Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program in Ohio

Project-based HAP in Ohio, not tenant vouchers

CFDA 14.195 is titled SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS PROGRAM. Filtered to Ohio place of performance, obligations sum to $1,803,424,709 on 3,221 awards. The national Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program hub includes every state. Ohio's spending hub includes every program. This tie is the intersection. $1,803,424,709 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of projects, units, or owners in Columbus, Cleveland, or Cincinnati.

Project-based HAP often posts as thousands of assistance records tied to properties and owners. The join does not name recipients, split the lakefront and the Ohio River counties, or count projects, units, or owners. Packet facts stop at $1,803,424,709, 3,221 awards, OH, and 14.195. Correlation is not causation.

14.195 is not Housing Choice Vouchers in Ohio

Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (CFDA 14.871) sits on other Catalog numbers. Mixing those dollars into $1,803,424,709 would invent a broader total than this 14.195 × OH cell contains. Facts available: Ohio, CFDA 14.195, $1,803,424,709, 3,221 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 Ohio outcomes. Dividing $1,803,424,709 by 3,221 yields about $559,896 per award—a project-based HAP contract record, not a typical apartment rent. Unique recipients are unpublished. 3,221 is not a count of projects, units, or owners.

Questions

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

USAspending.gov shows $1,803,424,709 in CFDA 14.195 obligations coded to Ohio across 3,221 awards. The join uses the program number and Ohio place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays. Keep Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program and Ohio together when citing $1,803,424,709.

Is this the same as Housing Choice Vouchers in Ohio?

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 $1,803,424,709. 3,221 is a record count, not a project, unit, or owner census.

Do 3,221 awards mean 3,221 apartment buildings?

3,221 is a USAspending award-record count, not a project, unit, or owner census. The implied mean is about $559,896 per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. Obligations of $1,803,424,709 are not outlays. Keep Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program and Ohio together when citing $1,803,424,709. The overlay remains the live 14.195 × OH table on USAspending.gov.

Is $1.8 billion Ohio's full federal housing spend?

No. $1,803,424,709 is only the 14.195 × Ohio cell. Other CFDA programs with Ohio place of performance sit on the statewide hub. Nationwide 14.195 is not limited to Ohio. Obligations of $1,803,424,709 are not outlays.