Rockland County to Hold Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) Lottery

By Rockland Daily Staff

Rockland County Department of Social Services (RCDSS) will hold an online Housing Choice Voucher Program lottery for specialized programs from 8:00 a.m. on Monday, May 13, until Friday, May 24, at 5:00 p.m. 

There are six separate lotteries which will be conducted simultaneously and will result in six separate lists. Applications will not be provided or accepted at any RCDSS office. Only one application per household will be accepted. If multiple applications are received for same household, both will be void. 

Lotteries are for the following locations.

• Youngblood Senior Housing Building Wait List: There are ten units within this complex on a Project-Based Voucher Contract located at 201 N. Main Street, Spring Valley. (100 applicants randomly chosen to form a list)
  

To be eligible for a voucher or for this Wait List, a person must be 62 years of age or older.

• Walnut Hills Senior Housing Wait List visit: There are 94 units within this complex involved with the Project Based contract located on Route 9W in West Haverstraw. (200 applicants randomly chosen to form a list)
  

To be eligible for a voucher or for this Wait List, a person must be 62 years of age or older.

• Depew Manor Senior Housing: There are 45 units within this complex involved with the Project Based contract  located on Depew Avenue in Nyack  (100 applicants randomly chosen to form a list) 

To be eligible for a voucher or for this Wait List, a person must be 62 years of age or older. 

• Spring Valley Preservation:  There are 58 units within this complex involved with the Project Based voucher contract located at Lakeview Village and Highview Apartments, Spring Valley (100 applicants randomly chosen to form a list). 
  

There is no age requirement as some units are for 62+ and some units are 1-5 Bedrooms.              

• Spring Valley Site III: There are 15 units within this complex involved with the Project Based voucher contract at 46 N. Madison Avenue in Spring Valley (100 applicants randomly chosen to form a list). 
  

To be eligible for a voucher or for this Wait List, a person must be 62+ years of age or older.

• Mainstream Wait List: Applicants must find their own housing in Rockland County (300 applicants randomly chosen to form a Wait List). Verification of disability and homelessness is required.
  

To be eligible for this application, a person must be under 62 years of age, disabled, and homeless, at risk of homelessness or transitioning out of segregated care

To apply for the wait lists listed below, use this link:  

For more information about income limits and other program requirements, visit here.