Income limits used to determine the income eligibility of applicants for assistance under three programs authorized by the National Housing Act. These programs are the Section 221(d)(3) Below Market Interest Rate (BMIR) rental program, the Section 235 program, and the Section 236 program. These income limits are listed by dollar amount and family size, and they are effective on the date issued. Due to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289), Income Limits used to determine qualification levels as well as set maximum rental rates for projects funded with tax credits authorized under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) and projects financed with tax exempt housing bonds issued to provide qualified residential rental development under section 142 of the Code (hereafter referred to as Multifamily Tax Subsidy Projects (MTSPs)) are now calculated and presented separately from the Section 8 income limits.

HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) is pleased to announce that Fair Market Rents and Income Limits data are now available via an application programming interface (API). With this API, developers can easily access and customize Fair Market Rents and Income Limits data for use in existing applications or to create new applications. To create an account and get an access token, please visit the API page here: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/fmr-api.html. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets income limits that determine eligibility for assisted housing programs including the Public Housing, Section 8 project-based, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Section 202 housing for the elderly, and Section 811 housing for persons with disabilities programs. HUD develops income limits based on Median Family Income estimates and Fair Market Rent area definitions for each metropolitan area, parts of some metropolitan areas, and each non-metropolitan county.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program assists very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled in obtaining decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market.

Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) receive federal funds from HUD to administer the voucher program, and housing subsidies are paid to the landlord directly by the PHA on behalf of the participating family. The voucher recipient remains responsible for paying any difference that exists between the actual rent charged by the landlord and the amount subsidized by the program.

Voucher recipients are responsible for finding a suitable housing unit where the owner agrees to rent under the program. Because housing assistance is provided on behalf of the family or individual, participants are free to choose their own housing, including single-family homes, townhouses, and apartments provided that the chosen housing meets the requirements of the program, and is not limited to units located in subsidized housing projects. Qualified housing may also include the family's present residence. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, and if authorized by the PHA, a family may use its voucher to purchase a modest home. Please note that to restrict access to tenant information HCV locations are identified in public records by the owner, and not the tenant. Public data pertaining to the locations of HCV program participants are only available as U.S. Census Tract aggregations. Moreover, to protect the confidentiality of those receiving Housing Choice Voucher Program assistance, tracts containing 10 or fewer voucher holders have been omitted from this service. This dataset includes both tenant-based vouchers and project-based vouchers. HCV_PUBLIC_PCT are calculated using 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC) table H4 Tenure Renter Occupied field. To learn more about the Housing Choice Voucher Program visit: https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/hcv/about/, for questions about the spatial attribution of this dataset, please reach out to us at GISHelpdesk@hud.gov. Data Dictionary: DD_Housing Choice Vouchers by Tract Date of Coverage: Up to 04/2025Last Updated: 5/1/2025

Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) Income Limits are used for determining eligibility for HAF funds. HAF funds are used for qualified expenses that assist homeowners having incomes equal to or less than the greater of 150 percent of the area median income for their household size, or the median income for the United States, as determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.The Department of the Treasury's Homeowner Assistance Fund provides funds to prevent homeowner mortgage delinquencies, defaults, foreclosures, loss of utilities or home energy services, and homeowner displacement. For more information about the Homeowner Assistance Fund Program, please visit https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/homeowner-assistance-fund

Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program Management Programmatic Reports are created from information collected from Housing Authorities across the nation on the use of HUD vouchers by the Housing Voucher Program Support Division.

Measures the ability of housing voucher holders to find housing in the private rental market. The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is the federal government's largest low-income housing assistance program where people can seek housing in the private market. The maximum housing assistance is generally the lesser of the payment standard minus 30% of the family's monthly adjusted income or the gross rent for the unit minus 30% of monthly adjusted income. Source: Picture of Subsidized Housing, HUD Years Available: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023

Measures the ability of housing voucher holders to find housing in the private rental market. The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is the federal government?s largest low-income housing assistance program where people can seek housing in the private market. The maximum housing assistance is generally the lesser of the payment standard minus 30% of the family's monthly adjusted income or the gross rent for the unit minus 30% of monthly adjusted income. Source: Picture of Subsidized Housing, HUD Years Available: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023

This dataset describes information related to the City of Mesa Housing Authority (MHA) which administers the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. The program assists low-income individuals or families living in Mesa with rental assistance according to their income. Information in this dataset is used to calculate the Utilization Rate (the percentage of vouchers that are leased up of the number of allocated vouchers from US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to MHA) and the Voucher Budget Authority (the percentage of the allocated funding dollars for rent payments on behalf of current housing voucher participants).

This service provides spatial data and information for Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) recipients aggregated to 2020 U.S. Census Tract geography. The HCV Program assists very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled in obtaining decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market. Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) receive federal funds from HUD to administer the voucher program, and housing subsidies are paid to the landlord directly by the PHA on behalf of the participating family. The voucher recipient remains responsible for paying any difference that exists between the actual rent charged by the landlord and the amount subsidized by the program. Voucher recipients are responsible for finding a suitable housing unit where the owner agrees to rent under the program.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is required by law to set income limits that determine the eligibility of applicants for HUD's assisted housing programs. The major active assisted housing programs are the Public Housing program, the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program, Section 202 housing for the elderly program, and Section 811 housing for persons with disabilities program. FY2013.

The dataset contains current data on low rent and Section 8 units in PHA's administered by HUD. The Section 8 Rental Voucher Program increases affordable housing choices for very low-income households by allowing families to choose privately owned rental housing. Through the Section 8 Rental Voucher Program, the administering housing authority issues a voucher to an income-qualified household, which then finds a unit to rent. If the unit meets the Section 8 quality standards, the PHA then pays the landlord the amount equal to the difference between 30 percent of the tenant's adjusted income (or 10 percent of the gross income or the portion of welfare assistance designated for housing) and the PHA-determined payment standard for the area. The rent must be reasonable compared with similar unassisted units.

Since passage of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, the federal government has provided housing assistance to low-income renters. Most of these housing subsidies were provided under programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or predecessor agencies. All programs covered in this report provide subsidies that reduce rents for low-income tenants who meet program eligibility requirements. Generally, households pay rent equal to 30 percent of their incomes, after deductions, while the federal government pays the remainder of rent or rental costs. To qualify for a subsidy, an applicant’s income must initially fall below a certain income limit. These income limits are HUD-determined, location specific, and vary by household size. Applicants for housing assistance are usually placed on a waiting list until a subsidized unit becomes available.Assistance provided under HUD programs falls into three categories: public housing, tenant-based, and privately owned, project-based.In public housing, local housing agencies receive allocations of HUD funding to build, operate or make improvements to housing. The housing is owned by the local agencies. Public housing is a form of project-based subsidy because households may receive assistance only if they agree to live at a particular public housing project.Currently, tenant based assistance is the most prevalent form of housing assistance provided. Historically, tenant based assistance began with the Section 8 certificate and voucher programs, which were created in 1974 and 1983, respectively. These programs were replaced by the Housing Choice Voucher program, under legislation enacted in 1998. Tenant based programs allow participants to find and lease housing in the private market. Local public housing agencies (PHAs) and some state agencies serving as PHAs enter into contracts with HUD to administer the programs. The PHAs then enter into contracts with private landlords. The housing must meet housing quality standards and other program requirements. The subsidies are used to supplement the rent paid by low-income households. Under tenant-based programs, assisted households may move and take their subsidy with them. The primary difference between certificates and vouchers is that under certificates, there was a maximum rent which the unit may not exceed. By contrast, vouchers have no specific maximum rent; the low-income household must pay any excess over the payment standard, an amount that is determined locally and that is based on the Fair Market Rent. HUD calculates the Fair Market Rent based on the 40th percentile of the gross rents paid by recent movers for non-luxury units meeting certain quality standards.The third major type of HUD rental assistance is a collection of programs generally referred to as multifamily assisted, or, privately-owned, project-based housing. These types of housing assistance fall under a collection of programs created during the last four decades. What these programs have in common is that they provide rental housing that is owned by private landlords who enter into contracts with HUD in order to receive housing subsidies. The subsidies pay the difference between tenant rent and total rental costs. The subsidy arrangement is termed project-based because the assisted household may not take the subsidy and move to another location. The single largest project-based program was the Section 8 program, which was created in 1974. This program allowed for new construction and substantial rehabilitation that was delivered through a wide variety of financing mechanisms. An important variant of project-based Section 8 was the Loan Management Set Aside (LMSA) program, which was provided in projects financed under Federal Housing Administration (FHA) programs that were not originally intended to provide deep subsidy rental assistance. Projects receiving these LMSA “piggyback” subsidies were developed under the Section 236 program, the Section 221(d)(3) Below Market Interest Rate (BMIR) program, and others that were unassisted when originally developed.Picture of Subsidized Households does not cover other housing subsidy programs, such as those of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service, unless they also receive subsidies referenced above. Other programs such as Indian Housing, HOME and Community Develo

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development s (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) is the federal government's major program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled with decent, safe, sanitary and affordable 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. Housing choice vouchers (HCV) are administered locally by public housing agencies (PHAs). The PHAs receive federal funds from HUD to administer the voucher program. A family that is issued a housing voucher is responsible for finding a suitable housing unit where the owner agrees to rent under the program. This unit may include the family's present residence. Rental units must meet minimum standards of health and safety, as determined by the PHA. A housing subsidy is paid to the landlord directly by the PHA on behalf of the participating family. The family then pays the difference between the actual rent charged by the landlord and the amount subsidized by the program. Under certain circumstances, if authorized by the PHA, a family may use its voucher to purchase a modest home.HCV locations are identified in public records by the owner and not the tenant so access to this information is restricted to help safeguard the location of HCV units. Due to the sensitive nature of the HCV locations, these are aggregated to the U.S. Census Bureau s census tract geography.

Fair Market Rents (FMRs) are used to determine payment standard amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher program, to determine initial renewal rents for some expiring project-based Section 8 contracts, to determine initial rents for housing assistance payment (HAP) contracts in the Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program (Mod Rehab), rent ceilings for rental units in both the HOME Investment Partnerships program and the Emergency Solution Grants program, calculation of maximum award amounts for Continuum of Care recipients and the maximum amount of rent a recipient may pay for property leased with Continuum of Care funds, and calculation of flat rents in Public Housing units. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) annually estimates FMRs for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defined metropolitan areas, some HUD defined subdivisions of OMB metropolitan areas and each nonmetropolitan county. 42 USC 1437f requires FMRs be posted at least 30 days before they are effective and that they are effective at the start of the federal fiscal year (generally October 1).

This dataset provides information on Tempe's subsidized housing program, including monthly voucher and funding budgets and expenditures.The City of Tempe Housing Services Division receives federal funds through Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) to subsidize housing for low-income families that is decent, safe, sanitary and affordable. Families served by the program must live at or below 50% of the area median income.Tempe has a fixed number of Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) based on our HUD contract, which represents the maximum number of families that the Housing Authority could assist. Congress and HUD do not fund the program to assist all of the families we are allotted to assist. We can only assist the number of families we have the budget to assist.HUD provides an initial funding amount based on what they anticipate they will allocate to housing assistance payments. The actual amount of funding received is subject to change depending on Federal Budget priorities, Congressional approval and many other factors.Expenditures are reported monthly, as HUD requires expenses to be posted in the month they were incurred rather than the month the expense was paid.The performance measure dashboard is available at 3.05 Subsidized Housing Funding Usage.Additional InformationSource: Manually maintained data, Housing Pro and QuickbooksContact: Levon LamyContact E-Mail: Levon_Lamy@tempe.govData Source Type: CSVPreparation Method: Monthly values are calculated by determining the month each of the expenditures was for and retroactivelly accruing the funding use to the appropriate period. There are multiple, multistep excel worksheets that are used to balance between the specialty Housing Software, City Financial System and the HUD mandated reporting system. Additionally, it is important to note that Funding is allocated by Congress on the Federal Fiscal Year (October - September), the City operates on a Fiscal Year (July - June) and HUD provides funding on the Housing Authority in Calendar Year (January - December) funding increments. Therefore, the City must cross balance between three funding years.Publish Frequency: QuarterlyPublish Method: ManualData Dictionary

Fair Market Rents (FMRs) are primarily used to determine payment standard amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher program, to determine initial renewal rents for some expiring project-based Section 8 contracts, to determine initial rents for housing assistance payment (HAP) contracts in the Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program (Mod Rehab), and to serve as a rent ceiling in the HOME rental assistance program. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) annually estimates FMRs for 530 metropolitan areas and 2,045 nonmetropolitan county FMR areas. By law the final FMRs for use in any fiscal year must be published and available for use at the start of that fiscal year, on October 1.

Housing Choice Vouchers by TractThis National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) dataset, shared as a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) feature layer, displays the census tracts of those areas with residents who participate in the Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) in the United States. Per HUD, "The Housing Choice Voucher Program (also known as Section 8) helps low-income families, elderly persons, veterans and disabled individuals afford housing in the private market. Program participants can choose any eligible housing unit, including single-family homes, townhouses, and apartments, with rent partially covered by a subsidy paid directly to the landlord. There are around 2,000 Local Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) across the country that administer the HCV program with funding from HUD."Census Tract 800609Data currency: current federal service (HCV by Tract)NGDAID: 121 (Assisted Housing - Housing Choice Vouchers by Tract - National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA))OGC API Features Link: Not AvailableFor more information, please visit: HCV Applicant and Tenant Resources; Housing Choice Vouchers by TractSupport Documentation: Housing Choice Vouchers by TractFor feedback please contact: Esri_US_Federal_Data@esri.comNGDA Data SetThis data set is part of the NGDA Real Property Theme Community. Per the Federal Geospatial Data Committee (FGDC), Real Property is defined as "the spatial representation (location) of real property entities, typically consisting of one or more of the following: unimproved land, a building, a structure, site improvements and the underlying land. Complex real property entities (that is "facilities") are used for a broad spectrum of functions or missions. This theme focuses on spatial representation of real property assets only and does not seek to describe special purpose functions of real property such as those found in the Cultural Resources, Transportation, or Utilities themes." For other NGDA Content: Esri Federal Datasets

This dataset and map service provides information on Fair Market Rents (FMRs). FMRs are primarily used to determine payment standard amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher program, initial renewal rents for some expiring project-based Section 8 contracts, initial rents for housing assistance payment (HAP) contracts in the Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program (Mod Rehab), and to serve as a rent ceiling in the HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) for rental assistance. HUD annually estimates FMRs for 530 metropolitan areas and 2,045 nonmetropolitan county FMR areas. By law the final FMRs for use in any Fiscal Year must be published and available for use at the start of that Fiscal Year, on October 1.

As one of the Moving To Work agencies in the United States, the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo (HACSM) receives certain waivers from HUD that allow the implementation of a local Family Self-Sufficiency Program (FSS). The HACSM FSS program was created in 2015 and provides time-limited rental assistance (up to 7 years) and case management services for participating families with the goal of helping the families increase financial self-sufficiency. On an ongoing basis 3 times a year, the FSS coordinators meet with families to assess their needs and record their progress. With the data collected from the assessment, HACSM has expanded partnerships with a variety of educational and financial institutions, work force development and other service providers, ensuring these resources available to the FSS families. A majority of our FSS participants meets their goal to graduate and exit the voucher program in five years but some may need the additional assistance (up to 24 months) to reach educational or vocational goals established in their FSS program. The turnover vouchers allow HACSM to serve new low-income families in the community. The HACSM FSS program includes monetary rewards at graduation. Families that have increased their earned income and savings and completed educational or other goals specified in their FSS Contract of Participation will be rewarded up to $5,000 at the time of successful graduation. Successful graduation is defined as follow: • The household has reached the end of the voucher’s time limit and is not receiving TANF prior to program exit, and • Either head of household, spouse, co-head or any adult member of the household is gainfully employed, or • The household has reached an income level such that HACSM is no longer providing subsidy or they have decided to relinquish their housing voucher before expiration date and have exited the voucher program. The program is designed with five years of rental assistance and case management and can be extended up to seven years on a case-by-case basis. This is important to note because the data shows an increase in FY 2021-22 which is when many of the initial participants were reaching the five to seven year term. Our projected numbers going forward align closer to what was seen in the early years of the FSS program. Also note that in August, 2024 we implemented a new Hardship criteria for extensions of the voucher program for additional assistance (up to 24 months) if the household family's annual gross income is below 80% of AMI and Housing Authority County of San Mateo's utilization rate is below 95%. This explains the estimated number of FSS program participants exiting the voucher program for FY 2024-25 total of 19 (10 actual exits from 7/1/2024 - 12/31/2024 and 9 estimated exits from 1/1/2025 - 6/30/2025) since a high percentage of our families qualify under this criteria.
On an ongoing basis 3 times a year, the FSS coordinators meet with families to assess their needs and record their progress. With the data collected from the assessment, HACSM has expanded partnerships with a variety of educational and financial institutions, work force development and other service providers, ensuring these resources available to the FSS families. A majority of our FSS participants meets their goal to graduate and exit the voucher program in five years but some may need the additional assistance (up to 24 months) to reach educational or vocational goals established in their FSS program. The turnover vouchers allow HACSM to serve new low-income families in the community. The HACSM FSS program includes monetary rewards at graduation. Families that have increased their earned income and savings and completed educational or other goals specified in their FSS Contract of Participation will be rewarded up to $5,000 at the time of successful graduation. Successful graduation is defined as follow: • The household has reached the end of the voucher’s time limit and is not receiving TANF prior to program exit, and • Either head of household, spouse, co-head or any adult member of the household is gainfully employed, or • The household has reached an income level such that HACSM is no longer providing subsidy or they have decided to relinquish their housing voucher before expiration date and have exited the voucher program. The program is designed with five years of rental assistance and case management and can be extended up to seven years on a case-by-case basis. This is important to note because the data shows an increase in FY 2021-22 which is when many of the initial participants were reaching the five to seven year term. Our projected numbers going forward align closer to what was seen in the early years of the FSS program. Also note that in August, 2024 we implemented a new Hardship criteria for extensions of the voucher program for additional assistance (up to 24 months) if the household family's annual gross income is below 80% of AMI and Housing Authority County of San Mateo's utilization rate is below 95%. This explains the estimated number of FSS program participants exiting the voucher program for FY 2024-25 total of 19 (10 actual exits from 7/1/2024 - 12/31/2024 and 9 estimated exits from 1/1/2025 - 6/30/2025) since a high percentage of our families qualify under this criteria.

In 2023, the share of rental housing programs in the United States providing funding to homeless people or individuals at risk of homelessness was the highest. The percentage of programs providing aid for homelessness was nearly ** percent. The second-most popular program category was those that aid individuals with mental illness, representing over ** percent of all programs. Housing assistance programs for people with disabilities accounted for over ** percent of the total. The programs for the elderly, households with rental arrears or eviction notices, and youth accounted for around ** percent each and over ** percent together.