Public Housing Agency

Announcements

December 13, 2011, 9:00a.m.- 1:00p.m.
South Florida Workforce Job Mobile Workforce Assistance Center
MDHCV Office (Rear Parking Lot)
7400 N.W. 19th Street, Bay H; Miami, FL 33126

FSS Financial Fitness Workshops
These workshops are offered to allow FSS Active Participants to meet the annual requirement to complete at least one financial fitness workshop annually.  The choice of workshops may include credit, banking, budgeting, and investing.  Participants have the option of taking pre-approved online courses and workshops offered by FDIC, IRS, and other financial agencies and entities. 

Those who prefer a classroom setting have the option of attending the workshops listed below by our current providers:

December 10, 2011, 9:00a.m. - 12:00p.m. (English)
NID Housing Counseling Agency
Antioch MBC of Miami Gardens (Overflow Room)
21311 N.W. 34th Avenue; Miami Gardens, FL 33056

All FSS and HOP participants are required to provide evidence of completion of all approved workshops by December 31, 2011.

Change in dates for HAP payments abatements
Please be advised that effective August 1, 2011, PHCD will place abatements on the Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) the day after the second failed inspection for owner violations of Housing Quality Standards (HQS). PHCD will recapture the pro-rated HAP that was paid to the owner.  Owners are not eligible for HAP from the day after the second fail until the unit passes inspection.

HUD regulation 24 CFR 982.404 and Section B-3 of the HAP Contract require that the owner must maintain the contract unit and premises in accordance with HQS.  If the owner does not maintain the contract unit in accordance with HQS, PHCD must take prompt and vigorous action to enforce the owner’s obligation including recovery of overpayments, suspension of HAP, abatement, and/or termination of the HAP contract.

Owners are encouraged to take prompt action to correct any HQS violations so they will not have their HAP abated and they will be in compliance with their HAP Contract. Once HAP is abated, owners must request a compliance inspection and the unit must pass in order to end the abatement.  Abatements are lifted the day after the pass inspection. Compliance inspections are generally scheduled 10-15 days after the request is made to the Call Center at 305-403-3222.

RGN Settlement Agreement
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 have a Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract with the Miami-Dade Public Housing and Community Development 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.

RGN Settlement agreement 
Claim Form  (also available in Spanish  and Creole ).

Becoming an HCV Landlord

• Learn How to list your home  with Miami-Dade Housing Choice Voucher Program
• Orientation workshops for new landlords are held every last Wednesday of the month from 5:30 to 7 p.m. To attend, please email landlord@mdvoucher.com.
• Owner Reference Manual  (also available in Spanish  and Creole ).
• Contact Miami-Dade Housing Choice Voucher Program

Forms

• 2011-2012 Allowances for Tenant-Furnished Utilities and Other Services
• 2010-2011 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
• Informal Hearing - Review Request
• Ethics Commission request for Approval (for County employees
• Ethics Commission request for Approval (for family of County employees)
• Intent to Move - Change of Dwelling Request
• Owner/Agent Change of Address
• Request for Rent Increase
• Request for Replacement Check
• Reasonable Accommodation Request 
• Request for Interim Recertification
• Request for Rent Increase
• Solicitud de Adaptaciones Razonables en español (HCV, Spanish)

General Information

• Housing Choice Voucher Program overview
• Expanding Opportunities for Families
• Landlord Newsletter - Sept, 2010
• Model Lease Agreement
  This model lease is recommended for use with rental of all subsidized units.  If landlord already has a standard lease in use, he/she can opt to use this lease at renewal. If a different lease is used, it must contain the distribution of utilities (that is, who will be responsible for utility service: gas, electricity, water, etc.).
• Waiting List Fact Sheet 
• Top 10 Reasons for Failing HQS Inspections

Online Tools

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 and Community Development (PHCD) 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!

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).

Miami-Dade County Tax Visualizer
Miami-Dade County’s Community Information and Outreach, in collaboration with the Office of the Property Appraiser, has launched the Tax Visualizer, an online tool which property owners can use to see how the total amount of taxes levied against an individual property is distributed between various taxing authorities.  The Tax Visualizer helps property owners better understand the property tax system by illustrating the tax distribution for an individual property.  It also allows property owners to see how their millage (tax) rates compare to those in other taxing jurisdictions.

Launch the Tax Visualizer

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:

• Vendor number*
• Landlord name
• Landlord business name*
• Email address
• Alternative email address*

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