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Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers

Northwest Justice Project

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Learn about your responsibilities under the Section 8 Voucher program, and what rights you have if the Housing Authority (HA) tries to take your voucher away.

Contents

  1. Fast facts
  2. Finding housing
  3. Leasing up
  4. Voucher holder obligations
  5. Landlord problems
  6. Voucher termination
  7. Housing Authority hearings
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1. Fast facts

If you have a “Housing Choice Voucher,” also known as a “Section 8 voucher,” you can use the voucher to pay all or part of your rent. Section 8 vouchers are “portable” which means you can move to a different place and take your voucher with you. 

Subsidized housing programs, including the Section 8 Voucher program, provide additional protections, but also additional requirements.

If you have a Section 8 voucher, you will need to work with the Housing Authority (HA) that manages the program to make sure that you understand the rules. Understanding the rules of the program, along with your rights and duties, will help prevent losing this valuable resource. 

If you have a Section 8 voucher, you may lose your voucher if you do not follow the program obligations or terms of your rental agreement.

2. Finding housing