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Overview of the Section 8 home-ownership option


Abstract: Seeking to promote affordable housing for low-income families, Congress created the home-ownership option for families receiving Section 8 tenant-based assistance. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued its final rule implementing the Section 8 home-ownership program on October 12, 2000. e-Perspectives asked Roman Palomares, deputy director of HUD's Office of Public Housing in Fort Worth, Texas, to provide an overview of the program. Here's what he had to say.

Keywords: homeownership;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Part of Series: e-Perspectives

Publication Date: 2001

Issue: 6

Order Number: 3