing waiting list pre-applications for families and senior/disabled households.The WHA offers three three senior/disabled communities with 306 units, and four family communities located throughout Watervliet, NY.To apply for the Green Island senior community, download and print the pre-application online here.To apply for all other Public Housing communities, download and print the pre-application online here.Once the pre-application has been completed, it can be hand delivered or mailed to the WHA office, located at 2400 Second Ave., Watervliet, NY 12189, from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm ET, Monday-Friday.The following preferences have been identified: a local veteran, or disabled.Important note: Applicants will receive a confirmation number when either applying, or being placed on the waiting list, depending on housing authority policy. It is important to keep that number in a safe, easy to access place. It will be needed any time when referencing your pre-application with the housing authority.If any of your application information changes from the time you submitted the original pre-application (such as contact information, income, and household members), inform the housing authority immediately. In the case that the office sends a notice that does not get returned, or if application information is out of date, your name may be terminated from the waiting list. Please contact the housing authority to find out its policy on updating pre-application information.For more information, visit the WHA website, or call the office at (518) 273-4717.