What Is the RAD Voucher Family Briefing Video?
A Turnkey Briefing Solution Built for Housing Agencies.
The Voucher Family Briefing video is a professionally produced, HUD-compliant video orientation for new HCV participants. Developed in partnership with Nan McKay, it’s available as an annual subscription that includes:
- A secure, 18-minute briefing video with closed captions
- English and Spanish transcripts
- Embedded playback confirmation form
- Automatic content updates when regulations change
- Online portal access for families to download the briefing packet, watch the video, and start their housing search
Why Do You Need This Video?
Briefings Are Mandatory. This One Does the Work for You.
HUD requires housing agencies to deliver a detailed briefing to every family entering the HCV program. But creating your own video—or relying solely on printouts—can be time-consuming, costly, and inconsistent.
This subscription helps you:
- Stay HUD-compliant without in-house briefing video and materials production
- Ensure every participant receives important program information
- Reduce incoming calls and confusion from unclear briefing materials
- Free up staff time for higher-impact work
What Does the Video Cover?
Clear, Friendly Guidance on the Full RAD Project-Based Voucher Journey
- Whatthe Rental Assistance Demonstration program is and why a housing authority may convert a public housing property to long-term Section 8 assistance
- What it means when a property converts from public housing to Project-Based Voucher assistance
- How a RAD conversion may affect the resident’s rental assistance, rent, lease, and relationship with the housing authority and property management
- Important RAD resident rights and protections, including resident participation and communication throughout the conversion process
- What residents should know if rehabilitation or construction requires temporary relocation, including applicable relocation protections and the right to return
- What happens after conversion, including rent calculations, annual and interim recertifications, inspections, reporting changes, lease requirements, and continued occupancy
- Choice mobility and how residents may become eligible to request tenant-based voucher assistance after conversion, subject to applicable RAD and PHA requirements
- Resident grievance and termination protections, reasonable accommodations, fair housing rights, and protections under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Note that the briefing video now includes guidance on using the Affordable Housing map layers, such as the Where Kids Grow Up to Earn More layer, to support voucher holders’ search for secure housing in upwardly mobile neighborhoods. This inclusion better helps your agency comply with SEMAP Indicator 7.
What Else Does the Subscription Include?
More Than a Video: The Full Briefing Experience
Along with the briefing video, your subscription includes outreach and support resources to help you connect with families and property owners:
- Public notice samples
- Rack cards, pamphlets, and other printed materials
- Resources and unit listing tools on AffordableHousing.com
- Custom housing search for voucher holders based on PHA payment standards and utility allowances.
- Opportunity-based map filters on the HCV eligibility housing locator
- HCV portal website with FAQs and links to important documents
How Does the Subscription Work?
Simple Pricing. Automatic Updates. Zero Stress.
- One-time setup fee: $750
- Annual subscription: $199/year (includes future video updates)
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