Section 8

The Portsmouth Housing Authority has been allocated 406 Section 8 Vouchers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. We are also allocating funds with which to operate this program, and these funds cannot be exceeded so depending on the cost of supplying vouchers under this financial cap, the number of vouchers issued may vary from year to year.

The Section 8 program provides Section 8 Vouchers that will provide 70% of the cost of a housing unit up to a stated payment standard per unit. The recipient of the voucher is responsible to search for their units. The units must be inspected and pass a Housing Quality Inspection checklist. The units sought can be within the Portsmouth Area which covers from Milton, New Hampshire to Exeter, New Hampshire and all communities in between. After one year of living within this area, the Vouchers become portable and can be used in any community within the United States jurisdictions.


The current income limits for this program are:

1 person    $28,000
2 person    $32,000
3 person    $36,000
4 person    $40,000
5 person    $43,200
6 person    $46,400
7 person    $49,600
8 person    $52,800

The current Payment Standards for Portsmouth lease ups with all utilities included are:

0 bedroom           $754.00
1 bedroom           $892.00
2 bedroom           $1,112.00
3 bedroom           $1,468.00
4 bedroom           $1,655.00