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Rockland County NY Mainstream Waiting List

Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program (HCV)
Mainstream Housing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Voucher Program & the Yongblood Senior Housing Waiting Lists
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Accepting Applications

Waiting list open: July 19, 2021 at 6:00 AM
Closing: July 19, 2021 at 5:00 PM
Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV)
Online open enrollment of Mainstream Lottery
and Youngblood Senior Housing Lottery

The Mainstream Program provides rental assistance through Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers to non-elderly (under 62 years of age), disabled, and homeless or at risk of homelessness or transitioning out of segregated settings.  The purpose of the program is to expand residential choice for Mainstream households while promoting fair housing, ensuring safe and affordable housing, and encouraging self-sufficiency efforts by participant households.  The Mainstream program serves all disabled families, regardless of the type of disability.  There is no preference provided to families with specific types of disabilities.

Apply for Mainstream Voucher

Youngblood Senior Housing

The Youngblood Senior Housing building is located at 201N Main Street in Spring Valley. This lottery is an opportunity to be selected to the building specific wait list with the Rockland Housing Choice Voucher Program. The Rockland Housing Choice Voucher Program is currently serving 10 units in this building. Applicants must be at least 62 years of age to apply for this wait list.

Applications will be submitted online any time between July 19, 2021 at 6:00 AM through July 30, 2021 at 5:00 PM EST.  The Mainstream portal will close on July 30, 2021, following the conclusion of the open enrollment lottery process.  No further applications will be accepted, unless there is a reasonable accommodation granted.

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to the inability to apply during the open enrollment two-week period should contact the Housing Choice Voucher Program to request a Reasonable Accommodation form by calling 845-364-3330 or rocklandhcv@co.rockland.ny.us by 7/30/21 by 5:00 PM EST. Cases will be reviewed on an independent basis and does not guarantee callers an opportunity to apply.  

All applicants will be notified of the lottery results by 9/30/21 via email.

Applicants already on waiting lists for other housing programs must apply separately for either lottery. Applicants will not lose their place on waiting lists with other housing agencies when they apply for assistance in either program.

Apply for Youngblood Senior Housing

Mainstream Housing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Voucher Program

If you are under 62 years of age, disabled and homeless or risk of homeless or transitioning out of segregated settings.

Apply for Mainstream Voucher

Disclaimer

Submission of a lottery application provides an opportunity for applicants to be selected for the Rockland County Mainstream HCV Waiting List. Submission of an application does not guarantee that the applicants will be selected for the HCV List as it is a lottery process. All applicants will be contacted by 9/30/21 notifying is made the list and in what position.

It is the policy of Rockland Housing Choice Voucher Program to comply fully with all Federal, State, and local nondiscrimination laws; the Americans with Disabilities Act; and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations governing Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.  No person shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, familial status, or disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under Rockland Housing Choice Voucher Program.

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Department of Social Services
Dr. Robert L. Yeager Health Center
50 Sanatorium Rd., Building L
Pomona, New York 10970
(845) 364-3330 Fax (845) 364-3222 Joan M. Silvestri
Commissioner
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