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(a) The benefits of the rent supplement payments are available only to an individual or a household renting a dwelling unit in a project owned by an eligible housing owner. To qualify for such benefits, the individual or household shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Have an annual income below the maximum amount established by the Mayor, which amount shall not be higher than the maximum income for low-income households as determined by HUD for the San Francisco Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area, adjusted for household size
(2) Be one of the following:
(A) An individual or household displaced by governmental action; or,
(B) An individual who is 62 years of age or over; or disabled; or,
(C) An head of a household who is or whose spouse is 62 years of age or over, or who is disabled; or,
(D) An occupant of substandard housing.
(b) For the purpose of this Section, income shall mean total annual income consistent with policies and procedures utilized by HUD in administering the federal rent supplement program in San Francisco pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (or pursuant to any successor program). Total annual income shall mean total gross income, before taxes and other deductions, received by all members of the tenant's household. In determining gross income, there shall be included all wages, social security payments, retirement benefits, military and veteran's disability payments, unemployment benefits, welfare benefits, interest and dividend payments, and such other income items defined as total annual income by HUD for its rent supplement program (see, Title 24 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 5601 et seq.).
(c) In computing household income for the purpose of this Section, the following shall be observed:
(1) Any earnings of a household member less than 18 years of age shall be excluded in computing the household income.
(2) The Mayor may allow special deductions from total gross income to take into account expenses incurred as a result of disability or continuing illness, the cost of necessary child care while a wage earner of the household is at work, and such other deductions as he or she considers appropriate.
(d) For the purpose of this Section, first priority for occupancy in a rent supplemented unit shall be granted to qualified displaces from the Yerba Buena Center Redevelopment Project, provided they make timely application.
(Added by Ord. 290-72, App. 10/10/72; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000; Ord. 90-09, File No. 090421, App. 6/10/2009)
Upon request of a housing owner, the Mayor will review for eligibility the application by a prospective tenant for rent supplement payments. If the application meets the requirements of this chapter, the Mayor shall issue a certificate of eligibility. The certificate shall state the amount of rent supplement to be paid monthly by the City to the housing owner on behalf of the qualified tenant. The payment shown in the certificate shall not, regardless of the tenant's household income, exceed 70 percent of the approved rent for the unit. No certificate of eligibility shall be issued where the amount of rent supplement payment would be less than 10 percent of such approved rent.
(Added by Ord. 290-72, App. 10/10/72; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000)
New rent supplement contracts may be entered into or existing rent supplements renewed for a total period not to exceed 10 years beginning on April 1, 2009, subject to the continued eligibility of the project and owner.
(Added by Ord. 290-72, App. 10/10/72; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000; Ord. 90-09, File No. 090421, App. 6/10/2009)
The rent supplement contract shall provide that the payment on behalf of a qualified tenant shall be the difference between the rent approved by the Mayor for the unit and the greater of: (a) 30 percent of the tenant's household's income; or (b) any welfare allowance for housing if such allowance is larger than 30 percent of the tenant's household's income; or (c) the sum of 30 percent of the tenant's household's income, plus any relocation assistance allowance due him or her for housing. When such tenant's relocation assistance benefits expire, he or she shall be assured a local rent supplement so long as he or she meets all income and other eligibility criteria.
(Added by Ord. 290-72, App. 10/10/72; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000)
The rent supplement contract shall provide for payments to be made monthly to the housing owner on behalf of qualified tenants in the amounts set forth in the certificates of eligibility.
(Added by Ord. 290-72, App. 10/10/72; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000)
The rent supplement contract shall provide that a recertification of income shall be obtained by the housing owner each year from the date the original certificate of eligibility was issued. Provision shall be included for adjusting payments to reflect income changes shown by the recertification.
(Added by Ord. 290-72, App. 10/10/72; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000)
Where a tenant's household income has decreased due to illness, loss of job, or other hardship beyond his or her control, the Mayor may grant a temporary increase in rent supplement payments.
(Added by Ord. 290-72, App. 10/10/72; amended by Ord. 243-00, File No. 001309, App. 10/27/2000)
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