Subsidized Housing · United States
Section 8, Public Housing, and HUD-Assisted Housing: Where to Get Help
A practical guide to voucher, public-housing, and HUD-assisted landlord or management problems.
Reviewed 2026-10-01
Legal information, not individual legal advice
Identify the housing program
The correct complaint path depends on whether the household uses a Housing Choice Voucher, lives in public housing, lives in HUD-assisted multifamily housing, or participates in another federal program.
Public housing and vouchers
HUD directs tenants with housing choice voucher or public-housing issues to their local public housing agency or HUD’s PIH Information Resource Center.
HUD-assisted multifamily properties
HUD maintains a Multifamily Housing Complaint Line for management or landlord issues in HUD-assisted apartment complexes.
Preserve program notices
- Recertification notices.
- Termination notices.
- Inspection results.
- Reasonable-accommodation requests.
- Rent calculations.
- Housing authority correspondence.
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