Troy, New York Mainstream Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Troy Housing Authority (THA) Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from January 21, 2020, until January 31, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note: According to the THA, applicants, "must be a household with a person or persons with disabilities and their families and who have previously experienced homelessness and are currently a client in a Permanent Supportive Housing or Raprid Rehousing project to apply for this program."

There were two ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Print the application online.
2. Pick up an application at any THA location.

Once the application was completed, it must have been either:

1. Hand delivered to Taylor Apartments.
2. Emailed to the THA.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Applicants who live in Troy, New York (including applicants temporarily placed outside the city, through no fault of their own, by Rensselaer County Department of Social Services, whose last permanent address was within the City of Troy, New York).
• Working families and those unable to work due to age (62+) or disability not related to alcohol or substance abuse. Working means documented employment or contracting of 20 hours or more per week that will be reported to the Internal Revenue Service.
• Veterans/Current Military Personnel and their families.
• Families from the jurisdiction of the Troy Housing Authority who have become homeless through no fault of their own and are presently being housed in shelters or motels through assistance from the Rensselaer County Department of Social Services.
• Families of Federally-declared disasters who are Section 8 voucher holders or public housing residents in another jurisdiction will receive preference over the waiting list placeholders.  Other families of Federally-declared disasters (i.e. those who are not Section 8 voucher holders or public housing residents) will receive one admission preference point due to their displacement caused by a Federally-declared disasters.  Other preference points will be granted based on their status prior to the natural disaster.
• Households with a non-elderly person with a disability, at least 18 years old and less than 62 years old, transitioning out of an institutional setting, or at serious risk of institutionalization, or homeless or at risk of being homeless.
• Household with a non-elderly person with a disability, at least 18 years old and less than 62 years old, and their families and who have previously experienced homelessness AND are currently a client in a Permanent Supportive Housing or Rapid Rehousing project.

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

For more information, visit the THA How to Apply page, or the THA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the THA website, as of January 2, 2020.