Section 8 Housing choice voucher program

The Section 8 Program was created by the Housing & Community Development Act of 1974. The purpose of the Section 8 Program is to achieve five major objectives.

a.                Provide improved living conditions for low and very low-income families and provide affordable housing.

b.               Promote freedom of housing choice and de-concentration of lower income and minority families.

c.                Provide decent, safe and sanitary housing for eligible participants and

d.               Create an atmosphere of self-sufficiency.

e.                Provide an incentive to private property owners to rent lower income families by offering timely assistance payments and protection against unpaid rent.

 

 

Telephone:        (210) 225-0071

 

Fax:                   (210) 225-6976                  

 

Address:            1017 N. Main Avenue, Suite 201, San Antonio, Texas 78212

 

Office Hours:     8:00 a.m.  -  5:00 p.m.

                 Monday - Friday