Section 8

The HAMB operates a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program with a baseline of 3,642 vouchers. In addition, the HAMB operates a HUD-VASH Program, which provides 376 vouchers to veterans. The HAMB, in partnership with the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust, established a new Mainstream Voucher program providing 75 vouchers and a new Emergency Housing Voucher program providing 88 vouchers to families impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program
The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program is a tenant-based rental assistance program under which an eligible program participant pays 30 percent of his or her monthly adjusted income toward the rent, and U.S. HUD pays the remainder. In the HCV Program, a participant is given a voucher and is allowed to look for housing in the private rental market anywhere within HAMB's jurisdiction, which covers Miami Beach and extends ten miles outside the city. Once the participant finds a housing unit he or she would like to rent, HAMB must approve the rent and then inspect the unit. After the unit passes inspection, the participant can move in. If the tenant wants to move, he or she may do so after the first year in the unit.

HAMB currently administers 3,412 vouchers in the HCV Program.

Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Program
The Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Program is a project-based rental assistance program under which an eligible program participant pays 30 percent of his or her monthly adjusted income toward the rent, and U.S. HUD pays the remainder. In the Project-Based Program, a participant may rent a unit in specified buildings located in Miami Beach. The rents for project-based units are already designated per contract. The unit must be inspected before the participant can move in. If the participant wants to move, he or she may do so only after the first year of participation and only if HAMB has a Section 8 voucher available to provide to the participant.

Section 8 Substantial Rehabilitation Program
The Section 8 Substantial Rehabilitation program is a project-based rental assistance program under which an eligible program participant pays 30 percent of his or her monthly adjusted income toward the rent, and U.S. HUD pays the remainder. The HAMB serves as the contract administrator for the buildings. In the Substantial Rehabilitation Program, a participant may rent a unit in specified buildings located in Miami Beach. The unit must be inspected before the participant can move in. Because the housing assistance is assigned to the building, a participant must live in the building in order to receive housing assistance.

There are currently 34 units under this program at Villa Maria, 2800 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, 33140.