Mobility Demonstration Notice to be Published Tomorrow
Tomorrow, a notice titled “Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers: Implementation of the Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration” will be published in the Federal Register. This notice implements $53 million worth of funding ($10 million for new vouchers, $40 million for services, and $3 million for research) to implement a mobility demonstration program. The purpose of the demonstration is to evaluate the effectiveness of mobility-related strategies in encouraging families to move to lower-poverty areas.
The notice states guidelines by which the demonstration will be governed. New vouchers–and the mobility-related services that will accompany those vouchers–must be provided to families with children. Services include pre-move services, housing search assistance, family financial assistance, landlord recruitment, and post-move services. Public Housing Agencies that are eligible to participate in the demonstration include PHA partnerships, consortia with high-performing Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) programs, consortia with small PHA(s), and certain single agencies. There are certain other eligibility requirements. The Department must submit a report to Congress within five years of implementation.
Applications will be due on October 13, 2020 before midnight ET.
Staff at NAHRO are still in the process of reading through the notice and NAHRO members can expect additional updates.
A pre-publication copy of the notice can be found here.
The Department’s Mobility Demonstration page can be found here.