Housing Voucher Programs - Policy and Procedures Manual

Chapter IX Sections

1. Income Change
2. Verification Procedures
3. Income Increases
4. Income Decreases
5. Changes in Family Composition
6. Contract Rent Increases
7. Subsidized Complex Rent Increase
8. Zero HAP
9. Repayment Agreement
10. Elite Procedure
11. Applicable Forms List

Chapter IX: Interim Re-Examinations

Section F: Contract Rent Increases

• After the initial lease term, with 60-days notice (HUD Contract requirement), and pursuant to lease renewal provisions and rent reasonableness criteria, the landlord may increase the Contract Rent.
• Process interim re-examinations for contract rent increases that do not coincide with annual re-examinations.
• If the landlord requests a written mid-term increase, the HA must review the lease to verify the landlord complies with the provisions identified in the lease. If the increase request complies with the lease renewal provision (and rent surveys support the increase), process the increase as an interim revision in Elite.
  1. If the renewal provision in the lease identifies a renewal term of month-to-month, the HUD Tenancy Addendum supersedes the lease provision and 60 days written notice is required. The landlord can increase the contract rent more than once in a one-year period with 60 days written notice prior to each increase.
  2. If the renewal provision identifies a renewal term of greater than 60 days, the Contract Rent may be increased (following the 60-day written notice requirement) only as designated in the lease terms (i.e. every six months, every year).