Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers in Virginia

Virginia Housing Choice Vouchers as a HUD–state pair

CFDA 14.871 is titled SECTION 8 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS. Filtered to Virginia place of performance, obligations sum to $1,621,522,251 on 2,644 awards. The national Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers hub includes every state. Virginia's spending hub includes every program. This tie is the intersection. $1,621,522,251 is an obligation aggregate from USAspending.gov, not an outlay and not a count of households, units, or landlords in Richmond, Norfolk, or Arlington.

Tenant-based vouchers often appear as many assistance records to housing authorities rather than one statewide block. The join does not name recipients, split Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia, or count households, units, or landlords. Packet facts stop at $1,621,522,251, 2,644 awards, VA, and 14.871. Correlation is not causation.

14.871 is not project-based HAP in Virginia

Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (CFDA 14.195) sits on other Catalog numbers. Mixing those dollars into $1,621,522,251 would invent a broader total than this 14.871 × VA cell contains. Facts available: Virginia, CFDA 14.871, $1,621,522,251, 2,644 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 Virginia outcomes. Dividing $1,621,522,251 by 2,644 yields about $613,284 per award—a local housing-authority voucher award, not a typical tenant rent share. Unique recipients are unpublished. 2,644 is not a count of households, units, or landlords.

Questions

How much Housing Choice Voucher funding is obligated in Virginia?

USAspending.gov shows $1,621,522,251 in CFDA 14.871 obligations coded to Virginia across 2,644 awards. The join uses the program number and Virginia place of performance. The total is obligations, not outlays. Keep Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and Virginia together when citing $1,621,522,251.

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

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 $1,621,522,251. 2,644 is a record count, not a household, unit, or landlord census.

Do 2,644 awards mean 2,644 households?

2,644 is a USAspending award-record count, not a household, unit, or landlord census. The implied mean is about $613,284 per award. Unique recipients are unpublished. Obligations of $1,621,522,251 are not outlays. Keep Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and Virginia together when citing $1,621,522,251. The overlay remains the live 14.871 × VA table on USAspending.gov.

Is $1.62 billion Virginia's full federal housing spend?

No. $1,621,522,251 is only the 14.871 × Virginia cell. Other CFDA programs with Virginia place of performance sit on the statewide hub. Nationwide 14.871 is not limited to Virginia. Obligations of $1,621,522,251 are not outlays.