Rochester Area, New York Section 8 Voucher Waiting List

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.