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Rental Housing: Serving the Elderly Through the Section 8 Program

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 29, 1993
Report No. RCED-93-12FS
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Summary:

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides rental housing assistance to families through its section 8 voucher and certificate programs. By subsidizing a portion of household rent, HUD hopes to enable more low-income families to live in private rental housing that is decent and safe. This fact sheet provides information on the following section 8 issues: (1) the demographic characteristics of elderly and nonelderly voucher and certificate recipients, including sex, race, handicapped status, adjusted income, and education; (2) the quality of the housing units rented by elderly voucher and certificate recipients; and (3) the proportion of income that elderly and nonelderly voucher recipients pay for rent.

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