Budget Amendment ID: FY2020-S3-763

ECO 763

Rental Voucher Program Clarification

Messrs. deMacedo and Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7004-9024, by striking out the words “provided further, that the department’s approved monthly rent limits for mobile vouchers issued or leased after August 1, 2019 shall not be less than the current area-wide fair market rent based on unit size as established annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; provided further, that the rent level for mobile vouchers shall be determined reasonable by the administering agency; provided further, that for mobile vouchers currently leased, the new rent level shall not begin until the anniversary date of the lease;” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “provided further, that the department’s approved monthly rent limits for mobile vouchers issued or leased after August 1, 2019 shall be up to the current area-wide fair market rent based on unit size as established annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; provided further, that the rent level requested for a particular unit to be occupied by a mobile voucher program participant shall be subject to a determination by the administering agency that such rent levels are reasonable in the context of the local rental market; provided further, that for mobile vouchers currently leased, the new rent limit shall not begin until the anniversary date of the lease or if the tenant moves to a new unit;”