SECTION
8
HOUSING
SECTION 8 HOUSING
SECTION 8 HOUSING LINKS
SECTION 8 HOUSING RESOURCES
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SECTION
8
HOUSING
Section 8 of the Housing Act, often simply
known as Section 8, as repeatedly amended,
authorizes the payment of rental housing
assistance to private landlords on behalf
of approximately 3.1 million low-income
households. It operates through several
programs, the largest of which, the Housing
Choice Voucher program, pays a large portion
of the rents and utilities of about 2.1
million households. The US Department of
Housing and Urban Development manages the
Section 8 programs.
The Housing Choice Voucher Program provides
"tenant-based" rental assistance, so an
assisted tenant can move with assistance from
one unit of at least minimum housing quality
to another. It also allows individuals to
apply their monthly voucher towards the purchase
of a home.
Section 8 also authorizes a variety of "project-based"
rental assistance programs, under which the owner
reserves some or all of the units in a building for
low-income tenants, in return for a Federal government
guarantee to make up the difference between the tenant's
contribution and the rent specified in the owner's
contract with the government.
A tenant who leaves a subsidized project will lose
access to the project-based subsidy.
Section 8 (housing)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(housing)
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LINKS
Homeownership HUD.gov
http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/hcv/homeownership/
Office of Housing Choice Vouchers
http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/hcv/
Non-profit Nationwide Rental Assistance Programs
http://www.rentassistance.us/
Section 8 Application
http://www.section8programs.com/
Section 8 Housing
http://www.affordablehousingonline.com/section8housing.asp
Section 8 Housing List
http://www.section8housinglist.info/
Section 8 Housing Search
http://www.gosection8.com/
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RESOURCES
Public housing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing
Subsidized housing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidized_housing
Guaranteed home sale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaranteed_home_sale
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