Amsterdam Housing Authority is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Amsterdam Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 265 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Amsterdam Housing Authority administered a total of 480 Section 8 Vouchers. Amsterdam Housing Authority currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Amsterdam Housing Authority is located at 52 Division St., Amsterdam, NY, 12010 and serves the city of Amsterdam. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Amsterdam Housing Authority at, (518)842-2894 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

The Amsterdam Housing Authority Section 8 Rental Assistance Programs are designed to provide decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing to low income families in private housing throughout the community. The Section 8 rental assistance programs are a three-way partnership between the Amsterdam Housing Authority, the family and the landlord of the housing unit.

The Housing Authority shall at all times develop and operate each project solely for the purpose of providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing for eligible families in a manner that promotes serviceability, economy, efficiency, and stability of the projects, and the economic and social well-being of the Tenants.