Section 8 Voucher Program

The housing choice voucher program is the federal government's major program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market. Since housing assistance is provided on behalf of the family or individual, participants are able to find their own housing, including single-family homes, townhouses and apartments. The participant is free to choose any housing that meets the requirements of the program and is not limited to units located in subsidized housing projects.

Vouchers are limited to low-income families and individuals. CHA determines eligibility based on:

  1. Annual gross income;
  2. Whether you qualify as elderly, a person with a disability, or as a family; and
  3. U.S. citizenship or eligible immigration status.

If a family is eligible, CHA will check references to ensure that the family will be a good tenant. The Authority will deny admission to any applicant whose habits and practices may be expected to have a detrimental effect on other tenants or on the community's environment.

The Charlotte Housing Authority offers two (2) types of vouchers:

Project-Based Vouchers

Project-Based Vouchers are a component of a public housing agency's (PHAs) housing choice voucher program. A PHA can attach up to twenty percent (20%) of its voucher assistance to specific housing units if the owner agrees to either rehabilitate or construct the units, or the owner agrees to set aside a portion of the units in an existing development.

Please refer to the following link to find properties with CHA Project-Based Vouchers: http://www.cha-nc.org/realestate/properties.asp

Applications for Project-Based Vouchers are accepted at the properties. To review properties that are accepting applications, please go to the following link: coming soon

Tenant-Based Vouchers

Tenant-Based Vouchers increase affordable housing choices for very low-income families. Families with a tenant-based voucher choose and lease safe, decent, and affordable privately-owned rental housing.

TENANT-BASED (SECTION 8) HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS: The Tenant-Based Voucher Waiting List is currently closed and not accepting applications.

 
Visions Newsletter - Summer 2009
 
 

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