# Section 8 Tenant-Based Assistance; Statutory Merger of Section 8 Certificate and Voucher Programs
> **US Department of Housing and Urban Development** · Interim rule. · Published 1999-05-14 · 64 FR 26632
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-12082
- **Category:** hud-housing-vouchers
- **Agency:** US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 26632
- **CFR reference:** 24 CFR 248
- **Publication date:** 1999-05-14
- **Docket:** Docket No. FR-4428-I-01
## Abstract

This interim rule amends the regulations for the Section 8 tenant-based rental voucher program. These amendments implement amendments of the United States Housing Act of 1937 by the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 and related changes. The rule provides for the complete merger of the Section 8 tenant-based Certificate and Voucher programs, into a new Housing Choice Voucher Program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/05/14/99-12082/section-8-tenant-based-assistance-statutory-merger-of-section-8-certificate-and-voucher-programs)
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