Section 8 Laws

Most tenants pay between 28 and 40 percent of their income for rent and utilities.

Section 8 laws. Section 8 income limits in washington. The landlord can ask the tenant for a security deposit. The rules kicked in last september but the state does not provide any enforcement on violators.

The law also offers help to landlords to recover costs for damages to the apartment. If a tenant pays for utilities we also provide them a monthly energy assistance supplement. Programs section 8 tenants organizing project stop section 8 tenants rights.

Section 8 rules dictate that all section 8 leases have to be fixed term tenancies lasting 12 months or more. Washington law help has information on the section 8 grievance process at section 8 vouchers. For more on the section 8 housing choice voucher program visit the housing choice voucher section of our low income housing renter s guide.

Grievance hearings must be taken extremely seriously. As a general rule of thumb your family s income can t exceed 50 percent of the median income in the city or metropolitan area you choose to live to qualify for section 8. Washington s section 8 income limits vary by city because they are based on a percentage of the local area s median income.

1437f often called section 8 as repeatedly amended authorizes the payment of rental housing assistance to private landlords on behalf of low income households in the united states. Section 8 of the housing act of 1937 42 u s c. If you have a subsidy like section 8 and your landlord claims you damaged the unit your landlord may be able to get these damages up to 5 000 paid for by the state.

Section 8 voucher holders are entitled to a grievance hearing with an unbiased decision maker with some exceptions. Section 8 tenants have rights but in our society having a right doesn t mean it is respected. Denial or termination of benefits.