Mainstream Vouchers — CFDA 14.879

Mainstream-voucher obligations at $1.72 billion

USAspending.gov records $1,716,542,930 in obligations under CFDA 14.879. Nineteen thousand five hundred sixty-nine awards produce that stock. A simple average is about $87,700 per award — smaller than a typical capital grant and consistent with recurring HAP assistance rows. That average is a quotient of two packet totals, not a typical rent subsidy or a per-household amount.

The assistance-listing title is MAINSTREAM VOUCHERS. CFDA 14.879 is the identifier. Other HUD voucher or public-housing listings tagged under different CFDA numbers are not mixed into the $1.72 billion. Combining those codes would invent a combined Section 8 total this packet does not contain.

622 recipients across 53 states

Six hundred twenty-two recipients share 19,569 awards, or about 31.5 award records per recipient on average. Splitting $1.72 billion evenly would assign about $2.76 million per recipient. That density is the story: a PHA-scale roster carrying tens of thousands of assistance rows. The packet does not list the 622. Recipient count is the organizational headcount, not a census of voucher holders.

Fifty-three states in the geographic count is a near-complete map plus extra jurisdictions. Mainstream-voucher dollars in this extract follow that coded geography. Place-of-performance amounts are on the program table.

Nineteen thousand five hundred sixty-nine awards on 622 recipients is HAP-row architecture: many assistance records per PHA, not 19,569 households. About $87,700 per award is smaller than capital grants and consistent with recurring voucher payments. Fifty-three states in the geographic count is a near-complete map plus extra jurisdictions. The $1,716,542,930 obligation stock is not a utilization report and not a Housing Choice Voucher rollup. Other Section 8 listings stay outside CFDA 14.879. Quote 19,569 as assistance rows and 622 as named organizations.

Award count is not a voucher count

Among HUD assistance listings, 14.879 is a high-volume file: 19,569 rows against 622 recipients. Monthly or annual HAP rows can inflate award count relative to unique PHAs. Award count is therefore a weak proxy for “number of Mainstream vouchers.” Recipients (622) tell you how many named organizations sit on the extract; awards (19,569) tell you how many assistance rows were stored.

The packet does not report authorized vouchers, utilization, or household size. Citing 19,569 as families would be a unit error. Keep the units straight: dollars, awards, recipients, states.

Obligations versus payment outlays

The $1.72 billion is an obligation total from USAspending.gov. Outlays — cash paid against Mainstream voucher awards — are not in the packet. A PHA can show a large obligation stock while a HAP payment follows a later month. Deobligations and upward adjustments both move the total. A remaining-balance question is an outlay question this extract does not answer.

Use CFDA 14.879 to size this Mainstream Vouchers listing in the assistance file. Do not use it as a Housing Choice Voucher, VASH, or public-housing operating dashboard. Those series live on other codes. This page reports the obligation book tagged 14.879.

What the 14.879 tables omit

The Mainstream Vouchers hub lists award-backed obligations from USAspending.gov. It is not a waitlist file, not a utilization report, and not a disability-status census. Series that never appear as assistance awards will not show up in the $1,716,542,930. That omission is definitional rather than a gap in the 19,569 award rows.

Place-of-performance on 53 states is a coding field. Read the program page before treating those cells as equal shares. Recipient dollars, if shown on the hub, are still obligation amounts, not cash already paid to landlords.

Where the 14.879 table lives

The program page overlays these four facts. The all-programs index ranks 14.879 among other assistance listings. Agency pages show awarding-agency rollups that may include this CFDA among other HUD listings. For 14.879 only, start on the program page.

CFDA 14.879’s 19,569 awards spread $1,716,542,930 across 622 recipients and 53 states. Quote award count as a record count, recipient count as the organizational headcount, and dollars as obligations from USAspending.gov. About 31.5 award records per recipient is the density story on this listing. Outlays remain a separate column. Source: USAspending.gov assistance awards.

Questions

How much is obligated for Mainstream Vouchers?

USAspending.gov records $1,716,542,930 in obligations for CFDA 14.879. SpendingVault indexes 19,569 awards, 622 recipients, and 53 states. The figure is an obligation sum from assistance awards, not an outlay and not a household count. CFDA 14.879’s $1.72 billion is the USAspending obligation stock.

How many awards does CFDA 14.879 carry?

The listing shows 19,569 awards against 622 recipients, or about 31.5 award records per recipient. A simple average is about $87,700 per award. Award count is not a voucher or tenant count. Recipient dollars are on the program page. USAspending.gov indexes those rows as assistance obligations, not outlays.

How many organizations receive 14.879 awards?

The extract lists 622 recipients. Those are organizational recipients on assistance awards tagged 14.879. Geographic coding covers 53 states. The packet does not name the 622 or publish voucher utilization. Recipient count is the organizational headcount. USAspending.gov indexes those rows as assistance obligations, not outlays.

Is $1.72 billion already paid to PHAs for Mainstream vouchers?

Not necessarily. Obligations are commitments. Outlays are payments. CFDA 14.879’s indexed total is the obligation stock from USAspending.gov. This page does not report cash drawn, remaining balances, or households served. The $1.72 billion on 19,569 awards is the obligation figure.