Housing Choice Voucher Tenants
Your Housing Choice Voucher, also known as Section 8, helps you rent a home on the private market at a price you can afford. In this part of our website you can learn:
- How to use your voucher for the first time.
- How to report family and income changes if you already have a voucher.
- How to move to a new home with your voucher.
- Your responsibilities as a tenant—both to your landlord and to KCHA.
- Information about the voucher recertification and housing inspection processes.
If you are not a voucher-holder and still need housing, go to Find a Home.
If a landlord refuses to accept your voucher, that could be "source of income discrimination," which is illegal in Washington State. If you believe you are experiencing source of income discrimination or any other type of housing discrimination, please contact the King County Office of Civil Rights.