Housing Voucher Programs - Policy and Procedures Manual

Chapter II Sections

1. Opening A Waiting List
2. Outreach
3. Application Distribution Procedures
4. Application Review Procedures
5. Waiting List Placement Procedures
6. Notice of Application Acceptance Procedures
7. Waiting Lists for Special Programs
8. Enter Data in Elite
9. Printing the Waiting List
10. Ranking Applications
11. Changes While on the Waiting List
12. Waiting List Pulls
13. Removing Applicant Names from Waiting List
14. Purging/Updating Waiting List
15. Closing an Open Waiting List
16. Cross Listing Notice for MRP/SRO
17. Application Maintenance
18. File Retention
19. Portability
20. Special Admissions
21. Applicable Forms List

Chapter II: Waiting List Management

Section P: Cross Listing Notice for MRP/SRO

• Use of the Cross Listing Notice (MSHDA 1634d) pertains to residents of Ingham, Kalamazoo, Kent , and Wayne counties only because the Moderate Rehabilitation Program (MRP) and Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Programs are located in those counties.
• In the four counties that have a MRP/SRO program and an open waiting list, the Applicant must be notified of the available unit-based rental assistance programs and offered the ability to be on both waiting lists via the MSHDA 1634d. If the applicant chooses, they may be placed on both tenant- and unit-based (MRP/SRO) waiting lists in those counties.
• If the applicant living at an MRP/SRO development reaches the top of a county waiting list for a tenant-based HCV, the HA must determine if the tenant has been receiving the MRP/SRO subsidy for at least one year. If the tenant has resided at the MRP/SRO property for one year and the tenant desires to relocate, the HA will advise the tenant of their obligation under the MRP/SRO lease agreement to give the MRP/SRO development 30 days advance written notice to terminate the existing lease (copy to HA) OR execute a Mutual Termination Agreement (MSHDA 96). Failure of the tenant to follow the conditions may result in denial of a HCV at a new address.
• If the applicant has lived in the MRP/SRO unit for less than one year, the HA will contact the development to determine their willingness to mutually terminate the lease agreement. If the development refuses to allow an early termination, the tenant “waits” on the county HCV list until the initial lease term is completed.
• If Ingham, Kalamazoo, Kent , or Wayne Counties have a closed waiting list, the HA is responsible for notifying the MRP/SRO Development in advance when the waiting list is opening. The management agent at the MRP/SRO Development is then responsible for notifying the Development’s waiting list applicants of the opening of the county waiting list for tenant-based assistance.