Responsibilities
Floyd County Housing Authority (FCHA) Responsibilities:
- Reviews all applicants to determine families' eligibility for the program.
- Explains the rules of the program to families and property owners/managers.
- Issues vouchers to families.
- Inspects and approves the assisted unit for compliance with housing quality standards and conducts rent reasonable surveys based on the private market.
- Calculates the family's share of the rent and pays FCHA's rent portion to the property owner on behalf of the participant in a timely manner.
- Re-examines the family's income and composition annually and adjusts the rent and processes changes to rent portions when there are changes.
- Ensures that owners and families comply with the program rules.
- Provides prompt, professional service to owners and tenant families.
The Landlord's Responsibilities:
- Thoroughly screens and interviews families who apply.
- Maintains the property in compliance with Housing Quality Standards (HQS) and makes necessary repairs on time.
- Collects application fees, security deposits, and the tenant's monthly rent portion.
- Manages the property and enforces the lease.
- Complies with the terms of the Housing Assistance Payment Contract and HUD Tenancy addendum.
- Complies with all fair housing laws and not improperly discriminate against any family.
- Notifies the housing authority if a tenant vacates the unit and returns any housing assistance payments received after a family leaves a unit.
- Promptly notifies the housing authority of owner changes, so payments are issued to the new landlord without delay.
The Family's Responsibilities:
- Provides the housing authority with complete and accurate information about the family's income and composition.
- Reports changes in income and family composition to FCHA within 30 days of occurrence.
- Locates a suitable unit before the voucher expires and pays the security deposit and application fee to the owner.
- Attends scheduled appointments and returns documents on time.
- Maintains the unit in a good, safe, decent, and sanitary condition.
- Signs and complies with the terms of the lease.
- Pays their portion of the rent on time to the owner.