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Commissioner explains Section 8 rent increase process and efforts to address backlog
1:20:11
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Acting Commissioner Tigani provides a detailed explanation of the Section 8 rent increase process and the efforts to address the backlog in approvals.
- Owners can apply for rent increases at lease renewal or contract anniversary
- HPD experienced high vacancy rates in rent increase specialists
- New staff brought in to rebuild the team
- Process affected by years of non-submission and recent changes in state law
Ahmed Tigani
1:20:11
to So on the section eight rent increase, so a owner is able to apply for a rent increase on a section eight for increase under the payment standard if there is a voucher holder in that apartment.
1:20:26
They're able to do it either lease renewal or if it's a project based voucher contract at the anniversary of that contract.
1:20:33
When we moved forward with well, there's two parts of it.
1:20:37
There was a staffing piece of it where like other parts of HPD, what is now the Office of Housing Access and Stability saw a high vacancy rate in what is basically our rent increase specialists within the Department of Tenant Owner Resources.
1:20:54
That had been rebuilt up.
1:20:56
So we were able to bring new staff in.
1:21:00
And I'll talk a little bit about what the supplemental piece of it.
1:21:02
But they go through that process.
1:21:04
They go through those individuals when they work through that process.
1:21:07
The increases were affected by a couple things.