Housing · Active

Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments · HUD · Quiet desk · mega ceiling

Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (CFDA 14.195) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.

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$500K–$50M
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Indexed opportunities
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The verdict

According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments ranks #179 of 504, #6 of 35 within HUD, and #4 of 35 among Housing programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 14.195 is an active Housing listing with no Grants.gov announcements currently indexed, typically a multi-year or formula-funded program.

$500K–$50M
typical award range (SAM.gov)
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next application deadline
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largest award ceiling indexed
7%
of the catalog is Housing

Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments · upper-band quiet listing (#52/502 by ceiling)

Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments clears 450 of 502 published ceilings (90th percentile), an upper-band catalog maximum, not a promised award.

Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments vs programs with listed funding ceilings

Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling

$50,000,000 Top 10% higher than 90% of 502 programs

Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling

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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-09-11

SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate

CFDA 14.195 · HUD VOL-FORMULA · #179/504

VOL-FORMULA · MID-PACK · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-NONE · CEIL-TENS-M · ELIG-MIX · BOOK-RICH · LISTING-LIVE

  • VOL-FORMULA 0 Grants.gov rows
  • MID-PACK #179/504
  • SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
  • NOFO-NONE No NOFO indexed
  • CEIL-TENS-M $500K–$50M
  • ELIG-MIX 2 eligible desks
  • BOOK-RICH no Grants.gov book
  • LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing

Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 14.195

VOL-FORMULA · #179/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.

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Indexed Grants.gov rows · neighbourhood around Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments

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Funding posture

Large-ceiling program without open NOFOs in index

Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments carries a mega-scale SAM.gov ceiling ($500,000 to $50.0 million) while Grants.gov contributes no indexed opportunities under CFDA 14.195. This shape usually marks block/formula assistance or agency-direct awards, not a missing scrape alone.

Assistance Listing text · HUD

Rental assistance vouchers to help low-income families afford private market housing in their communities.

Civic applicant mix · government + nonprofit doors

Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments combines government/tribal and nonprofit applicant types (2 doors). The listing is a civic funding corridor spanning public and nonprofit operators.

State or Local Government Nonprofit Organization

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HUD · administering agency

HUD 35 programs

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Housing assistance, community development, and fair housing programs for states and localities.

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What to do next

CFDA 14.195: 0 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.

  • No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administers 35 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
  • Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Crime Victim Assistance (VOCA) (16.575). Compare program

SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants

Every figure on PlainGrants is rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no number is typed in by an editor. This grant program's figures are rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data issue on this page.