Section 8
A federally funded rental assistance program that pays private landlords the difference between what a low-income household can contribute and the fair market rent.
Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) provide rental assistance for households to use renting in the private market. Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) is attached to a specific home or apartment community. In both programs, the tenant pays 30% of monthly income for rent with HUD paying the owner the remainder, up to the area's Fair Market Rent (FMR).
Related Definitions:
- Housing Choice Voucher
- Project-Based
- Annual Adjustment Factor (AAF)
- Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA)
- Family Self-Sufficiency Program (FSS)
- Housing Assistance Payment (HAP)
- Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)
- Total Tenant Payment
- Family Unification Program (FUP)
- Mainstream Voucher
- Non-Elderly Disabled Vouchers (NED)
- Payment Standards
- Project Based Section 8
- Project-Based Vouchers (PBV)
- Public Housing Agency (PHA)
- Section 8 Administrative Plan
- Tenant Based Section 8
- Voucher Portability
- Disability
- Utiltiy Reimbursement
- Income-Based Rent
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