Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP)

The Housing Choice Voucher Program operates and manages an Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) to assist low-income families with rental payments through the Section 8 Program. The department develops Section 8 service initiatives, conducts programmatic analysis, and engages in budgeting, financing, communications, and counseling functions to assist program participants. The department also ensures that landlord Housing Assistance Payments are distributed as scheduled, performs fair market rent determinations, conducts Housing Quality Standards (HQS) inspections and re-inspections, and performs annual reviews of tenant utility allowances, making revisions and adjustments as necessary.

How to Apply for HCVP

PLEASE NOTE: The HCVP waiting list is closed.
HANO is currently serving more than 17,000 families on the HCVP program, and has a waiting list of approximately 20,000 additional families. If you are currently on the waiting list, you must log into your My Housing account to make any changes to your contact information or household composition. If you do not update your information, you may lose your place on the waiting list.

Mailing Address:

Housing Authority of New Orleans
Section 8 Waiting List
4100 Touro Street
New Orleans, LA 70122.

Please include your name, social security number, former address, and new address. You may also email the changes to: info@hano.org

HCVP Contact Information

FAX

(504) 286-8796

Office Hours

Monday - Friday
8:00am - 5:00pm

All correspondence should be sent to:

Housing Authority of New Orleans
Attn: Housing Choice Voucher Program
4100 Touro Street
New Orleans, LA 70122

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Click below for responses to frequently asked questions.

As a participant in the Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) remember to:
  • Report changes in your income and or household composition within ten days of the change
  • Be present at the unit for the annual HQS inspection
  • Attend your scheduled recertification appointment
  • Pay your portion of rent to the landlord, on time
  • Comply with the terms of your lease

You must contact your case manager and inform them of any of the following:

  • Any change in income
  • Changes to your family composition
  • Someone has moved out
  • If you are having problems with your unit

HANO's Housing Choice Connect

In just one easy step, tenants can search available properties and download a list to excel.

Our HANO Housing Choice Connect program allows participating Housing Choice Voucher Program Tenants and Applicants to search available rental properties. If you don't have computer access, we have kiosks available in both HANO offices for your use.

View HCC Report 

Report Fraud & Program Abuse

Fraud Hotline
(504) 670-3395
Report suspected fraud or HCVP/Section 8 program abuse.
Incident Report Form
To anonymously report a crime, destruction of property, a quality of life problem, fraud, waste or abuse.
Report an Incident

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