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Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers

Program Funding
Total Spent
$4.3B
 
Total Obligated
$4.9B

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Number of Awards
26,427
Managing Agency
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistance Listing
14.871
Published Date
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Objectives
The housing choice voucher program is the federal government's major program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market. Since housing assistance is provided on behalf of the family or individual, participants are able to find their own housing, including single-family homes, townhouses and apartments. The participant is free to choose any housing that meets the requirements of the program and is not limited to units located in subsidized housing projects. The program serves the most economically vulnerable families in the country, including families with disabilities, elderly families, formerly homeless veterans, and families with children, through federal assistance voucher payments in the provision of meeting their rental housing needs. HUD regulations merged the former Section 8 Rental…

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