Proprietors of privately owned property enter into a contract to provide housing for the amount of fair market rent established by HUD based on the number of bedrooms in the dwelling. Owners receive a portion of the rent from HUD and the remainder from the resident.
Staff determines eligibility and issues vouchers to families.
The voucher program is tenant-based assistance. The basic difference between the programs is that the voucher gives families more control over the amount they would pay toward rent. KCDC uses federal guidelines to determine reasonable rent for the dwelling selected by the family. The value of the family's voucher is the Payment Standard established by HUD for the number of bedrooms needed to accommodate the family. The family may pay more or less than 30 percent of adjusted family income depending on whether the reasonable rent for the dwelling is more or less than the Voucher Payment Standard.