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Public Housing Agency (PHA) Inventory

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Housing and Urban Development
Sub-Agency
Category	Construction and Housing
Date Released	15-Jan-2010
Date Updated	15-Jan-2010
Time Period	Quarterly
Frequency	Weekly
Description	The dataset contains current data on low rent and Section 8 units in PHA's administered by HUD. The Section 8 Rental Voucher Program increases affordable housing choices for very low-income households by allowing families to choose privately owned rental housing. Through the Section 8 Rental Voucher Program, the administering housing authority issues a voucher to an income-qualified household, which then finds a unit to rent. If the unit meets the Section 8 quality standards, the PHA then pays the landlord the amount equal to the difference between 30 percent of the tenant's adjusted income (or 10 percent of the gross income or the portion of welfare assistance designated for housing) and the PHA-determined payment standard for the area. The rent must be reasonable compared with similar unassisted units. (more)

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Administrative
Keywords	HUD, Public Housing Agency, Section 8, Rental Voucher Program, low rent, PHA
Unique ID	1464

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/hcv/ogddata/lowrent-s8-units.zip
Agency Program Page	http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/about/index.cfm
Agency Data Series Page	http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/hcv/ogddata.cfm

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Rental unit
Granularity	Zip code
Geographic Coverage	National

Data Description

Collection Mode	Person/paper, web
Data Collection Instrument	http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/systems/pic/training/exec_summary.pdf
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/hcv/ogddata/phaunit-datadef.xls

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/systems/pic/training/exec_summary.pdf
Additional Metadata

OMB Control No. 3090-0284