Rural Ulster Preservation Company
RUPCO




Rental Assistance: Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Program

Rural Ulster Preservation Company is the local administrator for the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Program in Ulster County. This is federal program provides rental assistance for very low-income families to enable them to choose and lease affordable privately-owned rental housing. RUPCO currently administers 1277 vouchers.

Our wait list re-opened for a 2 week period from March 6, 2006 to March 24, 2006, but is now closed. When our wait list reopens we will advertise in local papers, including the Daily Freeman and on this website.

Program Eligibility

If your income falls at, or below 50% of the Area Median Income (AMI) you would qualify for Housing Choice Voucher Program assistance. When the wait list re-opens you should complete our Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance application, which can be obtained at our office, weekdays between 8:30am and 4:30 pm. Once you have completed your application it should be hand deliver or mailed to our office. Please note households are assisted on a first come first served basis. For households with more than one family member, selection will be based on date and time of pre-application. For single person households, persons who are elderly, disabled, handicapped or displaced will also be selected before other single person households. Please remember to keep us informed, with written notification, of any change in household size, income amount and/or income source.

Income Guidelines

Family Size
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50%AMI $21,500 $24,550 $27,650 $30,700 $33,150 $35,600

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