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Each state is broken down into individual county wide PHA’s. You must contact each PHA within the county of that state to ascertain how you can port your section 8 benefits.The porting process happens one of 2 ways:“Absorption”: If funds are available, the receiving PHA picks up the tab foryour sec 8 payments by absorbing cost into their budget.“Billing Arrangement”: If funds are limited or not available, the receivingPHA can structure a billing arrangement wherein your initial PHA agrees tocover the cost of some or all of your Sec8 payments.Bear in mind, if you’re porting into an area with higher rents, your initialPHA may deny your move if they don’t have enough money in their budgetto cover the increased cost of your HAP contract.Basically, if you already have a valid section 8 voucher porting is allowed but the PHA in the county you plan to move to must have enough money in their budget to pay for your anticipated housing expenses or arrange subsidized payments from your old PHA to cover expeniditure.If the county PHA in your chosen state is CLOSED it means there is no new section 8 applications being taken and they have a significant waiting list in place to faciliitate openings that may arise. In your case you already have a valid section 8 voucher so although list is closed you have a shot albeit slim to wesael in to this new PHA if a Billing Arrangement can be negotiated between old and new PHA.A successful billing arrangement usually only happens when you move from a very high rent area to a much lower rent area where absorption will not strain budget of your old PHA.The best solution: Port into a county within a state that has no waiting list and has open enrollment.To find a PHA with NO witing list:2,496 Public Housing and Project-Based Voucher Waiting Lists Open Now

No. It all depends on where you live and how the local PHA manages the program in your area. The voucher is eligible for use anywhere as long as the landlord accepts it, the unit rented passes HQS and as long as the rent being asked for meets the local payment standard.Voucher holders end up in poor, meaning lacking, neighborhoods by either choice or circumstances. Most often its circumstances. I've never met anyone who wanted to live in an unsafe neighborhood. The voucher carries a stigma and often landlords won't give a voucher holder the benefit of doubt. In some cases the stigma is well deserved. People have received a voucher and then preceded to utterly destroy a landlords property. I have been stunned by what a seemingly functioning adult doesn't know about house keeping or parenting. In other cases I've seen the landlord attend the wedding of the clients children or the clients funeral.HUD will tell you the difference depends on the local PHA. The local PHA will explain the futility of managing the program on shrinking budgets and increased regulations while also trying their best to support a population of people infected with poverty, substance abuse, abandonment, racism and cynicism. It's nobody's fault because everyone is to blame.

It depends on your definition of ‘cheap’.Recently (Feb/March 2018) many hostels were closed down because of the lack of a license. This has caused prices for some other bungalows to increase somewhat since the supply has tightened (particularly in high season).In relative terms, you can still find ‘cheap’ bungalows for rent if you stay long term (min 1 month but much better if you stay 1 year).However, with all the government crackdown, it is not nearly as cheap as it was when this question was originally posted.