Section 8 rental assistance is a federally-funded program, via HUD (Housing & Urban Development), that helps families acquire safe living quarters through rent subsidation. Section 8 assistance helps:

• to provide improved living conditions for very low-income families while maintaining their rent payments at an affordable level.

• to promote freedom of housing choice and location for lower income and minority families throughout the area covered by the Section 8 voucher program.

• to provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing for eligible participants.

• to provide an incentive to private property owners to rent to lower income families by offering timely assistance payments.

Eligible participants are given a voucher toward the cost of rent, and are responsible for the balance of the rent expense. This has the added benefit of encouraging participants to develop financial responsibility.

For more information, contact us via phone at (607) 336-2101 or click here to email Section 8.