Saturday, April 10, 2010

Section 8 Rental Assistance

The Housing Choice Voucher Program (also known as Section 8) utilizes the existing private rental market in your state to provide decent, safe and sanitary housing opportunities for low-income families, elderly, handicapped and disabled persons at an affordable cost.

Under Section 8 policy, rental help is available in your state - you can find affordable rentals and special needs housing, get help with your utility bills, and more, all with the help of federal funds available thru the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

You can use these funds to rent a house of your choice including your current place of residence, single-family homes, townhouses and apartments. You are not limited to public housing projects. Under certain circumstances, if authorized by the Public Housing Authority (PHA), a family may use its voucher to purchase a home.

If you are looking for financial aid to help pay for rent for you or your family, the best place to search for a Section 8 rental assitance is online. A simple search for "Section 8 housing" should pull up a number of websites that can tell you how to apply for a housing grant. The housing authority in your region can provide a list of properties in which the landlord has agreed to accept Section 8 housing vouchers.

Over 4 million households and individuals are currently receiving rental assistance with Section 8 grants. With job insecurity and unemployment, all of us could use assistance in financing rent. Do yourself a favor and find free money to help pay for your home through Section 8 housing grants.

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