HUD released a Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Data Dashboard on February 19 that provides information on public housing agencies’ (PHAs’) current Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) budget and unit utilization, spending and leasing trends over time, reserve balances, and leasing potential. After a two-month delay from the time PHAs report the data to HUD, the dashboard will be updated monthly.
The dashboard allows users to filter by state to see voucher budget and unit utilization since 2014, total reserves, the number of units currently under lease, the number of units in the Annual Contributions Contract, and the average cost per unit. The dashboard also reports the total voucher budget authority, utilization, and reserve level (based on HUD-held reserves) for the top 20 PHAs in each state since 2014. Users can see average 12-month attrition rates and the number of vouchers ported into and out of a state. The dashboard tracks changes in per-unit costs over the last five years and reports the PHAs in each state with the largest cost increases and reductions.
The dashboard provides information about special-purpose vouchers at both the national and state level. Users can see the number of Mainstream vouchers (serving families with non-elderly persons who have disabilities) awarded to and leased by state. It provides similar information for Non-Elderly Disabled (NED) vouchers, Family Unification Program (FUP) vouchers (serving families at risk of separation and youth exiting foster care programs who are at-risk of homelessness), and Veterans Supportive Housing vouchers (HUD-VASH).
The Housing Choice Voucher data dashboard is at: https://bit.ly/38O7zSw
More about Housing Choice Vouchers is on page 4-1 of NLIHC’s 2019 Advocates’ Guide.
More about Mainstream vouchers is on page 4-8 of NLIHC’s 2019 Advocates’ Guide.
More about Non-Elderly Disabled (NED) vouchers is on page 4-8 of NLIHC’s 2019 Advocates’ Guide.
More about Family Unification Program (FUP) vouchers is on page 4-15 of NLIHC’s 2019 Advocates’ Guide.
More about Veterans Supportive Housing vouchers (HUD-VASH) is on page 4-21 of NLIHC’s 2019 Advocates’ Guide.