Brunswick County Public Housing Local Preference Expansion

About the Program

Category: Human Services (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) housing choice voucher program is a federal program that provides housing assistance to very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled. Public Housing agencies are permitted to establish local preferences and to give priority to serving families that meet those criteria when there is a waiting list. In addition to including the recommended local preferences for involuntary Displacement, Victims of Domestic Violence, and Homeless Veterans, Brunswick County Public Housing Agency adopted a local preference to assist families involved with the child welfare system when housing will prevent foster care placement or when housing is the only barrier to family reunification. The County adopted the change in September 2020.