PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To aid very low income families in obtaining decent, safe, and sanitary rental housing. For Welfare-to-Work rental vouchers, families must also meet special welfare-to-work criteria. HUD regulations merged the former Section 8 Rental Voucher program (14.855) with the former Section 8 Certificate program (14.857). Section 502 of the Public Housing Reform Act states that a purpose of the legislation is "consolidating the voucher and certificate programs for rental assistance under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (the "USHA") into a single market-driven program that will assist in making tenant-based rental assistance more successful at helping low-income families obtain affordable housing and will increase housing choice for low-income families."

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. HOUSING;
- Homebuying, Homeownership;
- Multifamily;
- Indian Housing;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Individual/Family;
- Minority group;
- Anyone/general public;
- Low Income;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Other private institutions/organizations;
- Native American Organizations (includes Indian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, associations);