District of Columbia’s Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher

[Brent Robinson]

I'm not sure how DC’s HCVP (section 8) works when it comes to rental rates.

For example, the HCVP rent's listed on the website (http://www.dchousing.org/rent_hcvp.aspx/default.aspx) for Deanwood is $2,030 for a three-bedroom with no utilities. Does that mean anyone that wants to live in Deanwood with a voucher can receive up to $2,030 a month if the property just passed the basic inspection? Or, is that the max and there's a sliding rate that is determined based on other factors?

Thank you for any help in explaining it to me.