Affordable Housing Online Staff
Chris Holden has been working for Affordable Housing Online as Senior Housing and Data Analyst since 2017. He has been committed to affordable housing for more than 28 years, with national, state, and local experience. He has served many roles to help low-income renters, including federal policy research, managing a national survey of farmworker housing, developing affordable rental properties in Vermont, and serving three years as a commissioner for the Bremerton Housing Authority in Washington. Chris currently splits his time between Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom and New Hampshire’s Monadnock region, two of the most rural areas in New England. He enjoys the scenic beauty, spending time hiking, fishing, mountain biking and camping.
Know your rights as a Section 8 tenant.
In many areas, private landlords with an available unit can refuse interested tenants who have a Section 8 voucher. Check your local laws.Josie Shivers says:
"Affordable Housing Online is a very helpful website. I was able to put it in a Section 8 application, and received a letter that I was chosen to be on a waiting list!"