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Leased Housing

Leased Housing (Section 8) is a rent subsidy program designed to assist very low-income families in paying rent for private housing of their choice. The Housing Authority is currently providing assistance to more than 2,500 families through this program. Applicants are limited to very low income families, eligible elderly, handicapped, or disabled persons, and low income families that are currently being assisted, families physically displaced by public housing demolition and owners opting out of project-based Section 8 housing assistance payments contracts. To be eligible for the program, the family must meet all of the eligibility requirements.

Eligibility Requirements

• Qualify as a family
• Income from assets included with other income does not exceed the income limits
• No indebtedness to Durham Housing Authority
• Has not committed fraud, misrepresentation or falsification of information
• Has not violated any family obligation
• Has not breached repayment agreement
• No drug related criminal activity
• No history of violent criminal activity
• Family composition conforms to occupancy standards

The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, the family's authorization to search for housing, is issued after the family has been determined eligible and oriented on the Section 8 Program requirements. This applies to new families and families requesting to move to another apartment or house.

When a Housing Choice Voucher becomes available, a family receives a package of information that includes the necessary forms to be completed on the rental apartment or house selected. The dwelling must be within the Fair Market Rent / Payment Standard and must be inspected by a Section 8 Evaluator to assure that it complies with HUD's Housing Quality Standards. If it is approved, the applicant/participant executes a lease with the owner; the owner executes a Housing Assistance Payment Contract with the Housing Authority, and the applicant/participant moves into the apartment or house.