Voucher Utilization
HACA currently administers 7,283 vouchers through numerous HUD Housing Choice Voucher/HCV (Section 8) Programs that provide housing assistance for low-income families.
At the end of Fiscal Year 2023-2024, HACA had a total of 6,886 leased vouchers and 255 vouchers issued to those who were actively searching for a housing unit. The number of vouchers that HACA has leased and issued depends on a variety of factors, including available voucher funding, vacancies in existing project-based voucher (PBV) units under contract, future PBV units that have been awarded but are not yet under contract, and leasing priorities for specific programs.
The following sections show the status of vouchers by HCV program as of 7/1/2024. Numbers include both tenant-based vouchers and project-based vouchers (PBVs) under contract. Allocated vouchers are the number of vouchers that HACA has been awarded by HUD for each specific program. Leased vouchers are the number of vouchers that are currently under contract in each program, meaning an individual/family is living in a unit that receives a housing assistance payment from HACA. Issued vouchers are vouchers that HACA has issued to applicants from the waitlist who are currently searching for a housing unit.
HCV Program: Standard HCV Program
- Population Served: Very low-income families
- Currently Allocated Vouchers: 6,361
- Leased Vouchers: 6,204
- Issued Vouchers (Applicants Currently Searching): 218
HCV Program: Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH)
- Population Served: Homeless veterans
- Currently Allocated Vouchers: 395
- Leased Vouchers: 273
- Issued Vouchers (Applicants Currently Searching): 18
HCV Program: Non-Elderly Disabled Persons (NED)
- Population Served: Non-elderly persons with disabilities who are exiting care institutions
- Currently Allocated Vouchers: 10
- Leased Vouchers: 7
- Issued Vouchers (Applicants Currently Searching): 0
HCV Program: Mainstream
- Population Served: Non-elderly persons with disabilities
- Currently Allocated Vouchers: 289
- Leased Vouchers: 179
- Issued Vouchers (Applicants Currently Searching): 11
HCV Program: Foster Youth to Independence (FYI)
- Population Served: Youth ages 18-24 who are exiting foster care
- Currently Allocated Vouchers: 6
- Leased Vouchers: 4
- Issued Vouchers (Applicants Currently Searching): 5
HCV Program: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program
- Population Served: Limited program through American Recovery Plan Act of 2021 that served persons who were homeless; at risk of homelessness; at high risk of housing instability; or fleeing circumstances related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking
- Currently Allocated Vouchers: 222
- Leased Vouchers: 219
- Issued Vouchers (Applicants Currently Searching): 3
HCV Waitlist Data
During Fiscal Year 2023-2024, HACA issued 318 vouchers from the HCV waitlist. As of 7/29/2024, there are 196 applicants remaining on the HCV waitlist. By August 31, 2024, HACA will add 5,000 applicants to the HCV waitlist from HACA’s recent waitlist opening. The charts below reflect the characteristics of current waitlist applicants:
| Hispanic/Latino | 33 |
| Not Hispanic/Latino | 146 |
| Declined to Report | 17 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native alone | 1 |
| Asian alone | 28 |
| Black/African American alone | 95 |
| Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander alone | 3 |
| White alone | 34 |
| More than one race | 6 |
| Declined to Report | 29 |
| Elderly and/or Disabled Head of Household | 44 |
| Veteran in Household | 1 |
| Homeless in Household | 11 |
