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Housing Choice Voucher Program

This page features resources for HCV tenants and applicants. HCV Landlords can find resources on the Landlord Resources page. To access the HCV Online Briefing, click here.

HACP, Allegheny County Housing Authority (ACHA), Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS), and the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh have partnered to help HCV families find homes in areas of opportunity through the HUD Community Choice Demonstration. For more information regarding the program and how it can benefit HCV families, please visit the Community Choice Demonstration page.


 

What is the Housing Choice Voucher Program?

The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program, the nation’s largest rental assistance program, helps low-income families, the elderly and the disabled rent decent, safe and sanitary housing units in the private market. Each year, HCVs help lift more than one million people nation-wide out of poverty and give families the opportunity to move to safer, less poor neighborhoods. The HCV program offers a number of benefits to participating families, as well as communities as a whole, including:

  • Reducing homelessness
  • Increasing housing stability
  • Reducing poverty
  • Helping low-wage workers make ends meet
  • Giving families access to safer neighborhoods with better schools and opportunities
  • Allowing senior citizens and disabled individuals to live independently
  • Reducing costs in health care and other public services

How Does A Housing Choice Voucher Work?

The HCV program was designed to expand housing choices for low-income families by allowing them to search for rental housing in the private market. Once a low-income family is invited to participate in the program, the HACP issues that family a housing voucher. The voucher identifies the size of unit the family qualifies for, as well as the maximum amount of monthly rent the family can afford to pay. Using the voucher information as a guideline, the voucher holder then searches for an affordable rental unit that best matches their family’s housing needs.

The Housing Choice Voucher Online Briefing walks tenants through the HCV program, how it works, and what to expect. You can access the HCV Online Briefing here.

What is the Relationship Between Program Participants, Property Owners and the HACP?  

The HCV program is best viewed as three separate partnerships: one between the HACP and program participants, another partnership between the HACP and property owners, and a third partnership between the property owner and their HCV program tenant family.

Useful Information for Landlords and Property Owners

Landlords working with the HACP Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) or interested in working with HACP can view the Authority’s Landlord Resources Page for more detailed information about the program.

 

HACP's Housing Choice Voucher Department will be closed to clients the following days:
Observed Holidays (Department Closed)
Monday, January 1, 2024New Years Day
Monday, January 15, 2024Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, February 19, 2024Presidents' Day
Friday, March 29, 2024Good Friday
Monday, May 27, 2024Memorial Day
Wednesday, June 19, 2024Juneteenth Day (Observed)
Thursday, July 4, 2024Independence Day
Monday, September 2, 2024Labor Day
Monday, November 11, 2024Veterans Day
Thursday, November 28, 2024Thanksgiving Day
Friday, November 29, 2024Day After Thanksgiving
Tuesday, December 24, 2024Day Before Christmas
Wednesday, December 25, 2024Christmas Day

Request for Tenancy Approvals (RFTAs) should be sent to: hacp.rfta@hacp.org

Other forms should be emailed to: HCV@hacp.org

Contact Information

HACP HCV Department Contact Information

412 Boulevard of the Allies, 5th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

General Number: 412-456-5090

FAX: 412-456-5224

HCV Department

Amber Alexander, Administrative Assistant

412-456-5000, Ext. 3304

Amber.Alexander@hacp.org

Celia LaRue, HCV Project Manager

412-456-5000, Ext. 2936

Celia.Larue@hacp.org

Diane Jankowski, Support and Service Request Specialist II

412-456-5000, Ext. 3154

Diane.Jankowski@hacp.org

Ellen Dreher, Customer Service Representative

412-456-5000, Ext. 2781

Ellen.Dreher@hacp.org

Evelyn Denning, Quality Control Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 2863

Evelyn.Denning@hacp.org

Lashawna Hammond, HCV Director

412-456-5000, Ext. 3290

Lashawna.Hammond@hacp.org

Nina Taylor, Internal Compliance Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 3312

Nina.Taylor@hacp.org

Pamela Narr, Internal Compliance Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 3198

Pamela.Narr@hacp.org

Raymond Craighead, Front Desk Assistant

412-456-5000, Ext. 3282

Raymond.Craighead@hacp.org

Sherry Perkins, HCV Administrative Manager

412-456-5000, Ext. 2808

Sherry.Perkins@hacp.org

HCV Department Housing Counselors

Angella Mullings, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 2882

Angella.Mullings@hacp.org

Ashley Mayers, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 3305

Ashley.Mayers@hacp.org

Barbara McCray, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 3247

Barbara.McCray@hacp.org

Cherita Marcus, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 2825

Cherita.Marcus@hacp.org

Diana Cook, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 3310

Diana.Cook@hacp.org

Janaan Barakat, Portability Representative

412-456-5000, Ext. 3159

Janaan.Barakat@hacp.org

Jawania Perminter, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 3329

Jawania.Perminter@hacp.org

Jaylyn Hammond, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 3309

Jaylyn.Hammond@hacp.org

Korrin Alford, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 3330

Korrin.Alford@hacp.org

Lacy Tooks, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 3314

Lacy.Tooks@hacp.org

Laura Mitchell-Dendy, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 2858

Laura.Mitchell-Dendy@hacp.org

Monica Scott, Portability Representative

412-456-5000, Ext. 3284

Monica.Scott@hacp.org

Monique Clarke, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 3317

Monique.Clarke@hacp.org

Sacoya Manker, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 3186

Sacoya.Manker@hacp.org

Tammy Scott, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 2743

Tammy.Scott@hacp.org

Tasia Schwintzer, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 3265

Tasia.Schwintzer@hacp.org

Terrence Mackson, Housing Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 3313

Terrence.Mackson@hacp.org

HCV Department Inspection Division

Douglas Wampler, Administrative Liaison

412-456-5000, Ext. 3114

Douglas.Wampler@hacp.org

Monique Hemingway, Support and Service Specialist

412-456-5000, Ext. 3266

Monique.Hemingway@hacp.org

Willie Stewart, HQS Inspections Manager

412-456-5000, Ext. 2889

Willie.Stewart@hacp.org

Dave Chappel, Housing Inspector

412-456-5000, Ext. 2767

Dave.Chappel@hacp.org

Nedra Davis-Uslu, Housing Inspector

412-456-5000, Ext. 2819

Nedra.Davis@hacp.org

Landlord Outreach Team

Landlord Support

412-643-2889