Project-Based Voucher (PBV)

The Project-Based Voucher (PBV) Program is a component of the HCV Program. The PBV Program uses tenant-based voucher funding to allocate project-based units, meeting specific criteria, for a project.

The PBV Program was enacted in 1998, as part of the statutory merger of the certificate and voucher tenant-based assistance programs under the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act (QHWRA) of 1998. Significant changes to the program were subsequently enacted by the Fiscal Year 2001 Appropriations Act; the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008; the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGA); the Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities (FSHO) amendments; and the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA). While some of the regulatory requirements of the HCV program also apply to the PBV program, HUD also issues regulations that apply only to PBV. 

For more information about the PBV Program, please click here to visit HUD.

For questions about our PBV Program, please email Rene McLemore, HCV Director,