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Housing Authority adopts higher payment standards for vouchers to boost leasing
Summary
The San Francisco Housing Authority approved new Housing Choice Voucher payment standards effective Aug. 1, 2023, raising ceilings for studios, one- and two-bedrooms to help voucher holders compete in the local rental market. Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt the schedule after staff explained HUD rules and local data.
The Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco voted unanimously July 21 to adopt higher payment standards for its Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, a change staff says will help voucher holders lease units in the current market.
Kendra Crawford, the authority’s housing operations director, told commissioners the action responds to HUD’s fiscal-year 2023 fair market rents and an existing waiver that allows the agency to set payment standards between 100% and…
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