Lake County Housing Commission

The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program is a rental assistance program for very low income households. The purpose of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program is to meet three primary goals: provide decent, safe and sanitary housing for very low income households while maintaining their rent payments at an affordable level; promote freedom of housing choice and spatial de-concentration of very low-income households of all races and ethnic background; and, provide an incentive to private property owners to rent to very low-income households by offering timely rental payments. The Program also supports the local rental market by encouraging unit maintenance by landlords, responsible tenancy by program participants and self-sufficiency among participating families.