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Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Payment Standards
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Payment Standards below are effective as of October 1, 2022 and apply to all voucher programs: HCV, Project-based vouchers, VASH, Family Unification, NED, and Mainstream.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published final Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for 2022 for the HCV program effective October 1, 2022. Fresno Housing was approved through an expedited waiver to set payment standards between 111 and 120 percent of the published Fair Market Rents.
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Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Fact Sheet
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is the federal government’s primary program for helping very low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market. Since housing assistance is provided on behalf of the HCV tenant, participants are able to find their own housing, including single-family homes, townhouses, and apartments.
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HCV Occupancy Standard
Tenancy Addendum
2025 HCV Income Limits
Myth-Busting and Benefits Fact Sheet
Rent Adjustment Form
HUD 5382 – Certification of Domestic Violence
Notification Of Your Rights And Obligations Under The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
VAWA provides protections for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) applicants, tenants, and participants from being denied assistance on the basis or as a direct result of being a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
The purpose of this notice (herein called “Notice”) is to explain your rights and obligations under VAWA, as an owner of housing assisted through FH HCV program. Each component of this Notice also provides citations to HUD’s applicable regulations.
DFEH – Source of Income Fact Sheet
California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) protects people from housing discrimination based on categories including race, color, national origin, religion, disability, gender, gender identity, familial status, sexual orientation, and some sources of income. The latest amendment adds people using housing subsidies to the list of protected groups, meaning landlords cannot refuse to rent to someone or discriminate against them because they have a housing subsidy.
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SAFMRs (Small Area Fair Market Rents)
(Update effective 04/01/2023) SAFMRs represent average rents by bedroom size in specific zip code areas and are used by the housing authority to determine our Payment Standards. Fresno Housing (FH) has identified 16 zip codes within our county that would benefit from using the SAFMRs (see chart below). FH will use traditional FMRs (Fair Market Rents) for all other zip code areas.
