What are Housing Choice Vouchers?

Housing choice vouchers allow very low-income families to choose and lease or purchase safe, decent, and affordable privately-owned rental housing.

Program Overview

• Housing choice voucher program fact sheet
  Definition, eligibility, application, and rent subsidy information, in addition to a description of the tenant, landlord, housing authority, and HUD's roles.
• Housing choice voucher list
  A list of all program vouchers and services.

Presentations and Publications

• Housing Choice Voucher Newsletter - July 2011, Volume 2, Issue 7
• HQS Inspection Manual - This manual has been written to provide public housing agency (PHA) staff with additional information for implementing a Housing Quality Standards program under the Section 8 Existing Housing Program.
• Housing choice voucher program guidebook - April 2001
  Serves to advise public housing agencies (PHAs) and other organizations providing services to PHAs regarding the administration of the tenant-based subsidy programs. Users may go to this page which contains the entire Guidebook in PDF format.

Organization Structure

Office of Housing Voucher Program   Program Support Division   Financial Management Center   Financial Management Division   Management & Operations Division   Quality Assurance Division