Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers in Ohio

Housing Choice Vouchers on an Ohio geography tag

CFDA 14.871 is titled SECTION 8 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS. Filtered to Ohio place of performance, obligations sum to $2,110,219,039 on 4,194 awards. The national Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers hub includes every state. Ohio's spending hub includes every program. This tie is the intersection. $2,110,219,039 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of households, units, or landlords in Columbus, Cleveland, or Cincinnati.

Tenant-based vouchers often appear as many assistance records to housing authorities rather than one statewide block. The join does not name recipients, split the lakefront and the Ohio River counties, or count households, units, or landlords. Packet facts stop at $2,110,219,039, 4,194 awards, OH, and 14.871. Correlation is not causation.

14.871 is not project-based HAP in Ohio

Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (CFDA 14.195) sits on other Catalog numbers. Mixing those dollars into $2,110,219,039 would invent a broader total than this 14.871 × OH cell contains. Facts available: Ohio, CFDA 14.871, $2,110,219,039, 4,194 awards. Recipient names, subawards, and household, unit, or landlord counts are not in the facts.

The catalog title names Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, not a ranking of Ohio outcomes. Dividing $2,110,219,039 by 4,194 yields about $503,152 per award—a local housing-authority voucher award, not a typical tenant rent share. Unique recipients are unpublished. 4,194 is not a count of households, units, or landlords.

Questions

How much Housing Choice Voucher funding is obligated in Ohio?

USAspending.gov shows $2,110,219,039 in CFDA 14.871 obligations coded to Ohio across 4,194 awards. The join uses the program number and Ohio place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays. Keep Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and Ohio together when citing $2,110,219,039.

Is this the same as project-based Section 8 in Ohio?

No. This cell is CFDA 14.871 only. Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (CFDA 14.195) are other catalogs. Mixing those numbers would invent a total larger than $2,110,219,039. 4,194 is a record count, not a household, unit, or landlord census.

Do 4,194 awards mean 4,194 households?

4,194 is a USAspending award-record count, not a household, unit, or landlord census. The implied mean is about $503,152 per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. Obligations of $2,110,219,039 are not outlays. Keep Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and Ohio together when citing $2,110,219,039. The overlay remains the live 14.871 × OH table on USAspending.gov.

Is $2.11 billion Ohio's full federal housing spend?

No. $2,110,219,039 is only the 14.871 × Ohio cell. Other CFDA programs with Ohio place of performance sit on the statewide hub. Nationwide 14.871 is not limited to Ohio. Obligations of $2,110,219,039 are not outlays.