Administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the program subsidizes low-income housing, with tenants paying about 30% of their own rent, and federal funds the remainder. While a state’s Public Housing Authority can link a portion of tenant vouchers to specific apartm...
Solutions include more sustained, substantial federal investment in the Section 8 voucher program so all those in need receive help, and building more housing for low-income people through programs such as the National Housing Trust Fund. In Cincinnati, where there is a 40,000-unit housing ...