Rental Assistance definition

Rental Assistance or “Subsidy” means Gross Rent minus the sum of the utility allowance and the Eligible Household’s payment of 30% of their monthly net income.
Rental Assistance means a voucher, operating subsidy, or privately funded assistance that provides the difference between the monthly rental rate and the tenant’s contribution of thirty percent (30%) of their income (after certain deductions are taken out) to pay for rent and utilities combined. Examples of Rental Assistance include the following federal programs: Section 8 Project-Based Vouchers, Section 8 HAP Contracts, Public Housing, HUD 202 and HUD 811 Supportive Housing Programs for the Elderly and for People with Disabilities, Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS/HIV (“HOPWA”), McKinney-Vento permanent housing programs for the homeless, USDA Section 514/515 rental assistance and USDA Section 521 Rural Rental Assistance program. Other privately and governmentally funded programs that provide the same level of assistance to a Project as the federal programs specified in the prior sentence are also Rental Assistance. If privately funded, Applicant must substantiate a minimum of three (3) years of providing Rental Assistance in other Projects. In order to be acceptable to ADOH, privately funded Rental Assistance must include sufficient resources to pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the total pro-forma gross rent for every Unit for which Rental Assistance is claimed in the Application for the entire Compliance Period, and if federally funded, through the Period of Affordability for the HOME funds. The Applicant shall provide evidence that the Rental Assistance meets this definition.
Rental Assistance means Section 8 Vouchers, Vash Vouchers or privately funded assistance. If privately funded, Applicant must substantiate a minimum of three years of providing rental assistance in other Projects including documentation that the proposed privately funded assistance is available and sustainable through the Compliance Period.

Examples of Rental Assistance in a sentence

  • Rental assistance will not be provided to aid a client in breaking an existing lease or rental agreement.

  • Rental assistance is provided through a combination of federal and State funds.

  • Rental assistance will help families who are having difficulty meeting their housing needs and contribute to a more resilient community.DHS does have a concern with the proviso regarding attorney fees in paragraph (h), page 9, lines 16 – 20, requiring the tenant to pay attorney's fees, including those incurred during mediation.

  • Rental assistance cannot be provided unless the rent complies with the standard of rent reasonableness established in the Subrecipient’s written policies and procedures.

  • Rental assistance program will help stabilize residents and help them feel more secureand hopeful, even if it is for a short while.


More Definitions of Rental Assistance

Rental Assistance means cash payments to compensate for
Rental Assistance means the FCHI-2 rental assistance as outlined under Schedules “B” and “D” of this Agreement, which corresponds to the difference between the Occupancy Charge and the Rent-Geared-to-Income charged to the Assisted Household.
Rental Assistance means cash payments to compensate for unpaid rent provided to the landlord by any federal, State, county, or local rental assistance program.
Rental Assistance means no less than ninety-one days and no more than twenty-four months of assistance to help homeless families with children and other populations described in RCW 43.185C.210(1) pay the cost of rent and utilities for amounts that are consistent with local practices.
Rental Assistance means no less than ninety-one days and no more than twenty-four months of assistance to help homeless families with children pay the cost of rent and utilities for amounts that are consistent with local practices.
Rental Assistance means the amount payable by the state toward the cost of the contract rent.
Rental Assistance. (also known as housing assistance or subsidy) means the amount HUD pays the PHA or private owner for a unit occupied by a tenant assisted under one of PIH’s or MF Housing’s assistance programs. It includes HUD’s share of the contract rent and any utility reimbursement due to the tenant.