The Rental Assistance Program administrator must approve or disapprove each application received in accordance with the applicable regulations, and must notify each applicant in writing of any approval or disapproval. The administrator may authorize the Department of Finance to make benefit payments to eligible households as follows:
(a) Benefits under this Article must be paid in accordance with criteria set by Method 2 regulation. However, the specific minimum and maximum benefit that may be paid to an eligible household must be determined annually by Method 3 regulation.
(b) Benefits under this Article must be paid monthly in a form set by regulation.
(c) Benefit payments below an amount specified by regulation must not be made.
(d) A household receiving benefits must notify the Department of changes in its gross income as required by regulation.
(e) If a recipient of Rental Assistance Program benefits dies or becomes institutionalized during the period for which benefits have been approved, the remaining benefit payments may be paid to a surviving member of the household if the household continues to reside at the application rental unit. At the end of the approval period, the household must reapply to see if the remaining household members continue to be eligible for Rental Assistant Program benefits. (1985, L.M.C., ch. 50, § 2; 1988 L.M.C., ch. 2, § 1; 1993 L.M.C., ch. 1, § 1; 2000 L.M.C., ch. 3, § 1; 2020 L.M.C., ch. 23, §1.)
Note-Formerly, § 41A-4.