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Section 8 Program

ApartmentWhat Is the Section 8 Voucher Program?

The Section 8 Voucher Program provides rental assistance for low-income families to secure decent, safe, and sanitary housing.  Participants can take the Housing Choice Voucher and use it to rent properties in the private market within the Madison city limits.  If you want to live outside the City of Madison, you may apply with the Dane County Housing Authority.  The program is federally funded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and administered by the Community Development Authority (CDA).   

Am I Eligible for the Housing Choice Voucher?

Initial eligibility is based on the following:

  • U.S. citizen or non-citizen with eligible status

  • A family of 2 or more persons where the head of household is 18 years of age or older

  • A single person who is either over the age of 62 or who is considered disabled/handicapped

How Is Rent Determined?

The family share of rent is set between 30%-40% of your monthly adjusted income.  The payment standard is based on the apartment bedroom size.

Listed below are the maximum annual family income limits (effective 3/19/2009):

1 Person $28,000
2 Persons $32,000
3 Persons $36,000
4 Persons $40,000
5 Persons $43,200
6 Persons $46,400
7 Persons $49,600
8 Persons $52,800

The 2007 Section 8 Application Lottery closed on November 11, 2007.  Selected and Non-Selected entrants were notified of their status, by mail, in December 2007.

 

 

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