Fair Share Vouchers
Fair Share Vouchers are conventional Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (i.e., not targeted to any particular group) and are awarded by HUD to Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) that apply through a competition. As part of the competition, for the past three years, PHA applications received more points from HUD if they agreed to use a minimum of 15% of their Fair Share vouchers for households with disabilities and additional points if they agreed to use at least 3% of the vouchers for people with disabilities with Medicaid Home and Community Based Waivers.
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Who is eligible to receive and utilize Fair Share vouchers?
Fair Share vouchers can be given to any household that meets the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher eligibility criteria and are not solely for people with disabilities. However, only people with disabilities are eligible to receive the set-asides mentioned above. TAC has tracked the Fair Share Voucher award winners, including the PHAs that opted to set aside vouchers for people with disabilities; and how many vouchers the PHA must minimally set-aside for people with disabilities.
Click here to view the 2002 award winners chart.
Click here to view the 2001 award winners chart.
Click here to view the 2000 award winners chart.
Which PHAs Received Fair Share vouchers targeted to people with disabilities in the past?
As an advocate, what can I do to increase the Section 8 vouchers available for people with disabilities?
Research what is going on in your community and find out if the PHA near you received any Fair Share vouchers; and if so, how many of those vouchers the PHA must minimally set aside for people with disabilities and people with Medicaid Home and Community Based Waivers. The charts linked to above include all of this information! Disability advocates are encouraged to contact their PHAs and find out how many vouchers will be set aside for people with disabilities and what their plans are for distributing them.