No Section 8

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No section 8. Do you write no section 8 in your apartment ads or you do you tell inquiring prospects that you don t take section 8. There are extra restrictions that some properties may not qualify for or it s possible the landlord simply doesn t want to deal with the government on their rent. Created by the housing and community development act of 1978 the housing choice voucher program also known as section 8 provides assistance to eligible low and moderate income families to rent housing in the private market.

Section 8 is a government program that subsidises rent payments for low income households. Eligibility for this program is based on a family s gross annual income and family size. What are housing choice vouchers.

Richard smith initially developed 11 b. Fort lauderdale florida housing authority director william h. The section 8 program is run by hud.

Lindsey upon the advice of housing authority attorney j. Housing choice vouchers fact sheet. For many landlords and many tenants it works just fine.

Before you follow a policy of turning away prospects with section 8 vouchers you should first take a moment to find out whether what you re doing is legal. There are 25 waiting lists open now but closing soon in new york pennsylvania kentucky texas indiana florida wisconsin missouri maryland north carolina alabama new jersey south carolina nebraska illinois and california 17 of the 25 waiting lists open now have applications available online. I believe one common issue is that when renting section 8 the rent must include all utilities.

To even be considered to receive a voucher the individual must meet four basic criteria which includes their family status income level citizenship and eviction history. Some of the properties did not have specific addresses only the. The housing choice voucher program is the federal government s major program for assisting very low income families the elderly and the disabled to afford decent safe and sanitary housing in the private market.