Section 8/HCV Program

• Section 8/HCV Information
• HRHA Responsibilities
• Participant Responsibilities
• Participant Rules
• Owner Responsibilities
• Links and Downloads
• Section 8/HCV FAQ
• Hours and Contact Information

The Section 8/HCV waiting list is currently closed and is not expected to open in the near future. When the waiting list is open, it will be posted here on our website, on facebook, and in the local newspapers.

Are you a current applicant and need to update your address, income, or family members? Complete the Applicant Update Form and Submit via email to hcv@hrha.org

Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Information

The Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program (HAP) is a federally funded program that provides assistance to very low income families, elderly, handicapped, disabled person or other single person seeking to rent affordable housing in the private market.

Section 8 is a three-way contract, a triangle, between the Housing Authority (HA), the Owner and the participant. The participant and HA sign a Voucher Contract, the participant and owner sign the lease and the owner and HA sign a Housing Assistance Payments Contract. These three documents outline the responsibilities of each party.

The Section 8 recipient pays a portion of their income towards the rent to their landlord and the Housing Authority pays a portion to the landlord.

The Section 8 recipient chooses their own unit and location and makes application to the owner. The owner selects tenants according to their own screening criteria.

One goal of the Section 8 Program is to provide housing assistance to the participant so they can concentrate on achieving economic self-sufficiency. The Family Self-Sufficiency Unit is helping participants achieve this goal by providing education and job skills training to eligible participants.

Warning Websites charging money to assist you on the Section 8 Waiting List

We have been made aware of several websites that are charging a fee to assist persons applying for Section 8. Housing Authorities are not allowed to charge fees to persons who apply for either the Section 8 or Public Housing waiting lists. Please understand that if you have questions concerning either waiting list, you may contact the Housing Authority directly at no charge.The Housing Choice Voucher Program in Hampton, Virginia is administered by the Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority (HRHA). HRHA has suspended taking applications for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Waiting List. A notice will be published in the Daily Press and the New Journal and Guide once we resume taking applications. If you have questions concerning the Section 8 application process, you may speak with an HRHA representative at 757-727-1111.

Already applied to Section 8?

HRHA cannot give waiting list positions because they are always subject to change. We also cannot give confirmation numbers.

Filling out an application does not guarantee your eligibility; it places you on our waiting list. You do not receive a voucher unless you are determined eligible.

You will be called up to be determined eligible as HRHA has available funds to issue vouchers. At that time, you will be asked to bring in documentation to determine your eligibility. The waiting time for call up varies with available funding and selection of those with preferences, and could be up to 10 years.

If your address changes, or if you have any changes to your application, you must make those changes in writing by completing an Applicant Update Form which is located in our office. HRHA does not forward mail.

Responsibilities and Rules

Housing Authority Responsibilities

• To comply with the consolidated ACC, the application, HUD regulations, other requirements, and the HA administrative plan
• Receive applications from families, determine eligibility, maintain the waiting list, select applicants, issue a voucher to each selected family, provide housing information to families selected
• Determine who can live in the assisted unit at admission and during participation
• The HA must give the owner:
  • the family's current address (as shown in the HA records)
  • the name and address (if known to the HA) of the landlord at the family's current and prior address

  Participant Responsibilities

  • Supply any information that the HA or HUD determines to be necessary including evidence of citizenship or eligible immigration status, and information for use in a regularly scheduled reexamination or interim reexamination of family income and composition. All information the family supplies must be true and complete.
  • Disclose and verify social security numbers and sign and submit consent forms
  • Supply any information requested by the HA to verify that the family is living in the unit or information related to family absence from the unit.
  • Promptly notify the HA in writing when the family is away from the unit for an extended period of time (more than 30 consecutive days).
  • Allow the HA to inspect the unit at reasonable times and after reasonable notice.
  • Give written notice to the HA and the owner before the family moves out of the unit or terminates the lease.
  • Promptly give the HA a copy of any owner eviction notice.
  • Use the assisted unit for residence by the family. The unit must be the family’s only residence.
  • Promptly notify the HA within ten (10) days of the birth, adoption, or court awarded custody of a child.
  • Request HA approval to add any other family member as an occupant of the unit, before they move in.
  • Notify the HA, in writing, within ten (10) days if any family member no longer resides in the unit.
  • Pay utility bills and provide and maintain any appliances that the owner is not required to provide under the lease.

  Participant Rules

  • Commit any serious or repeated violation of the lease.
  • Sublease or let the unit or assign the lease or transfer the unit.
  • Own or have any interest in the unit (other than a cooperative, or the owner of a manufactured home leasing a manufactured home space).
  • Commit fraud, bribery, or any other corrupt or criminal act in connection with the program.
  • Participate in illegal drug or violent criminal activity.
  • Receive Section 8 tenant-based program housing assistance while receiving another housing subsidy, for the same unit or a different unit under any other Federal, State or local housing assistance program.
  • Damage the unit or premises (other than damage from ordinary wear and tear) or permit any guest to damage the unit or premises.
  • Receive Section 8 tenant-based program housing assistance while residing in a unit owned by a parent, child grandparent, grandchild, sister or brother of any member of the family, unless the HA has determined (and has notified the owner and the family of such determination) that approving rental of the unit, notwithstanding such relationship, would provide reasonable accommodation for a family member who is a person with disabilities.
  • Engage in illegal use of a controlled substance; or abuse of alcohol that threatens the health and safety or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents.

  Owner Responsibilities

  • Pre-screening to decide if the family is suitable for tenancy of the unit
  • Performing all of the owner's obligations under the HAP contract and the lease
  • Performing all management and rental functions for the assisted unit
  • Maintaining the unit in accordance with HQS, including performance of ordinary and extraordinary maintenance
  • Complying with equal opportunity requirements
  • Preparing and furnishing to the HA information required under the HAP contract
  • Collecting from the family:
    • any security deposit
    • the tenant rent
    • other tenant charges for damages to the unit

    Links and Downloads

    Hampton Redevelopment & Housing Authority has made changes to the Section 8 Administrative Plan. These changes are highlighted in yellow and will become effective April 1, 2023. To make comments, please submit to the Chief Housing Officer, at cho@hamptonrha.com.
    April 2023 Updated Admin Plan

    

    • Visit our Forms page to download the forms for Annual Recertifications, Interims, and Additional Adults
    • 2023 Updated Admin Plan for the Housing Choice Voucher Program
    • Download VHDA's free Renter Education eBook
    • HUD SUBSIDIZED UNITS -- A document containing a list of affordable housing in the area is available by Clicking Here. The document also includes emergency contact resources and other housing authorities in the Hampton Roads area.
    • Use the AffordableHousing.com and Virginia Housing Search databases to find listings or to list your Section 8 property.
    • We have compiled a list of senior housing available in Hampton, Virginia. It is available here.
    
    
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    Download our Inspections Newsletter

    Hours and Contact Information

    Hours
    Mon - Thur 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
    CLOSED on Fridays

    Contact Information

    Housing Office
    1 S. Armistead Ave.
    Hampton, VA 23669
    T: (757) 727-1111
    F: (757) 727-1291