Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans and Wayne County, New YorkSection 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

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

The Rochester Housing Authority (RHA) will accept Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from May 23, 2024 at 12:00 pm, until June 7, 2024 at 4:00 pm ET. This is the first time the waiting list has been open since it closed in December, 2019

This waiting list has 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 will be placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences

To apply while the waitlist is open, complete the online application that will be 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