Housing - Deep Subsidy

Housing that has deep subsidy is generally housing where eligible households must only pay a specific percentage of their household income toward rent and utilities. The subsidy pays the difference, up to an established payment limit. The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development typically considers housing “affordable” when it costs no more than thirty percent (30%) of a household’s monthly income. Certain types of income or expenses may be deducted or excluded from monthly income: these are adjustments to income. Therefore, subsidies are often set so that households pay no more than 30% of their monthly adjusted income or ten percent (10%) of their monthly gross income, whichever is higher. Though a household’s income may fluctuate, the percentage of income they pay toward housing remains the same. The subsidy may therefore also fluctuate, and if income decreases significantly, the subsidy may become very large. That is why rent structures where households pay a percentage of their household income toward rent and utilities are known as “deep subsidies.”

To search for this housing, use the Find Housing link, then select Housing - Deep Subsidy and the locality or jurisdiction in which you are looking.

These subsidies include:

o Disability Housing with Deep Subsidies

o Senior Housing with Deep Subsidies

o Public Housing

o Project Based Vouchers

o Federally Assisted Housing with Deep Subsidy

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Disability Housing with Deep Subsidies

Information on disability housing with deep subsidies will go here. People will find information on disability housing in a variety of ways.

ALEXANDRIA CITY

ARLINGTON COUNTY

FAIRFAX COUNTY

LOUDOUN COUNTY

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY

REGIONAL

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Public Housing

Information on Public Housing will be provided here. We will put it in the category of "Housing - Deep Subsidy" though people many find it in a variety of ways.

ALEXANDRIA CITY

ARLINGTON COUNTY

FAIRFAX COUNTY

LOUDOUN COUNTY

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY

REGIONAL

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Project Based Vouchers

Project-based vouchers are a component of a public housing agency’s (PHA’s) housing choice voucher program. A PHA can attach up to 20 percent (20%) of its voucher assistance to specific housing units if the owner agrees to either rehabilitate or construct the units, or the owner agrees to set-aside a portion of the units in an existing development.

PHAs refer families who have already applied to a PHA for housing choice vouchers and are on the PHA's waiting list to properties that have project-based voucher assistance when units become vacant. Under the tenant-based housing choice voucher program, the PHA issues an eligible family a voucher and the family selects a unit of its choice. If the family moves out of the unit, the contract with the owner ends and the family can move with continued assistance to another unit.

Under the project-based voucher program, a PHA enters into an assistance contract with the owner for specified units and for a specified term. The PHA refers families from its waiting list to the project owner to fill vacancies. Eligible families pay 30% of their adjusted monthly income or 10% of their monthly gross income toward rent and utilities, whichever amount is higher. Because the assistance is tied to the unit, a family who moves from the project-based unit does not have any right to continued housing assistance. However, they may be eligible for a tenant based voucher when one becomes available.

Search for Project-based Voucher information by jurisdiction using the Find Resources search form.

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