Section 8 Massachusetts Rules

Section 8 housing choice voucher program.

Section 8 massachusetts rules. Massachusetts law reform institute 3d ed 2009. Section 8 housing choice vouchers are provided to tenants who meet certain qualifications such as that their incomes fall below 30 percent of the median income in the area in which they re looking to rent property. Hud and dhcd hqs inspection training guide.

Under massachusetts law it is illegal to turn away an applicant for housing on the basis of their receiving public assistance. Massachusetts section 8 income limits vary depending on the area you wish to live. Section 8 administrative plan amendments.

You can refuse to rent to a section 8 voucher holder for other reasons. The massachusetts section 8 centralized waiting list is a partnership of 102 public housing authorities phas within the commonwealth of massachusetts which streamlines their application process for a section 8 voucher. The centralized waiting list opened on january 6 2003 and will remain open and accept applications indefinitely.

The hap contract has to be filled up and returned to public housing authority pha. If when you ask landlords whether they take section 8 vouchers you are told no you may be facing discrimination. The landlord can ask the tenant for a security deposit.

Language access plan. For example a landlord may say outright that she will not rent to people with section 8. Selected case law commonwealth v.

Section 8 rules dictate that all section 8 leases have to be fixed term tenancies lasting 12 months or more. To even be considered to receive a voucher the individual must meet four basic criteria which includes their family status income level citizenship and eviction history. This is because the limits are based on a percentage of the median income for that specific area.