Looking for Section 8 news? Here’s what’s changing in 2026, what renters should expect, and how voucher funding and waitlists could be affected.

The Trump administration is seeking to eliminate Section 8, the federal program that provides housing vouchers to assist low-income households. The White House is also looking to enact major cuts to ...

Trump and Republican lawmakers want steep funding cuts, while new eligibility rules from HUD would imperil housing for ...

LAFAYETTE PARISH — An estimated 270 people are currently on the waitlist for housing assistance through the Lafayette Housing Authority (LHA), but no new Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV), or Section 8, ...

Congress has until March 14 to reach an agreement on federal spending for fiscal year 2025. 1,175 people signed up on the day the Indian River County Housing Choice Voucher program opened. The Housing ...

A "for rent" sign on Barre Street in Montpelier on Thursday, May 23, 2024. This story, by Report for America corps member Carly Berlin, was produced through a partnership between VTDigger and Vermont ...

For one glorious week last June, the city opened a rent-voucher portal that had been closed for 15 years. Through the magic door rushed 600,000 New Yorkers applying for Section 8, which comes from the ...

Rob Fredericks, executive director and CEO of the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara, is hitting the brakes on new Section 8 cases. Credit: Joshua Molina / Noozhawk file photo Already 3-0 ...

Tenants with low incomes can qualify for federal Section 8 rental vouchers, but in Miami-Dade, a funding shortfall sparked a freeze on new vouchers in 2025. Hundreds of people waiting for rent ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -- A new scam is circling around social media about Section 8 and Housing Choice Vouchers. Spokane Housing Authority (SHA) says these scams contain fake links that will try and ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The waiting list for the City and County of Honolulu’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program is opening, giving eligible households the opportunity to receive some rental ...

Hundreds of people waiting for rent vouchers in Miami-Dade will have to wait even longer as county administrators face a federal order to stop considering most new applications for the Section 8 ...