Fully Fund Housing Choice Vouchers

Three in four families who qualify for rental help never get it, and families who get a voucher wait years.

A letter to your members of Congress. Facts checked September 26, 2026.

The explainer behind this letter Section 8 Housing How vouchers split the rent, why the wait lasts years, and if a landlord can say no

The Letter

Subject Fully Fund Housing Choice Vouchers in the 2027 Budget

Three out of four families who qualify for help with rent never get it, because Congress funds only a fraction of the Housing Choice Vouchers that are needed. Families who did get a voucher had waited more than two years on average, and many housing agencies have closed their waiting lists.

Vouchers work. In a HUD study of families leaving homeless shelters, the offer of a long-term rent subsidy cut later shelter stays by more than three-quarters and cut domestic violence by more than half, at a cost only 9% higher than the usual help.

The president's 2027 budget asks for deep cuts to housing aid. A family that loses its voucher can lose its home, and a family still on a waiting list keeps waiting.

Please fully fund Housing Choice Vouchers in the 2027 budget, so no family loses one and more families on waiting lists finally get one.

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I'm calling to ask the member to fully fund Housing Choice Vouchers in the 2027 housing budget.
Only 1 in 4 families who qualify for rental help gets it. Families who got a voucher waited 28 months on average.
In HUD's own study, a long-term rent subsidy cut later shelter stays by more than three-quarters for families leaving shelters.
Please fund every voucher now in use and add new ones for families on waiting lists.

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The Facts Behind the Ask

1 in 4 low-income renter households needing rental assistance that receive it (source)
28 months average wait for families who received a voucher in 2020 (source)
3/4 cut in shelter stays for families offered a long-term rent subsidy, months 21 to 32 (Family Options Study) (source)

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