Project-Based Voucher Program

LHC’s Commitment

In keeping with its mission to ensure that every Louisiana resident is granted an opportunity to obtain safe, affordable, energy-efficient housing, the LHC offers the Project-Based Voucher Program.

These vouchers are a component of an agency's housing choice voucher program. The voucher assistance is attached to specific housing units if the owner agrees to either rehabilitate or construct the units, or the owner agrees to set-aside a portion of the units in an existing development.

Read on for more information on the the Project-Based Voucher Program.

Program Overview

Under the project-based voucher program, a PHA enters into an assistance contract with the owner for specified units and for a specified term. The PHA refers families from its waiting list to the project owner to fill vacancies. Because the assistance is tied to the unit, a family who moves from the project-based unit does not have any right to continued housing assistance.

Project-Based Voucher Program Waiting List

The Louisiana Housing Authority (LHA) has opened the following waiting lists effective April 28, 2020:

• Single Room Occupancy waiting lists for all areas
• One bedroom waiting lists for all areas
• Elderly Only waiting lists
• Region 1 (Two bedroom waiting list)
• Hammond (Two and three bedroom waiting lists only)
• Slidell (Two and three bedroom waiting lists only)
• Region 3
• Region 4
• Region 5

Waiting lists for all other areas that were not mentioned above will remain closed until further notice.

If you are interested in starting an application to participate in the Permanent Supportive Housing Program, please contact the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) at PSHApplications@la.gov or 1-844-698-9075.

Have you already submitted an application for the Permanent Supportive Housing Program and you now have questions? Please contact the program using the contact information above.

Owner Information

Have you already submitted an application to place a home under contract with the PSH Project-Based Voucher Program and you now have questions? Please contact Andrew Jackson at the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) at, 504-568-5255 or andrew.jackson@la.gov.