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The tenant-based housing choice voucher (HCV) program provides rental assistance on behalf of
eligible low-income families and individuals. It allows program participants to find and lease
housing in private rental markets, affording them more housing and locational choices as
compared to tenants in the conventional public housing program.
Some HCV program participants are considered by HUD to be hard-to-house. Among them are
family members with disabilities. For persons with disabilities, finding accessible housing in the
HCV program can be a major challenge. In some markets, such housing is scarce. Many newer
accessible units may be expensive and not eligible for the HCV program, or require upward
adjustments in payment standards or rent. Remaining housing stock may be old, in poor
condition, or difficult to modify. These are all problems compounded by the inherently
complicated logistics that persons with disabilities face in the search for affordable housing.
This study evaluates the feasibility of conducting a nationwide survey of successful voucher enrollees with physical disabilities about their experience in searching for accessible units. Another goal for HUD is to study the quality of experiences that successful voucher program enrollees with physical disabilities have had in their search for accessible units including the following:
- Explore how and in what ways public housing authorities (PHAs) assist enrollees with physical disabilities in finding accessible units (24 CFR 8);
- Determine how PHAs carry out their roles and responsibilities in assisting enrollees with physical disabilities who seek accessible units (24 CFR 8);
and,
- Examine the experiences of landlords who rent accessible units to enrollees with physical disabilities.
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