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Mountain Projects warns Section 8 vouchers frozen, homelessness rising in Haywood County
Summary
Mountain Projects director told the Haywood County Board of Commissioners that the nonprofit'administered Section 8 voucher program is in a HUD-declared shortfall; the agency has frozen new admissions and the local voucher pool has fallen from 1,004 to 825 active vouchers, increasing housing instability locally.
Patsy Davis, executive director of Mountain Projects, told the Haywood County Board of Commissioners on April 7 that the local Section 8 voucher program is in a federal shortfall and the voucher issuance is frozen, worsening housing instability in Haywood and Jackson counties.
Davis said the program administers 1,004 vouchers for the two-county area but that HUD moved the agency into "shortfall status" in August, after rising rents increased the average payment per voucher from about $466 in January 2022 to $746 in March 2025. As people leave the program for any reason—death, increased income, relocation—Mountain Projects currently cannot replace them; Davis said 825 vouchers remain…
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