Department of Housing and Urban Development · Housing
Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8)
Tenant-based rental assistance allowing voucher holders to lease housing in the private market. Cities operating a PHA administer voucher programs and receive annual administrative fees and HAP funding.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $1M – $500M
- Non-federal match
- Varies by NOFO
- Audience
- Cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments
- Application window
- Annual formula apportionment; HUD periodic increment competitions.
- Typical prep time
- 4–10 weeks
- Statutory authority
- Housing Act of 1937 §8 (42 U.S.C. §1437f)
Catalog entry last verified 2026-05-24 · Verify on the agency page →
Eligibility at a glance
- Cities are eligible applicants.
New incremental vouchers (HUD-VASH, Mainstream, Family Unification, EHV) are awarded periodically by competition. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
When you run a city dossier, Strategic Pursuit cross-checks the city's demographics, federal award history, disaster history, and CEJST burden categories against this program's eligibility and strategic-fit signals. You see an explicit eligibility / strategic / competitive grade — backed by source citations — instead of a generic "match" badge.
Planning purposes only. Award ranges, match percentages, and application windows on this page summarize the latest publicly available agency guidance and are approximate. Always verify the binding NOFO on the administering agency's page before applying.