Resident Programs

Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program

The Greensboro Housing Authority administers over 3,300 Housing Choice Vouchers which help very-low income households afford private market rental housing that is decent, safe and sanitary.  GHA administers programs targeting special populations in addition to providing services that will enhance quality of life and assist in achieving economic independence and self-sufficiency such as:

• Non-elderly disabled individuals

• Shelter Plus Care Programs – Program for Disabled Homeless Individuals

• Supportive Housing – Housing for Chronically Homeless Individuals and their Families

• Housing Opportunities for Persons Living with AIDS

• Family Unification Program – Program providing housing to individuals who have lost or face eminent loss of their children due to lack of  proper housing and youth ageing out of foster care

• Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program  -  Program that help families achieve self-sufficiency over a five or seven-year period by linking with a variety of  services that will enable them to achieve the goals they have set for themselves  

• Tenant-Based Rental Assistance – program funded through the City of Greensboro to provide rental subsidy to families attain self-sufficiency