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Residents, landlord praise Chandler’s Housing Choice Voucher program during public remarks

3154931 · April 30, 2025

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Summary

A resident and a landlord told city officials that the City of Chandler Housing and Redevelopment Division’s Housing Choice Voucher program (Section 8) provided stability for families and reliable tenants for property owners; no formal action was taken.

Resident (public commenter) described how the City of Chandler Housing and Redevelopment Division helped her family find stable housing after she entered a shelter, saying, "The impact for a stable home on me and my family, her children, especially with special needs, means everything for me so the boys have stability. I ended up going into a shelter. I got a lot of support from Chandler."

Housing and Redevelopment Division staff said the division "administers the Public Housing Authority" and noted its programs for low- and moderate-income households, adding, "One of our biggest programs that we administer is our housing choice voucher program, also known as section 8." The staff member explained how the voucher works: "the voucher does is it allows that family to pay 30% of their income to rent and the subsidy is paid by our office."

A property owner and landlord who spoke about participating in the program said it brings "qualified applicants to our property" and helps provide "long term residents" who increase occupancy and income. The landlord also said the city is responsive when problems arise: "If there's any time there's an issue, whether it's a rent payment, there's a behavior issue, when we call the city of Chandler, they're out here ASAP."

The resident emphasized family needs related to guardianship of children with disabilities, saying that without assistance she was "already packing up my stuff" and that it "would be so stressful to be in a truck with 2 special needs children if Chandler would have came together to help make this happen."

Those who spoke framed the Housing Choice Voucher program as supporting neighborhood stability and enabling families to afford other necessities by limiting rent to roughly 30% of household income. No motions or formal votes were recorded in the remarks presented here; the statements appear as public input and program explanation rather than a proposal or formal city action.