Through the Housing Choice Voucher program, families have secured quality housing in neighborhoods of their choice in Missoula. Participants can use a voucher to rent units from landlords willing to participate in the Housing Choice Voucher program. People eligible for vouchers are chosen from a waiting list. Note: Sample certification documents are for reference. The use of these certification documents is optional and not required by HUD. Through EHV, HUD is providing 70, housing choice vouchers to local Public Housing Authorities PHAs in order to assist individuals and families who are homeless, at-risk of homelessness, fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, or were recently homeless or have a high risk of housing instability.
Review the EHV Dashboard for daily updates on leasing, issuances, and unit utilization, and information on voucher awards and funding by PHA. Get information about eligibility requirements, how you can apply, and where to file housing complaints. It helps families with a low income, seniors, and people with disabilities pay for rental housing. You can find your own housing , including single-family homes, townhouses, and apartments. Housing Choice vouchers can pay for all or part of the rent.
Your local public housing agency PHA decides if you are eligible for a Housing Choice voucher based on:. Each state or city may have different eligibility rules for housing programs. To apply for a Housing Choice voucher, contact a public housing agency in your state. If you need more assistance, contact your local HUD office. You will need to fill out a written application or have a representative of your local PHA help you. The PHA will check this information with other local agencies, your employer, and your bank.
This helps them decide if you qualify and how much assistance you'll get. The amount of assistance you may get is adjusted so you can afford a moderately-priced rental in your area. The housing you choose must meet health and safety standards before the PHA can approve the unit. After you've been approved for a voucher and found a place to rent, the PHA will inspect the rental before you sign your lease.
These inspections are performed so the PHA can be sure the property is worth the rental price. They will contact you when it's your turn to receive a voucher. If you need help applying for a Housing Choice voucher or getting information about housing programs, contact your local PHA. If you need more help, contact your local HUD office. If you feel that you have been a victim of housing discrimination, you can file a housing discrimination complaint.
Since the demand for housing assistance is usually greater than the resources available, you may wait a long time to get on a list and to get a voucher. Being approved for a voucher in one city or state does not guarantee you'll be approved somewhere else.
If you need help paying your rent, contact your state housing finance agency or your local public housing agency office. Under the voucher program, new voucher-holders may choose a unit anywhere in the United States if the family lived in the jurisdiction of the PHA issuing the voucher when the family applied for assistance. Those new voucher-holders not living in the jurisdiction of the PHA at the time the family applied for housing assistance must initially lease a unit within that jurisdiction for the first twelve months of assistance.
A family that wishes to move to another PHA's jurisdiction must consult with the PHA that currently administers its housing assistance to verify the procedures for moving. Once a PHA approves an eligible family's housing unit, the family and the landlord sign a lease and, at the same time, the landlord and the PHA sign a housing assistance payments contract that runs for the same term as the lease. This means that everyone -- tenant, landlord and PHA -- has obligations and responsibilities under the voucher program.
Tenant's Obligations: When a family selects a housing unit, and the PHA approves the unit and lease, the family signs a lease with the landlord for at least one year. The tenant may be required to pay a security deposit to the landlord. After the first year the landlord may initiate a new lease or allow the family to remain in the unit on a month-to-month lease. When the family is settled in a new home, the family is expected to comply with the lease and the program requirements, pay its share of rent on time, maintain the unit in good condition and notify the PHA of any changes in income or family composition.
Landlord's Obligations: The role of the landlord in the voucher program is to provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing to a tenant at a reasonable rent. The dwelling unit must pass the program's housing quality standards and be maintained up to those standards as long as the owner receives housing assistance payments. In addition, the landlord is expected to provide the services agreed to as part of the lease signed with the tenant and the contract signed with the PHA.
The PHA provides a family with the housing assistance that enables the family to seek out suitable housing and the PHA enters into a contract with the landlord to provide housing assistance payments on behalf of the family. If the landlord fails to meet the owner's obligations under the lease, the PHA has the right to terminate assistance payments.
The PHA must reexamine the family's income and composition at least annually and must inspect each unit at least annually to ensure that it meets minimum housing quality standards. When additional funds become available to assist new families, HUD invites PHAs to submit applications for funds for additional housing vouchers. Applications are then reviewed and funds awarded to the selected PHAs on a competitive basis. There may be a long wait for assistance under the housing voucher program.
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