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Assistance listing · 14.871
Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers
Federal financial assistance obligated under listing 14.871, the organisations that receive it and where it goes.
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Federal agencies obligated $38B in awards under assistance listing 14.871, Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, in FY2025, and $163B over the five fiscal years since FY2022; the program ranks 4 of 1056 on this site.
Obligations were up 16% on FY2024 ($33B), with $36B so far in FY2026.
The largest recipient organisations over FY2022–FY2025 were New York City Housing Authority ($7.4B), Chicago Housing Authority ($3.7B) and Housing Opportunity Corporation ($3.3B).
By place of performance, the most money went to CA, NY and TX.
Obligations by fiscal year
Compared with the largest program FY2025
| Measure | This program | Grants to States for Medicaid | All assistance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obligations, FY2025 | $38B | $666B | $4.5T |
| Five-year total | $163B | $3.2T | $21T |
| Share of all assistance obligations, five years | 0.8% | 15.2% | 100% |
Largest recipients obligations, FY2022–FY2025
Where the money goes
Other programs numbered 14.xxx
- 14.195 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) $77B
- 14.228 Community Development Block Grants/State's program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii $29B
- 14.850 Public Housing Operating Fund $25B
- 14.872 Public Housing Capital Fund $16B
- 14.267 Continuum of Care Program $13B
- 14.218 Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants $9.8B
- 14.251 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants $6.5B
- 14.867 Indian Housing Block Grants $5.8B
- 14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program $5.7B
- 14.157 Supportive Housing for the Elderly $4.2B
- 14.879 Mainstream Vouchers $2.9B
- 14.241 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS $2.0B
- 14.275 Housing Trust Fund $1.6B
- 14.231 Emergency Solutions Grant Program $1.2B
- 14.889 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants $997M
- 14.021 GRRP $765M
- 14.900 Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program $720M
- 14.862 Indian Community Development Block Grant Program $653M
- 14.233 Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) $634M
- 14.896 Family Self-Sufficiency Program $604M
- 14.191 Multifamily Housing Service Coordinators $551M
- 14.905 Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program $482M
- 14.276 Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program $386M
- 14.259 Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building $337M
Questions and answers
How much is obligated under assistance listing 14.871?
$38B in FY2025 and $163B over the five fiscal years since FY2022, counting every award type recorded under the listing (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance and other assistance). Obligations are commitments, not payments.
Who receives the most under Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers?
New York City Housing Authority ($7.4B), Chicago Housing Authority ($3.7B), Housing Opportunity Corporation ($3.3B), Housing Trust Fund Corp ($3.0B), New York City Department of Transportation ($2.7B). Individuals are never listed; where a program pays individuals, USAspending records aggregated rows that appear here as "not shown".
What is an assistance listing (CFDA) number?
A five-digit number that identifies a federal financial assistance program on SAM.gov (formerly the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Every grant, loan, direct payment or other assistance award on USAspending carries one; contracts do not.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2, spending by category (assistance listing) by fiscal year, recipient cross-tabulation for FY2022–FY2025 and award search, loaded 30 Sep 2026. State figures come from each state's top-100 listing table, so small amounts in a state may be missing. See methodology.