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A key feature of the Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) is that families choose where they want to live. Voucher holders may live anywhere within the jurisdiction of the public housing agency (PHA) that issues the voucher. The portability feature of the HCVP allows voucher holders to move to the jurisdiction of another PHA and retain their assistance. Portability helps ensure that families can move to neighborhoods with job opportunities, quality schools, and lower concentrations of poverty. However, portability has been restricted or disallowed by some PHAs. Below are materials describing voucher holders’ right to portability.