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- ii a y, ca of ur SIL NY. Noe 0rd) Ie TOWN OF AURORA 575 Oakwood Avenue, East Aurora, NY 14052 www.townofaurorany. gov July 16, 2026 Hon. RuthAnne Visnauskas Commissioner/CEO New York State Homes and Community Renewal Hampton Plaza, 38-40 State Street Albany, NY 12207 Dear Commissioner Visnauskas, | write as Supervisor of the Town of Aurora to support the designation of The Rural Outreach Center, Inc. as a Rural Preservation Company for the rural towns of southern and eastern Erie County, including the Town of Aurora. The Rural Outreach Center is based here in our town and has been for more than a decade. From that home base it serves the rural Southtowns across southern and eastern Erie County. Much of our town beyond the village is rural, and like the towns around us we have little affordable rental housing and no local organization with the capacity to build more. As older affordable rentals age and lose their protections, that shortage only grows. ROC is one of the few organizations in this part of the county actually developing housing rather than only naming the need. It helps roughly 300 people a year hold onto their housing, and it is building new affordable homes in the region with more than $2.5 million in public funding secured. Its board is locally based, a majority of whom live in the service area, and brings real experience in housing finance, development, and local government. Designating ROC as a Rural Preservation Company would put state support behind an organization already doing this work from right here in the Town of Aurora. | urge you to designate The Rural Outreach Center as a Rural Preservation Company for rural Erie County. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Charles D. Snyder Supervisor, Town of Aurora