The Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) score attained by the Albany Housing Authority for the year ending December 31, 2012, ranks it among the best public housing authorities in the country.

The PHAS score is a compilation of a housing authority’s overall performance in the areas of physical plant, financial, management and resident satisfaction. HUD uses the PHAS evaluation to assess its portfolio in order to ascertain whether a public housing authority is providing its residents with safe, decent, affordable housing.