How to Apply

INFORMATION ABOUT APPLYING FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

If you believe you might qualify to participate in the Troy Housing Authority Public Housing: there are 3 ways to apply below.

Future Contact and Follow Up

All future contacts with you will be done by email or mail.

It is your responsibility to keep your contact information current at all times. You may update your contact information by logging into the THA Resident Portal (this requires a registration code that you can request from any of our THA office locations).

You can also Print, complete and drop off your application to any of our THA locations at any time.

In the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Program the contract rent is subsidized with a Project Based Voucher. We calculate 30% of your gross income to determine how much you pay for rent, less any approved HUD deductions such as medical and child care expenses, etc.

If you are 62 years of age or older, the Troy Housing Authority offers two senior apartment complexes through the RAD Program: Conway Court & Kane Apartments.

John F. Kennedy Towers is also a senior apartment complex but is not part of the RAD Program. Tenants still only pay 30% of their adjusted income towards rent. John F. Kennedy Towers requires a separate application. Kennedy Towers Application. (click to download the application)

The Troy Housing Authority also administers Project Based Vouchers at Tapestry on the Hudson. (click to download the application)

THA RAD Locations: Conway Court, Corliss Park, Fallon, Grand Street, Griswold Heights, Kane, Martin Luther King, Phelan Court, PMGA, Sweeney, Taylor

PRE-APPLICATION FORM (For ALL RAD Sites)

If you wish to apply for housing at one of the above RAD sites please download, print and fill out the pre-application form by clicking the box below. Pre-applications are also available online at https://myportal.troyhousing.org/

The pre-application form must be complete in full. Your name, address, phone number and social security number must be filled in correctly. Anytime there is a change of information you must submit an Updated pre-application or we may not be able to contact you. In addition, all family members who will reside in the unit with you must be listed. You must fill in your annual income amount. Many of our programs require certain income levels to qualify. Without this information we cannot determine whether you meet these qualifications.

The pre-application can be filled out online, printed and mailed to 1 Eddy’s Lane, Troy, NY 12180

OR

Dropped off at any Troy Housing Authority site.

ACCESSIBLE UNITS

The THA will make reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, consistent with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988.

The THA shall make its accessible units available to persons who have mobility impairments.

In the event that no mobility-impaired applicants are available, those units shall be assigned to other applicants.

Applicants receiving accessible apartments shall be required to sign an agreement with the THA that shall state that “in the event a mobility impaired applicant becomes available and requires their unit, they shall be reassigned to another suitable unit within the THA”.

INCOME GUIDELINES

Generally, households must be at or below the Very Low Income Limit (50% of Area Median Income based on family size) in order to qualify for admission to our programs.

Tenant Selection & Assignment of Unit

THA will offer only suitable bedroom size units to eligible applicants. An applicant may select to be on the waiting list for more than one appropriate size waiting list as stated in the occupancy standards.

THA sets forth the following Continued Occupancy Standards in order to avoid overcrowding and to prevent the waste of space:

INFORMATION ABOUT APPLYING FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

If you believe you might qualify to participate in the Troy Housing Authority Public Housing: there are 3 ways to apply below.