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The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is a federal rental assistance program that helps low-income renters pay a portion of their income for rent.
Program participants choose their own unit to use the voucher, and pay 30% of the household’s adjusted monthly income toward rent. The rest is paid to the landlord by the Public Housing Agency (commonly called a housing authority) that manages the household’s voucher.
Overseen and funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), there are more than 2,400 HUD Public Housing Agencies nationwide that individually manage the Section 8 HCV program.
This guide details how the Section 8 HCV program works.
Start the guide at Part 1: Who Qualifies for Section 8 Housing? or choose a topic from the list below.