Suitable Housing

The Department of Community Services does not own property units for the use of the Housing Voucher Program. Participants with issued vouchers are not limited to specific areas. Types of housing that may be leased through the Housing Choice Voucher Program are single-family, duplex, triplex, fourplex, garden apartments, townhouses, high-rises, manufactured homes where the tenant leases the mobile home and the pad, and manufactured homes where the tenant owns the mobile home and leases the pad. A participant is not allowed to rent a unit under the program from a family member. Family members under this rule include parents, children, sisters, brothers, grandparents, and grandchildren. Shared housing as currently approved in federal regulations will be eligible if required as an accommodation for an individual with a disability. Types of shared housing include single room occupancy, shared housing, congregate housing, cooperative housing or group home.

The applicant’s present dwelling unit may qualify if the unit meets the Housing Choice Voucher Program Housing Quality Standards and the landlord is willing to participate in the program. A voucher holder may move anywhere in the United States where the Housing Choice Voucher Program is administered.