News & Events

Upcoming Meeting: Regular Board Meeting

June 6, 2023

Regular Board Meeting Scheduled: June 28, 2023, at noon. 

 

Upcoming Meeting: Planning Committee Meeting

June 6, 2023

Planning Committee Meeting: June 14, 2023; this meeting will start immediately after the Public Housing Committee Meeting. 

You can watch the virtual meeting via this link.

Upcoming Meeting: Finance Committee Meeting

June 6, 2023

Finance Committee Meeting: June 21, 2023, at noon. 

You can watch the virtual meeting via this link.

Upcoming Meeting: Section 8 Committee Meeting

June 6, 2023

Section 8 Committee Meeting: June 21, 2023; this meeting will start immediately after the Finance Committee Meeting. 

 You can watch the virtual meeting via this link.

Upcoming Meeting: Public Housing Committee Meeting

June 6, 2023

Public Housing Committee Meeting:  June 14, 2023, at 12:00 PM

You can watch the virtual meeting via this link.

Rochester Housing Authority Student Receives NYSPHADA College Scholarship

May 2, 2023

Rochester Housing Authority Student Receives NYSPHADA College Scholarship

The scholarship is given to high school seniors living in public or assisted housing at a NYSPHADA member agency

Rochester, NY — The Rochester Housing Authority (RHA) is prou...

Rochester Housing Authority Receives North America Community Visionary Award

April 21, 2023

Rochester Housing Authority receives North America Community Visionary Award

Technology innovation benefits Public Housing residents & housing voucher participants.

Rochester, NY— April 21, 2023 Shawn Burr, Executive Director of the Rochester Hou...

WXXI reported on a housing 1st in NYS. Rochester Housing Authority referred to as RHA, is in the planning stages of a new apartment building with a 1st floor library.

April 10, 2023

WXXI Reporter Brian Sharp, recently reported on the City of Rochester
reviewing a unique Rochester Housing Authority (RHA), housing proposal
with a 1st Floor branch Library. Click here to read his full story.

Executive Director Honored

February 1, 2023

RHAS Executive Director Shawn Burr Honored with National Professional
Development Certification

 

Certificate is Culmination of Rigorous 18-Month Curriculum

Rochester, NY — Rochester Housing Authority’s Executive Director Shawn Burr was recogniz...

RHA ANNOUNCES NEW LANDLORD INCENTIVES DURING PANDEMIC

October 29, 2020

Extension of Program & Two New Incentives Increase Choice for Low-Income Renters

ROCHESTER, N.Y., October 29, 2020 – The Rochester Housing Authority (RHA) announces the extension of their landlord incentive program until July 31, 2021. The program w...

Landlord Incentive Program

October 28, 2020

We are now offering a landlord incentive program that runs until July 31, 2021. Funds are available by Housing and Urban Development to increase participation in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program), also known as Section 8.

We need your help –...

RHA ANNOUNCES INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR LANDLORDS

July 14, 2020

Program Designed to Increase Housing Choice for Low-Income Renters on Federal Assistance

ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 14, 2020 – The Rochester Housing Authority (RHA) announces the introduction of a landlord incentive program that runs until October 1, 20...

ROCHESTER HOUSING AUTHORITY ANNOUNCES RENT RELIEF MEASURES

April 20, 2020

Section 8 and Public Housing Residents Impacted by Coronavirus/COVID-19 Encouraged to Apply

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 20, 2020 – The Rochester Housing Authority (RHA) announced today that residents and participants whose income has been affected by Cor...

PUBLIC HOUSING WAITING LIST GOES DIGITAL

March 10, 2020

New Online Portal Enables 24/7 Application Access 

 ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 10, 2020 – The Rochester Housing Authority (RHA) announced today that Public Housing waiting list applications will now be accepted online at www.rochesterhousing.org/apply....