Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8)
What is Section 8?
The Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program allows eligible persons to rent privately owned, existing, safe and sanitary housing by making housing assistance payments to private landlords.
Scotts Bluff Housing Authority administers Housing Choice Voucher Program. Eligible households will receive a voucher that allows them to lease a home or apartment with rental assistance that is paid directly to the landlord. Tenants cannot pay more than 40% of their adjusted household income toward rent.
Scotts Bluff Housing Authority and the Federal guidelines policies determine the size of a unit a family may rent and the maximum level of financial assistance based on bedroom size. Scotts Bluff Housing Authority will inspect the rental units to ensure that they meet federal housing quality standards.
Families must first apply for the assistance. If the families meet the eligibility requirements for assistance, they are placed on a waiting list and when the family reaches the top of the list they are scheduled to come in for a briefing. Scotts Bluff Housing Authority will verify their income and perform a criminal background check. If they are still eligible for assistance, at this time Scotts Bluff Housing Authority will issue the family a Housing Choice Voucher. The family is then given 60 days look for a rental unit once they find a unit, are found to be income qualified and the unit passes the Housing Quality Standard, the family will receive a subsidy.
The Housing Choice Voucher program covers and has jurisdiction in the Counties of: Scotts Bluff and Cheyenne: Towns of Bayard, Bridgeport and Kimball.
Scotts Bluff Housing Authority administers Housing Choice Voucher Program. Eligible households will receive a voucher that allows them to lease a home or apartment with rental assistance that is paid directly to the landlord. Tenants cannot pay more than 40% of their adjusted household income toward rent.
Scotts Bluff Housing Authority and the Federal guidelines policies determine the size of a unit a family may rent and the maximum level of financial assistance based on bedroom size. Scotts Bluff Housing Authority will inspect the rental units to ensure that they meet federal housing quality standards.
Families must first apply for the assistance. If the families meet the eligibility requirements for assistance, they are placed on a waiting list and when the family reaches the top of the list they are scheduled to come in for a briefing. Scotts Bluff Housing Authority will verify their income and perform a criminal background check. If they are still eligible for assistance, at this time Scotts Bluff Housing Authority will issue the family a Housing Choice Voucher. The family is then given 60 days look for a rental unit once they find a unit, are found to be income qualified and the unit passes the Housing Quality Standard, the family will receive a subsidy.
The Housing Choice Voucher program covers and has jurisdiction in the Counties of: Scotts Bluff and Cheyenne: Towns of Bayard, Bridgeport and Kimball.
Term of Lease and Contract
After one (1) year, the lease automatically renews month-to-month. The tenant may vacate with a 30-day written notice after the term of the lease expires. If the tenant remains in the unit, the tenant is recertified for eligibility and the unit is inspected for Housing Quality Standard annually, at which time the landlord may request an annual adjustment rent increase which must be approved by the Housing Authority. This request must be submitted in writing to the Housing Authority and tenant sixty days prior to recertification.
Inspections
The unit will be inspected to insure that it meets HUD Housing Quality Standards. You will also be mailed a copy of the inspection repair list, if applicable.
Landlord Information
The Housing Choice Voucher program allows eligible persons to rent privately owned, existing, safe and sanitary housing by making housing assistance payments to private landlords.
Scotts Bluff Housing Authority administers the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Eligible households will receive a voucher that allows them to lease a home or apartment with rental assistance that is paid directly to the landlord. Tenants cannot pay more than 40% of their adjusted household income toward rent.
The Scotts Bluff Housing Authority has a rental list that is given to applicants. If you, the landlord, would like to be added to our list, please call Vicki or Rita at 308-632-0473.
Scotts Bluff Housing Authority administers the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Eligible households will receive a voucher that allows them to lease a home or apartment with rental assistance that is paid directly to the landlord. Tenants cannot pay more than 40% of their adjusted household income toward rent.
The Scotts Bluff Housing Authority has a rental list that is given to applicants. If you, the landlord, would like to be added to our list, please call Vicki or Rita at 308-632-0473.
Tenant Screens
You, the landlord, must screen the prospective tenant carefully. When one of our families contacts you, we can only certify to you their income eligibility for the program. We cannot provide a reference as to their expected behavior as tenants. You may use any or all of the following screening procedures:
• Credit Check • Landlord References
• Criminal Check • Home Visits
We encourage all of the above screening methods as long as you do not discriminate. Discrimination includes any tenant selection based on race, color, religion, ancestry, sex, country of birth, handicap or familial status. The prohibition against discrimination based on familial status makes it illegal, in most circumstances, to refuse to allow children to live in a residential unit.
• Credit Check • Landlord References
• Criminal Check • Home Visits
We encourage all of the above screening methods as long as you do not discriminate. Discrimination includes any tenant selection based on race, color, religion, ancestry, sex, country of birth, handicap or familial status. The prohibition against discrimination based on familial status makes it illegal, in most circumstances, to refuse to allow children to live in a residential unit.
