Looking for Section 8 news? Here’s what’s changing in 2026, what renters should expect, and how voucher funding and waitlists could be affected.

Social media rumors falsely claim Section 8 housing assistance will have a two-year cap or be ended entirely. President Trump's 2026 budget proposes overhauling Section 8 and other HUD programs, but ...

A Trump administration proposal suggests limiting Section 8 housing vouchers to two years for "able bodied adults." Advocates warn the proposed cuts could put hundreds of thousands of Ohioans at risk ...

California prohibits the use of credit history to reject applicants with housing assistance without considering pay stubs and other alternatives.

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Rumored changes to a rental assistance program known by many as "Section 8" are swirling on social media. Videos on TikTok and other platforms claim that the program, which helps low-income families ...

Section 8 voucher program participants may be able to convert their rental assistance into mortgage assistance through a homeownership program. Instead of getting assistance with your rent each month, ...

A national investigative nonprofit on Monday lodged discrimination complaints against more than 200 California landlords and their representatives — including major real estate brokerages — alleging ...

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The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles has stopped accepting new applicants for the Section 8 voucher program that subsidizes rent for tens of thousands of tenants in the city. The local ...

For our series Seeking Common Ground, a landlord and a man seeking Section 8 housing find they agree on something mundane but maddening: the amount of paperwork required to find and manage housing. As ...

When a woman in McKinney, Texas, told Tatiana Rhodes and her friends to “go back to your Section 8 homes” at a public pool earlier this month, she inadvertently spoke volumes about the failure of a ...