The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority has been awarded additional federal funding of $491,000 that will pay for 60 new Housing Choice vouchers to subsidize residences for low-income people with disabilities.

RRHA received the award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of the agency’s distribution of additional federal funds for housing vouchers, often called Section 8.

“This award will help us better serve residents with disabilities,” said Damon E. Duncan, RRHA’s chief executive officer.

The new vouchers add to the 3,502 vouch- ers RRHA currently handles, along with its management of 3,849 units of public housing. The vouchers provide subsidies on rentals of private property.

The demand for housing, however, outstrips supply. RRHA reported in its annual housing plan that that it had 6,388 households on a waiting list for vouchers, and 3,485 households on a waiting list for public housing.