Could the Administration s proposal affect families that received tenant protection vouchers after losing other forms of housing assistance?
Yes. In the last 10 years, some families have received vouchers because they lost assistance under another federal housing program due to a decision by Congress. For example, if an owner of a federally subsidized apartment building decides to stop accepting federal project-based subsidies, low-income tenants in the building are usually eligible for such tenant protection vouchers. The vouchers enable the tenants to stay in their homes or move to a different apartment without facing a large rent increase. Under the Administration s proposal, most families with tenant protection vouchers could lose their voucher or see their rents raised sharply, just like other families with vouchers.[4] This would include most households that received a special category of tenant protection vouchers referred to as enhanced vouchers. Apartment owners who stop accepting housing subsidies sometimes raise rents above the maximum amount that a voucher is normally permitted to cover, because market rents in
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