Reading Housing Authority (RHA) is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Reading Housing Authority (RHA) manages several funded programs and has a total of 1,617 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Reading Housing Authority (RHA) administered a total of 604 Section 8 Vouchers. Reading Housing Authority (RHA) currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Reading Housing Authority (RHA) is located at 400 Hancock Boulevard, Reading, PA, 19611 and serves the city of Reading. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Reading Housing Authority (RHA) at, (610)775-4813 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

Reading Housing Authority (RHA) is a Public Housing Agency that is organized under the laws of Pennsylvania, and whose primary contract is with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The agency was organized in 1939 under the U.S. Housing Act in order to meet the housing needs of residents of the City of Reading, many of whom who could not otherwise afford housing that was decent and safe. The agency continues to seek that end today, by offering quality, affordable housing options and opportunities for the families that are served.

The agency operates several different programs in order to meet its goals. Affordable rents for income-eligible individuals and families are found in the agency's 1600 public housing apartments and townhouses that are located in 8 different developments throughout the City of Reading. Through the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program, more than 600 city residents are assisted in paying their rent to private landlords. In its Homeownership programs, participants are able to purchase a house in the City of Reading by utilizing short and long-term assistance with budgeting and rent/mortgage payments. In our two privately owned (non-‘subsidized') locations, townhouses are available for those with moderate incomes.