NAHRO's Section Eight Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA) Resource Page

Recommendations for the Housing Choice Voucher Program

NAHRO has, over the course of many years, advocated for responsible reform of both the Section 8 and Public Housing programs. In the last major effort to reform the programs our members utilize, the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (QHWRA), NAHRO played a substantive and meaningful role in helping to shape the course and final outcome of those discussions. Our goal has always been to seek legislative reforms that empower local decision-making and enable our members to meet local needs in a cost effective manner and with a high degree of administrative efficiency. Now, we are engaged in an effort to bring equity and balance to the program's funding system, as well as related program improvements. This site will serve as our communications and advocacy center. We invite you to use it to keep abreast of activities regarding Housing Choice Voucher program improvements.

Resources:

• Summary of the “Moving to Work Improvement, Expansion, and Permanency Act of 2011”
• Summary of the “Section Eight Voucher Savings Act of 2011”

• NAHRO Testifies Before House Subcommittee on Voucher Reform
• NAHRO Files Additional Comments and Recommendations for Voucher Reform Hearing

• NAHRO Recommends Voucher Program Regulatory and Administrative Reforms for HUD’s Immediate Implementation
• HUD’s Pending Regulatory and Administrative Reforms for Section 8 Program
• NAHRO Files Comments on Regulatory Reform

• NAHRO’s detailed summary of SEVRA as of December 1, 2010
• NAHRO's Housing Choice Voucher Program Regulatory and Administrative Reform Recommendations - HUD can act now to provide housing agencies with program cost reductions, flexibility and streamlining through regulatory and administrative reforms.
• NAHRO President Testifies at SEVRA Hearing – A summary of the June 4, 2009, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity hearing regarding the Section Eight Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA) as well as NAHRO Past President, Renée Rooker’s testimony
• Webcasts of the House Financial Service Committee’s mark-ups of H.R. 3045 are archived at www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/financialsvcs_dem/mrk_070809.shtml.
• Coverage of SEVRA (HR 3045), and information on amendments to the SEVRA on July 8 and 9, 2009.
• Coverage of two House hearings on SEVRA in 2009:  first hearing and second hearing.

• NAHRO’s coverage of SEVRA in the 110th Congress is available at here and here. 
• Testimony of NAHRO Executive Director Saul Ramirez before the House Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
• NAHRO’s coverage of “Section Eight Voucher Reform Act of 2007” (H.R. 1851)
• NAHRO's Analysis of HR 1851 vs. S. 2684
• NAHRO Policy and Advocacy Webcast: "Section Eight Voucher Reform Act of 2008" (S. 2684) (PDF file) on Thursday, August 7, 2008
• NAHRO's Views on S. 2684
• Coverage of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on SEVRA (S. 2684)

• NAHRO's Framework to Restructure the HCV Program - a summary of draft provisions to restructure the HCV program.

• Studies Necessary to Support HCV Reform - contains a list of studies we are recommending Congress direct HUD and GAO to perform