History Of Section 8

The leased housing act established in 1965 was much more structured than today s housing choice section 8 voucher program.

History of section 8. Fort lauderdale florida housing authority director william h. Section 8 housing came about as a way for the united states government to help low income residents to afford housing. 1437f often called section 8 as repeatedly amended authorizes the payment of rental housing assistance to private landlords on behalf of low income households in the united states.

The section 8 program evolved from years of updated housing acts amendments and political social. Eligible participants were placed on a waiting list and then into pre determined housing units and the family s rent payment was determined. However a subsidy equal to 80 of the contract rent may be payable for a period of sixty days for all assisted mortgaged properties upon the occurrence of a vacancy in an assisted dwelling unit.

The hap contracts provide for the payment of section 8 assistance for assisted units actually occupied by section 8 eligible low income families. Section 8 of the housing act of 1937 42 u s c. The purpose of this program is to grant housing choice vouchers to individuals who meet certain criteria.

The section 8 hcv program provides tenants with a rental subsidy voucher that they can use to rent apartments from private landlords. The section 8 program is run by hud. Eligibility for this program is based on a family s gross annual income and family size.

Section 8 is a federal housing program that was established during the 1960s and the 1970s. Richard smith initially developed 11 b. To even be considered to receive a voucher the individual must meet four basic criteria which includes their family status income level citizenship and eviction history.

Created by the housing and community development act of 1978 the housing choice voucher program also known as section 8 provides assistance to eligible low and moderate income families to rent housing in the private market. What are housing choice vouchers. Lindsey upon the advice of housing authority attorney j.