Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Rental Program

This federally funded housing rental program provides assistance to very low-income individual and families in privately-owned, rehabilitated, multifamily buildings. There are approximately 2,097 units in 48 locations in the Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program. Assistance is tied to the unit, not to the tenant.

New admissions must be very low-income (equal to or below 50 percent of the area median income). Participants are selected from Miami-Dade Public Housing and Community Development's waiting list.

Tenants pay approximately 30 percent of their income for rent. For details on income requirements, check the income limits table. Fair Market Rents (FMRs) determine the eligibility of rental housing units for the Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program and also serve as the payment standard used to calculate the subsidy.

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