Vacant Rental Program

The Vacant Rental Program (“VRP”) is a grant program funded by the State of New York and administered by the Housing Trust Fund Corporation’s (HTFC) Office of Community Renewal (OCR), to support repairs and rehabilitation of vacant rental units and other vacant spaces to increase the supply of critically needed apartments for low- and moderate-income renters outside of New York City. The program aims to help owners of rental properties bring vacant units and spaces in small-scale properties back into productive use to create safe, quality, and affordable long-term rental units. FCCHC is the Local Program Administrator for the VRP in Franklin County.

Interested property owners should complete the application linked below and return it to the Franklin County Community Housing Council following the directions provided on the last page of the application. Questions regarding the Vacant Rental Program can be sent to VRP@thefcchc.com.

All new applications to participate in the Vacant Rental Program are being waitlisted while the FCCHC works to process applications that have already been received. Interested property owners are encouraged to submit their application to be placed on our waitlist.