Attention Housing Choice Voucher Program Clients

Effective Monday June 1, 2009, HCV clients will be seen on an "appointment only" basis.

As of June 1, 2009 clients will be able to contact the Call Center at 305-403-3222 to schedule appointments. Both telephone appointments and in-person appointments in our office can be requested. In either case, a trained Housing Specialist will work with clients to resolve any issues they may have.

Clients are welcome to continue to visit the office to drop off documents and obtain basic information at our reception desk.

Read the announcement in English, Spanish and Creole.

Manage your information online with Partner Portal
Introducing Partner Portal, a great tool for Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) landlords to manage their information with Miami-Dade Public Housing Agency (MDPHA) online! As a registered landlord you will be able to easily update your contact information, review your profile, your upcoming recertifications, status of inspections and reinspections, and your HAP payments by resident, just to mention a few of the features.

So, what are you waiting for? Log-in or register if you are a new user and start using this resource that we have made available to you at no cost!

Attention Section 8 Landlords
If you were an owner of a residential property in Miami-Dade County and entered into a Section 8 lease with a low-income tenant and also a Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract with the Miami-Dade Public Housing Agency from April 29, 2000 to the present, you may be entitled to funds from a Settlement Agreement from RGN Properties, Inc. and Miami-Dade County.
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This federally-funded rental program  allows tenants to choose their unit in the private housing market. Assistance in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher is tied to the person, not the unit, and allows the participant to lease any unit that meets the program requirements, including units outside the Miami-Dade Public Housing Agency's (MDPHA)  jurisdiction. Participants are selected from the Miami-Dade Housing Agency's waiting list typically pay between 30% of income toward rent; the landlord receives the difference in the form of a housing assistance payment (HAP) from MDPHA. Although the agency can provide help with locating a unit, the family is ultimately responsible for locating a suitable unit.

Effective 4/1/2009, the MDPHA has contracted with a private firm to administer the Housing Choice Voucher  program, previously called Private Rental Housing or Section 8. With this change in program management, you as the customer can expect improved customer service delivery.

Please visit often as new content will be posted to this website on a regular basis.

• Housing Choice Voucher Program overview 
• Expanding Opportunities for Families
• Waiting List Fact Sheet 
• Top 10 Reasons for Failing HQS Inspections
• Owner Reference Manual  (also available in Spanish  and Creole)

Forms
2009-2010 Allowances for Tenant-Furnished Utilities and Other Services
Change of Management
Change of Ownership
Housing Assistance Payments Contract including Landlord Responsibilities (USHUD sample form)
Housing Quality Standards Self Inspection List
Intent to Move - Change of Dwelling Request
Owner/Agent Change of Address
Request for Rent Increase
Request for Replacement Check
Reasonable Accommodation Request form
Solicitud de Adaptaciones Razonables en español (HCV, Spanish)

2009 Fair Market Rents and Payment Standards
Please be advised that the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (USHUD) has published the final notice for Fiscal Year 2009 Fair Market Rents (FMRs). Effective March 1, 2009, the payment standards have been revised as indicated below:

The payment standard for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) has been calculated at 100% of FMR and Moderate Rehab at 120% of FMR. The SRO is calculated at 75% of the 0 bedroom FMR and the 5 bedroom is calculated at 15% above the 4 bedroom FMR.

HAPPY Assistance Estimator
Click on the link above to use the HAPPY rental assistance estimator to see approximately how much rent subsidy your household would receive under the Section 8 Housing Voucher Program. In order to use this calculator, you must know the Voucher Payment Standard and your TTP (30% of your monthly income).

Email Notifications
Landlords can provide the agency with their email addresses to receive information, announcements, and notifications about the Section 8 program in a timely manner. To subscribe to this listing landlords should send an email to landlord@mdvoucher.com with the following information:
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Landlord name
Landlord business name*
Email address
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To opt out from this listing please reply to this email with the information above and the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. Please notice that under Florida law, e-mail addresses are considered public records and thus subject to disclosure.