HCV Baseline Study Rural & small-market housing need

HCV Rural / Small-Market Baseline Study

Thank you for helping with a nationwide baseline study on Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) lease-up conditions in rural and small markets. This is a research baseline, not a product pitch. Answers should reflect your PHA’s current program experience. Short answers are fine. We will not publish identifiable agency comments without permission.

Privacy: Responses are used only for this baseline study. Contact details are used only if you opt in to follow-up, or if you email us first.

A — Agency

Legal or commonly used name.

e.g. AL073. Leave blank if unsure.

How would you describe your service area? *
About how many HCV vouchers does your agency administer?
B — Lease-up gaps
In the past 12 months, how hard has it been for voucher holders to lease up in your market? *
Roughly what share of issued vouchers successfully lease up within about one year?
Which bedroom sizes are hardest to lease up right now? *

Select all that apply. You may choose Unsure alone or with others.

What most often blocks lease-up in your market? *

Select all that apply.

Typical days from RFTA / inspection request to initial inspection
Most common inspection fail themes on initial inspections

Select all that apply.

C — Unit shortage signals
Is shortage of inspection-ready private rental stock a binding constraint in your market? *
HCV waitlist status
Landlord tools currently offered (select all that apply)

Optional. Do not include confidential tenant information.

D — Follow-up & contact
May we contact you for a short follow-up (email or brief call)? *

e.g. HCV supervisor, landlord liaison, executive director.

Preferred contact method

By submitting, you send answers privately to the study inbox (not published as a raw public dump). Aggregated findings may appear later on this site when enough responses are in.

Questions? study@hcvbaseline.com · (888) 981-0125