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San Diego Housing Commission proposes voucher changes to avoid cutting assistance for more than 1,700 families
Summary
SDHC told the council it will submit proposed calculation changes to HUD in early 2026 to close a funding shortfall in the housing choice voucher program; the agency said the changes aim to prevent ending assistance for roughly 1,700 families and included a plan for multilingual outreach and resource fairs.
The San Diego Housing Commission on Dec. 17 briefed the City Council and the Housing Authority on proposed changes to the housing choice voucher program that SDHC says are necessary to close a federal funding gap and avoid ending assistance for more than 1,700 families.
Lisa Jones, SDHC’s interim executive director, told the meeting that the agency serves thousands of households in the voucher program and is facing a shortfall in federal funding that has grown as program costs rose. "By increasing contributions across the program, we're aiming to address the deficit in the voucher program and avoid having to end assistance for over 1,700 families," Jones said, and added the changes would be submitted to…
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