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The Section 8 Partnership
The Section 8 program is a joint effort between you, your landlord, and Home Forward — we each have a set of responsibilities.
Participant Responsibilities
- Provide information requested by the Home Forward or HUD to administer the program, including completion of scheduled income reviews.
- Pay utilities that are not provided by the landlord.
- Provide and maintain any appliances that you are responsible for.
- Correct damages to property caused by family member or guest, in specified time period.
- Do not commit serious or repeated violation(s) of the lease.
- Notify Home Forward and the owner 30 (no more than 60) days in advance, prior to moving or terminating the lease.
Landlord Responsibilities
- Perform all management and rental functions for the assisted unit, including screening and selection of tenants and lease enforcement.
- Maintain the unit in accordance with Housing Quality Standards (HQS), including performance of maintenance.
- Comply with equal opportunity/fair housing requirements.
- Prepare information required under the Housing Assistance Payments contract and furnish the information to Home Forward.
- Collect from the renter: security deposit, tenant portion of the rent, any charges for damages to the unit.
- Enforce the tenant obligations under the lease.
- Pay for utilities and services agreed upon in the lease.
- May not collect side payments from Section 8 renters or charge more rent than approved by Home Forward.
Home Forward Responsibilities
- Make rent assistance payments to landlord in timely manner.
- Regularly evaluate family eligibility.
- Inspect units at least every two years.
- Investigate potential fraud or program abuse by participants or landlords.
- Provide quality customer service to Section 8 landlords and participants.
- Notify landlord of any change in subsidy amount.
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