Housing Assistance
Guides across the site that deal with housing assistance.
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Renting & City Housing
Renting With a Housing Voucher and Source-of-Income Rules
Whether a landlord may refuse a housing voucher depends on state and local law, not federal law. Here is how a voucher tenancy works and where the legal lines fall.
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Benefits & Social Support
Public Housing and Section 8: Waitlists and Terminations
Public housing and Housing Choice Vouchers are HUD-funded but run by local housing agencies under their own written policies. Here is how lists and terminations work.
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Benefits & Social Support
Emergency Rental Assistance and Eviction Diversion
The big federal rental assistance program has wound down, so help now comes from state, county, city and nonprofit funds. Here is how to find it and use it in court.