section 8 housing
Government rental assistance
Section 8 housing refers to government-subsidized rental assistance in the United States, named after a section of the Housing Act of 1937.
The program provides vouchers to low-income tenants, who pay a portion of rent while the government covers the rest.
Landlords who accept Section 8 tenants agree to meet federal housing standards.
The term sometimes carries class stigma: They don't want Section 8 housing in their neighborhood.
- voucherRedeemable certificate for value
- subsidizedOffset by external funding
- HUDVisual information overlay
- landlordProperty owner renting out
- tenantOne who rents property
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