{"id":458,"date":"2020-03-28T14:56:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T18:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mha.etimewebpro.com\/wp\/?page_id=458"},"modified":"2020-03-28T14:56:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T18:56:41","slug":"how-does-housing-choice-determine-rent-rates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mariettahousingauthority.org\/?page_id=458","title":{"rendered":"How does Housing Choice determine rent rates?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<h2>How does Housing Choice determine rent rates?<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">INITIAL RENTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whenever a new unit is listed with Housing Choice, the landlord&#8217;s first question is: How much is the rent going to be?<\/p>\n<p>We would like to bring new units into the program at the landlord&#8217;s requested rental rate. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. In negotiating rental rates, the Housing Choice Programs caseworker\u00a0must consider the following factors:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Number of bedrooms; number of bathrooms; additional rooms<\/li>\n<li>Utilities and other services paid by the tenant<\/li>\n<li>Rent Reasonableness\n<ul>\n<li>The rent does not exceed other similar unassisted units<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Maximum rent burden of the client family\n<ul>\n<li>Rent burden cannot exceed 40%<\/li>\n<li>See how Your subsidy is Calculated [<a href=\"https:\/\/mha5.etimeeasy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1410_How_Your_Subsidy_is_Calc-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1410<\/a>] which is given to voucher holders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">RENT INCREASES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The owner may request a rental increase only after the initial lease term.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Min. 60 day notice to tenant<\/li>\n<li>Min. 60 day Request for Rent Increase to MHA; copy of notice to tenant attached<\/li>\n<li>Rent Reasonableness test;\u00a0 approve\/deny\/amend<\/li>\n<li>MHA gives 30 days notice to tenant and landlord of approve\/deny\/amend<\/li>\n<li>See forms [<a href=\"https:\/\/mha5.etimeeasy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/3330_Rent_Increase_Instructions-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3330<\/a>] and [<a href=\"https:\/\/mha5.etimeeasy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/3335_Rent_Increase_Request-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3335<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does Housing Choice determine rent rates? &nbsp; INITIAL RENTS Whenever a new unit is listed with Housing Choice, the landlord&#8217;s first question is: How much is the rent going to be? We would like to bring new units into the program at the landlord&#8217;s requested rental rate. Unfortunately, this&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariettahousingauthority.org\/?page_id=458\" class=\"epl-more-link\">Read More&rarr;<\/a><span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariettahousingauthority.org\/?page_id=458\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","author-mha5admin","post-458","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariettahousingauthority.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariettahousingauthority.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariettahousingauthority.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariettahousingauthority.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariettahousingauthority.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariettahousingauthority.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariettahousingauthority.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}