Section 8 voucher holders and public housing residents from Orleans Parish, New Orleans, St.Bernard Parish and elsewhere are welcome in Jefferson Parish.

If you were from a Hurricane Katrina or Rita disaster area, you may qualify for a special Disaster Voucher Program (formerly known as the Katrina Disaster Housing Assistance Program- KDHAP) for former public housing and Section 8 voucher holders.

A family returning to its former voucher unit or a replacement voucher unit in its home PHA will be assisted under the regular Section 8 Voucher program, not DVP.

Unlike regular vouchers, there is no family contribution to monthly gross rent. DVP monthly housing assistance payments are the lesser of monthly gross rent or the voucher payment standard. Monthly gross rent is the rent to the owner plus any utility allowance for tenant-provided utilities.

A family may rent a unit with a gross rent greater than the payment standard, but the family must pay the difference even if it exceeds 40% of income. If the rent to the owner is less than the payment standard and the lease requires the family to pay utilities, the PHA will reimburse the family an amount equal to the difference between the housing assistance payment and the rent. After September 30, 2007, a family’s assistance will be recalculated according to regular voucher rules.

For the latest information on the Disaster Voucher Program, click here .