(a) A landlord who signs a lease or other rental agreement with a household in receipt of CityFHEPS rental assistance is prohibited from demanding, requesting, or receiving any amount above the rent or reasonable fees as stipulated in the lease or rental agreement regardless of any changes in household composition.
(b) When HRA issues monthly CityFHEPS rental assistance payments and monthly PA shelter allowance payments (if any) in full by the final day of the month, these payments will be deemed timely paid towards the CityFHEPS unit's rent for that month, regardless of any provisions in the CityFHEPS unit lease to the contrary.
(c) Landlords must accept the HRA security voucher in lieu of a cash security deposit and may not request any additional security from the client.
(d) Landlords must not move a household from one unit to another without the prior written approval of both HRA and the household.
(e) Landlords must notify HRA within 5 business days of learning that the household no longer resides in the unit towards which CityFHEPS rental assistance is being applied.
(f) Landlords must notify HRA within 5 business days if any legal proceeding affecting the program participant's tenancy is commenced.
(g) Landlords must notify HRA promptly if the landlord, the owner of the subject premises, or the management company of the subject premises changes.
(h) If the household no longer resides in a CityFHEPS unit, the landlord must return any payments from HRA for any period of time the household was not residing in the unit.
(i) Landlords must promptly return to the City any overpayments, including but not limited to monies paid in error or made as a result of inaccurate, misleading or incomplete information submitted by the landlord in connection with the CityFHEPS Program.
(j) Landlords may be banned from participation in City rental assistance programs for violations of any of the landlord requirements. Before placing a landlord on a disqualification list, HRA will provide notice to the landlord and an opportunity for the landlord to object in writing.
(Added City Record 9/28/2018, eff. 10/28/2018; amended City Record 10/28/2021, eff. 11/28/2021)