Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program in Michigan

Michigan project-based Section 8 HAP

CFDA 14.195 is titled SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS PROGRAM. Filtered to Michigan place of performance, obligations sum to $1,388,027,389.76 on 1,952 awards. The national Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program hub includes every state. Michigan's spending hub includes every program. This tie is the intersection. $1,388,027,389.76 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of projects, units, or owners in Detroit, Grand Rapids, or Lansing.

Project-based HAP often posts as thousands of assistance records tied to properties and owners. The join does not name recipients, split southeast Michigan and the west side, or count projects, units, or owners. Packet facts stop at $1,388,027,389.76, 1,952 awards, MI, and 14.195. Correlation is not causation.

14.195 is not Housing Choice Vouchers in Michigan

Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (CFDA 14.871) sits on other Catalog numbers. Mixing those dollars into $1,388,027,389.76 would invent a broader total than this 14.195 × MI cell contains. Facts available: Michigan, CFDA 14.195, $1,388,027,389.76, 1,952 awards. Recipient names, subawards, and project, unit, or owner counts are not in the facts.

The catalog title names Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program, not a ranking of Michigan outcomes. Dividing $1,388,027,389.76 by 1,952 yields about $711,080 per award—a project-based HAP contract record, not a typical apartment rent. Unique recipients are unpublished. 1,952 is not a count of projects, units, or owners.

Questions

How much Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments funding is obligated in Michigan?

USAspending.gov shows $1,388,027,389.76 in CFDA 14.195 obligations coded to Michigan across 1,952 awards. The join uses the program number and Michigan place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays. Keep Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program and Michigan together when citing $1,388,027,389.76.

Is this the same as Housing Choice Vouchers in Michigan?

No. This cell is CFDA 14.195 only. Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (CFDA 14.871) are other catalogs. Mixing those numbers would invent a total larger than $1,388,027,389.76. 1,952 is a record count, not a project, unit, or owner census.

Do 1,952 awards mean 1,952 apartment buildings?

1,952 is a USAspending award-record count, not a project, unit, or owner census. The implied mean is about $711,080 per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. Obligations of $1,388,027,389.76 are not outlays. Keep Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program and Michigan together when citing $1,388,027,389.76. The overlay remains the live 14.195 × MI table on USAspending.gov.

Do these obligations equal rents paid to owners?

No. $1,388,027,389.76 is an obligation sum. Outlays are a different USAspending series. This packet has no project, unit, or owner count. Keep the obligation label when citing the pair. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov for this 14.195 × MI pair.