What happens to my voucher if my income goes up?

Your TTP is re-calculated at annual recertification using the new adjusted income, so your subsidy (HAP) steps down — but you keep the voucher as long as you stay under 80% AMI. The What-If Simulator shows the exact trade-off.

What-If Simulator

Drag the sliders to see how a change in income, household size, or bedroom count affects your tenant payment and subsidy — before it actually happens.

What-if simulator

State

Unit size (bedrooms)

Gross monthly income ($)

Dependents

Change a scenario

Income change ($/mo): +0

Add household members: +0

Bedroom change: +0

About this tool

Maintained by the voucherfig research team. Figures derive from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) FY2026 Fair Market Rent County Level Data (revised; effective 2026-05-21) and 24 CFR § 982. Calculation methodology reviewed against HUD Handbook 7420.10.

Data retrieved: 2026-08-23. HUD data is public domain (U.S. federal government work).