In 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) implemented several administrative, financial, and operational updates to the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. While ...

Social media rumors falsely claim Section 8 housing assistance will have a two-year cap or be ended entirely. President Trump's 2026 budget proposes overhauling Section 8 and other HUD programs, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Margie Burleson knew it was time to start packing up her home the second week of December, but the idea is still sinking in that ...

The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority — through a contractor — failed to ensure all Section 8 housing met quality standards, according to a new federal report. The report comes a month after the ...

WOODINVILLE, Wash. — More than 1 million low-income households — most of them working families with children — who depend on the nation’s public housing and Section 8 voucher programs could be at risk ...

In August 2025, internet users shared a rumor that U.S. President Donald Trump had capped housing rental assistance to two years. The measure was a real part of the discretionary budget proposal for ...

Danielle Johnson credits the federal Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program with saving her life. Johnson, 48, lives in a one-bedroom apartment in Erie. She is among more than 1,000 city residents ...

A joint study by RAND and UC Berkeley's Terner Center found that while the Housing Choice Voucher program assists over 2 million families annually, thousands of vouchers go unused due to high costs ...

As affordable housing demand rises across the United States, more families are turning to Section 8 in 2026 — but ...

The ongoing federal shutdown is threatening jobs, benefits and social programs for millions of Americans, and if it lasts another month, it could put funding for public housing in jeopardy, too. The ...