# Mainstream 811 Voucher Renewals

**Agency:** Housing & Urban Dev  
**Account:** DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS TOTAL, NET  
**Source document:** HUD Programs · p. 1  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/hud/mainstream-811-voucher-renewals  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.


## Housing & Urban Dev discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $62.00B, FY2026 $74.30B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

The 2027 Budget includes funding for the following activities: Vouchers; this request is an increase of $608 million from the 2026 appropriation; more than provided in the 2026 appropriation. The HCV program is an essential component of the Federal housing strategy for people in need. Housing Choice Vouchers offer low- and extremely low-income families improved affordable housing options in the private market and access to greater economic opportunities. The option to use project-based vouchers helps create and preserve deeply affordable units available to families in The HCV program partners with local PHAs and landlords to provide housing to our Nation's neediest families. Of the families currently receiving HCV assistance:  80 percent are extremely low-income;  35 percent of households served have an elderly head of household;  22 percent have a non-elderly disabled head of household; and  32 percent of families served have female heads of household with children. Without rental assistance, these families face a heightened risk of housing instability and homelessness and must often forgo other life necessities, such as food, clothing, and medicine HCV assistance is primarily tenant-based assistance, which means the assistance is not permanently tied to a particular unit or project, but rather to an individual household. The household is responsible for finding a suitable


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Housing & Urban Dev › HUD Programs › DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS TOTAL, NET › PUBLIC and INDIAN HOUSING PROGRAMS TOTAL


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*