Voucher Portability
Feature of Tenant Based Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program that allows households to use their rental subsidy to lease a unit outside of the original Housing Authority's jurisdiction. This allows households to move to other cities, counties or states and take their rental assistance with them.
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