Housing Choice Voucher program
Coverage of Housing Choice Voucher program in the Nexus archive.
- CA landlord fights law meant to help low-income renters
A California property management company, Tower Bridge Property Management, is challenging a state law requiring landlords to rent to tenants with federal housing vouchers (Section 8). The lawsuit claims the law violates Fourth Amendment rights due to mandatory inspections and paperwork for voucher holders. Similar legal challenges have emerged in other states, with tenant rights groups filing civil rights lawsuits against landlords allegedly refusing Section 8 tenants.
- Section 8 promises renters they can live where they choose. It mostly fails to deliver.
The Section 8 housing voucher program, designed to allow renters to choose where they live, often fails to deliver as most voucher holders in Los Angeles County reside in low-resource areas. Santa Monica, a high-resource area, is an exception, with some tenants using vouchers to afford beachfront apartments, though discrimination and limited housing availability remain barriers.
- 4,000 LA County Households to Avoid Losing Housing Assistance
More than 4,000 Los Angeles County households will remain housed as local housing agencies transition participants from the Emergency Housing Voucher program to the Housing Choice Voucher program before federal funding expires. The agencies, including the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Development Authority, have sufficient resources to move all eligible participants.
- Thousands of LA renters housed during pandemic no longer at risk of homelessness, officials say
Los Angeles officials announced that over 4,300 households in emergency housing voucher programs will transition to the permanent Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program by September 2026, preventing potential homelessness as federal pandemic funding ends. The move ensures participants can remain in their homes without additional paperwork, easing concerns about evictions.