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The section 8 program is an initiative of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. This program aims to provide access to safe, clean, and affordable housing for very low-income families, the elderly, and people with disabilities.

Types of Section 8 Programs

1. Tenant-Based Housing Choice Voucher 

As part of the tenant-based housing choice voucher program, vouchers follow tenants. This is the most common voucher type in Section 8. With tenant-based vouchers, you can find your own home as long as the landlord is willing to join the voucher program.

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Your housing authority can provide you with a list of approved housing and landlord options. But in the end, you are free to choose the rental unit you want. Under this agreement, PHA will inspect residential units to ensure that they meet health and safety program standards before the lease is approved.

2. HCV Homeownership Voucher

Apart from finding rental units, some of the voucher programs in Section 8 can also help eligible families find and buy homes. The HCV Household voucher Program was launched in 2000. 

According to Section 8, families who have vouchers can use them to help with housing purchases and to support the monthly costs of homeownership.

Please note that the HCV program is not offered by every PHA and is not required to participate in this program. So it is important that you check with your local housing authority before accepting that this could be an option for you.

Section 8, or the Housing Voucher Program, provides affordable housing for low-income US residents, including the disabled and the elderly. This support comes in the form of a subsidized monthly rental fee for an apartment in the US. This is an important program of the federal government. 

Who is eligible for this program?

All necessary information regarding tenant and landlord eligibility can be determined by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Eligibility for the Section 8 voucher program takes into account:

-Gross total income: This must be less than 50% of the average income for the district or metropolitan area

-Family size

-Nationality (limited to US citizens and some non-US citizens who have qualified for immigrant status)

-PHA has 75% off coupons in the district for families whose income is not more than 30% of the average income in the district.

How does it work?

Grants from local municipal housing agencies relating to market fair rents in this area. This is calculated from the difference between 30% of household income and the payment standard set by the PHA, which is 80 to 100% of the market rent. This amount is paid to the homeowner.

As a tenant, if you choose a house that rents higher than the market rent, then you will have to pay the difference. If the rental price is lower than the fair market rental price, you can save the difference. The monthly rent must be on par with the unsubsidized rentals in the neighborhood.