Information for Landlords Interested in Participation in Section 8 Rentals
Section 8
The Section 8 program provides assistance for low income families in the private rental market through the Housing Assistance Payments Program administered by NEW CA, Inc. Rental voucher holders select a unit from the private rental market. Rental assistance makes market rate housing affordable. Program participants normally pay no more than 30% of monthly adjusted income towards rent and utilities. The Housing Assistance Payment subsidizes the balance of the rent to the property owner.
Landlord screens Tenants You must screen the prospective tenant carefully to insure you are making a good selection. When one of our families contacts you, we can only certify to you their income eligibility for the program. We cannot provide a reference as to their expected behavior as tenants. You may use any or all of the following screening procedures. Credit Check Criminal Check Landlord References
The unit must meet HUD Housing Quality Standards and the rent must be approved within HUD Fair Market Rents and market rate comparable (copy of HQS available).
You may call the Leased Housing office to have the unit listed on our list of available units. You may also advertise in the newspaper with the phrase “will accept Section 8.” Our families look for those listings.
We encourage all of the above screening methods as long as you do not discriminate. Discrimination includes any tenant selection based on race, color, religion, ancestry, sex, country of birth, handicap or familial status. The prohibition against discrimination based on familial status makes it illegal, in most circumstances, to refuse to allow children to live in a residential unit.
After the unit passes inspection and the rent has been approved, the landlord and tenant enter into a lease for an initial term of one year. Section 8 Housing and the landlord sign a Housing Assistance Payments Contract through which the rent is assisted on behalf of the tenant.
When you have selected a tenant, s/he will have a “Request for Tenancy Approval” form for you to complete. When the tenant submits the form to our office, a housing representative will contact you to schedule an inspection.
The unit will be inspected to insure that it meets HUD Housing Quality Standards. You will also be mailed a copy of the inspection repair list, if applicable.
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