Village of Ossining Section 8 Housing is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Village of Ossining Section 8 Housing manages several funded programs and has a total of 60 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Village of Ossining Section 8 Housing administered a total of 31 Section 8 Vouchers. Village of Ossining Section 8 Housing currently has Section 8 as its program type. Village of Ossining Section 8 Housing is located at 16 Croton Ave. 1st Flr, Ossining, NY, 10562 and serves the city of Ossining. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Village of Ossining Section 8 Housing at, (914)941-0751 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

Early 17th century Dutch maps of the Hudson River Valley show an Indian village, whose inhabitants were part of the Mohegan Tribe, named Sint Sinck. That phrase, when translated, means stone upon stone and refers to the extensive beds of limestone found in the southern part of the village.

In 1685, the Sint Sincks sold their land to Frederick Philipse who incorporated it into his land holdings known as the Manor of Philipsburg. The Manor comprised of about 165, acres and extended from Spuyten Duyvil Creek at the tip of Manhattan on the south to the Croton River just north of the Village of Ossining. The land was leased to tenant farmers of Dutch, French, and English origin.

The area remained with the family until the end of the Revolution when the last Lord of the Manor, Colonel Frederick Philipse, was imprisoned for being a British loyalist. His land was confiscated by the Commissioners of Forfeiture of the new State of New York and sold at auction. Many of the farms were sold to the tenant farmers who had work them, especially those who had supported the American cause. At this time the area became known as Sing Sing.

As the eighteenth century drew to a close, the Sing Sing hamlet became a successful port where local farm produce was shipped to New York City from docks at the mouth of today.s Kill Brook and Sparta Brook.

On April 2, 1813, Sing Sing became the first incorporated village in Westchester County to be state chartered.

In 1825, construction of Sing Sing Prison began. Native granite was used to build the first cellblock. Commerce and industry flourished throughout the 18.s. The industrial growth included a shoe factory and a stove foundry, both of which relied on convict labor. As the prison became notorious, the village tried to distance itself from the prison.s harsh reputation and changed its name to Ossining on March 25, 191.