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Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. § 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. 68% of total rental assistance in the United States goes to seniors, children, and those with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development manages Section 8 programs. The Housing Choice Voucher Program provides "tenant-based" rental assistance, so a tenant can move from one unit of at least minimum housing quality to another. In 2022, of the 5.2 million American households that received rental assistance, approximately 2.3 million of those households received a Section 8 Housing Choice voucher. Landlords are not required to participate in the voucher program. Some states have laws that prevent landlords from discriminating based on source of income. These laws are not applicable in all areas, and the program remains voluntary in most places. The program also allows individuals to apply their monthly voucher towards the purchase of a home, with over $17 billion going towards such purchases each year. Voucher amounts vary depending on city or county, size of unit, and other factors. Once individuals receive a voucher they have a limited amount of time, usually 2 to 4 months, to find a unit with a willing landlord that meets HUD housing standards. If they don't find housing, they lose their voucher and must apply again. As of 2010, the wait lists for Section 8 vouchers are very long—up to 10 to 20 years, and many city or county programs are permanently closed to new applicants. Voucher amounts are based on Fair Market Rents (FMRs) calculated in the area by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Recently, a Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) program was established to reduce the area that rents are based on to the area of zip codes in major metropolitan areas. 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 amount in the owner's contract with the government. A tenant who leaves a subsidized project will lose access to the project-based subsidy. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have created a program called Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH), or HUD-VASH, which distributes roughly 10,000 vouchers per year at a cost of roughly $75 million per year to eligible homeless and otherwise vulnerable U.S. armed forces veterans. This program was created in 2008 to pair HUD-funded vouchers with VA-funded services such as health care, counseling, and case management. History Federal housing assistance programs started during the Great Depression. In the 1960s and 1970s, the federal government created subsidy programs to increase the production of low-income housing and to help families pay their rent. In 1965, the Section 236 Leased Housing Program amended the U.S. Housing Act. This subsidy program, the predecessor to the modern program, was not a pure housing allowance program. Housing authorities selected eligible families from their waiting list, placed them in housing from a master list of available units, and determined the rent that tenants would have to pay. The housing authority would then sign a lease with the private landlord and pay the difference between the tenant's rent and the market rate for the same size unit. In the agreement with the private landlord, housing authorities agreed to perform regular building maintenance and leasing functions for Section 236 tenants, and annually reviewed the tenant's income for program eligibility and rent calculations. The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 introduced the federal Experimental Housing Allowance Program (EHAP) and the Community Development Corporation and authorized larger outlays for housing subsidy programs and rent supplements for moderate-income households. In the 1970s, when studies showed that the worst housing problem afflicting low-income people was no longer substandard housing, but the high percentage of income spent on housing, Congress passed the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, further amending the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 to create the Section 8 Program. In the Section 8 Program, tenants pay about 30 percent of their income for rent, while the rest of the rent is paid with federal money. The Section 8 program initially had three subprograms—New Construction, Substantial Rehabilitation, and Existing Housing Certificate programs. The Moderate Rehabilitation Program was added in 1978, the Voucher Program in 1983, and the Project-based Certificate program in 1991. The number of units a local housing authority can subsidize under its Section 8 programs is determined by Congressional funding. Since its inception, some Section 8 programs have been phased out and new ones created, although Congress has always renewed existing subsidies. The 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Public Law 110-161) enacted December 26, 2007, allocated $75 million in funding for the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) voucher program, authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. This new program combines HUD Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance for homeless veterans with case management and clinical service support which is provided by the Veterans Affairs administration at its own medical centers and also in the community. Summary The main Section 8 program involves the voucher program. A voucher may be either "project-based"—where its use is limited to a specific apartment complex (public housing agencies (PHAs) may reserve up to 20% of its vouchers as such)—or "tenant-based", where the tenant is free to choose a unit in the private sector, is not limited to specific complexes, and may reside anywhere in the United States (or Puerto Rico) where a PHA operates a Section 8 program. Under the voucher program, individuals or families with a voucher find and lease a unit (either in a specified complex or in the private sector) and pay a portion of the rent. Most households pay 30% of their adjusted income for Section 8 housing. Adjusted income is a household's gross (total) income minus deductions for dependents under 18 years of age, full-time students, disabled persons, or an elderly household, and certain disability assistance and medical expenses. There is an asset test in addition to earned income. Over a certain amount, HUD will add income even if the Section 8 tenant does not receive any interest income from, for example, a bank account. HUD calls this "imputed income from assets" and, in the case of a bank account, HUD establishes a standard .... Discover the Choices Program popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Choices Program books.
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Nutritional Improvements and Student Food Choices in a School Lunch Program.
Journal of Consumer AffairsThis study analyzed data on students' food purchases linked to their school records to examine factors affecting the healthiness of their food choices and the impacts of reforms to...
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Boundaries in Dating
Henry Cloud & John TownsendBoundaries in Dating offers illuminating insights for romance that can help you grow in freedom, honesty, and selfcontrol as you pursue healthy dating limits that can lead to a hap...
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Neurobiology of Motor Programme Selection
J. Kien, C.R. McCrohan & W. WinlowThe traditional view of motor systems as a linear chain of elements switched on and off by command neurons has become increasingly difficult to maintain in the face of accumulating...
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Discover Your Menopause Type
Joseph CollinsTake Charge of Your Menopause! This groundbreaking bookthe first to reveal 12 distinct menopause types and how best to treat eachgives you the information you need to take charge...
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The Vaccine Court
Wayne RohdeA hard look at the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and the families desperately trying to navigate their way through it.The Vaccine Court looks at the mysterious and o...
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Atkins for Life
Dr. Robert C. Atkins, M.D.Taking It To The Next LevelWhether you've lost weight doing Atkins and want to make your success permanent or you're new to Atkins and are concerned about your health and weight co...
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Sustainable Development, Human Dignity and Choice
Martin Greeley, Asif M. Shahan & Shubhasish BaruaThis book analyses the design, management, efficacy and outcomes of the ENRICH programme being implemented in Bangladesh by Palli KarmaSahayak Foundation (PKSF) at the behest of it...
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HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM
Hugues DumontWith the goal of providing safe, decent, affordable housing, HUD provides rental assistance to lowincome households through its HCV program, administered locally by approximately 2...
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Vaccine Epidemic
Louise Kuo Habakus, Mary Holland & Kim Mack RosenbergPublic health officials state that vaccines are safe and effective, but the truth is far more complicated. Vaccination is a serious medical intervention that always carries the pot...
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Red Cloud at Dawn
Michael D. GordinA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICEFollowing the trail of espionage and technological innovation, and making use of newly opened archives, Michael D. Gordin provides a new...
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Whole Motion
Derek BeresModern fitness is not just about how we move our bodies; it’s about how we move our brains as well. Whole Motion offers a complete picture of how to strengthen your resolve, gain l...
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Selecting a Basal Reading Program
Douglas P. BarnardThis book capitalizes on the authors' longitudinal perspective in program development in approaching a K12 reading strategy, The school administrator and classroom teacher will fi...
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The Healing Power Of Self Love
Oscar Bamwebaze BamuhigireIn the field of alcoholism and drug addiction treatment, there have always been questions for which there were no satisfactory answers: Is substance abuse a problem of discipline o...
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No Size Fits All
Richard Striner & L. Michelle Johnson"No Size Fits All" is a book whose time has comea book that offers a proposal that could revolutionize public school policies in the United States at the federal, state and local l...
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Mission to Mars
Eric WaltersTeen astronaut Houston Williams is now the pilot on a mission to Mars. Houston Williams was thrilled to win a scholarship to attend a space program at NASA. What he didn’t realize ...
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Getting Into Business School
Brandon RoyalA Treasure Trove of Tools and Tips to Help You Build Your Best Business School Application GETTING INTO BUSINESS SCHOOL is based on a simple but powerful observation: Applicants w...
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Good and Cheap
Leanne BrownBy showing that kitchen skill, and not budget, is the key to great food, Good and Cheap will help you eat wellreally wellon the strictest of budgets. Created for people who have to...
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Before Time-Out
Jessica Burkhamer, MSW, LICSWJessica Burkhamer's acclaimed CHOICES program designed for parents and teachers. An easytouse behavioral based program designed to allow children to make appropriate decisions ...