The full explanation
With a voucher, the housing agency figures the full assistance using everyone's income, multiplies it by the share of members with eligible status, and the family pays the rest of the rent. Under current rules, a mixed family that asks for it must receive it. HUD has proposed making it only temporary; that is not a final rule, and the rules can change.
An example
In Lorena's family, four people have eligible status and one does not. With prorated assistance, their voucher pays four-fifths of the assistance they would get if everyone were eligible, and the family covers the rest of the rent.
You will see it in…
- The housing agency's forms on citizenship and immigration status
- The calculation of your share of the rent with a Section 8 voucher
- HUD's regulation (24 CFR 5.520) and proposed changes in the Federal Register
