Mountain Projects Inc

Purpose: the Mainstream Vouchers Assist Non-elderly Persons With Disabilities. Aside From Serving a Special Population, Mainstream Vouchers Are Administered Using the Same Rules as the Tenant-based Rental Assistance Program (14.871). Funding and Financial Reporting for Mainstream Vouchers Is Separate From the Regular Tenant-based Voucher Program. Please See Pih Notice 2020-01 for More Information. the 2017, 2018, and 2019 Appropriations Acts Provided Funding for New Mainstream Vouchers. Since 2018, Hud Has Awarded Over $500 Million in Funding to Public Housing Agencies (PHAS) to Support 50,000 New Mainstream Vouchers.; Activities to Be Performed: the Pha Accepts a Family’s Application for Rental Assistance, Selects the Applicant Family for Admission, and Issues the Selected Family a Voucher Confirming the Family’s Eligibility for Assistance. the Family Must Then Find and Lease a Dwelling Unit Suitable to the Family’s Needs and Desires in the Private Rental Market. the Phas Sign Housing Assistant Payment Contracts With the Landlords, and Housing Subsidy Is Paid to the Landlord Directly by the Pha on Behalf of the Participating Family. the Family Then Pays the Difference Between the Actual Rent Charged by the Landlord and the Amount Subsidized by the Program. Under Certain Circumstances, If Authorized by the Pha, a Family May Use Its Voucher to Purchase a Modest Home.; Expected Outcomes: Provides Housing Assistance Payments to Participating Owners on Behalf of Eligible Tenants to Provide Decent, Safe, and Sanitary Housing at Rents They Can Afford. Housing Assistance Payments Are Generally the Difference Between the Local Payment Standard and 30 Percent of the Family's Adjusted Income. Mainstream Vouchers Can Be Provided to Families That Include a Non-elderly Person With Disabilities.; Intended Beneficiaries: a Family That Includes a Non-elderly Person With Disabilities That Is Income-eligible Under the Housing Choice Voucher Program Regulations at 24 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 982.201(B) (1) as Well as Other Wise Eligible Under the Regulations at 24 CFR 982.201, May Be Selected From the Pha's Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List and Receive a Voucher.; Subrecipient Activities: the Recipient Does Not Intend to Subaward Funds.