The Housing Choice Voucher Program in Hampton, Virginia is administered by the Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority (HRHA). The Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program (HAP) is a federally funded program that provides assistance to very low income families, elderly, handicapped, disabled person or other single person seeking to rent affordable housing in the private market. Section 8 is a three-way contract, a triangle, between the Housing Authority (HA), the Owner and the participant. The participant and HA sign a Voucher Contract, the participant and owner sign the lease and the owner and HA sign a Housing Assistance Payments Contract. These three documents outline the responsibilities of each party. The Section 8 recipient pays a portion of their income towards the rent to their landlord and the Housing Authority pays a portion to the landlord. The Section 8 recipient chooses their own unit and location and makes application to the owner. The owner selects tenants according to their own screening criteria.