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Council member raises concerns about Section 8 rent increases and landlord package approval process
1:19:19
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Council Member Brooks-Powers inquires about the extensive wait times for approval of landlord packages submitted on behalf of Section 8 recipients and HPD's plans to address this issue.
- Question about additional staff funding to support the approval process
- Concern about educating landlords on the submission process
- Issue of packages being rejected for errors or omissions without clear explanations
- Impact on housing-insecure individuals trying to secure new homes
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
1:19:19
And then my last question is there has been like an extensive wait time for approval of landlord packages submitted on behalf of section eight recipients and I wanted to know if HPD has funded additional staff maybe to be able to support this and how HPD plans to further educate landlords in terms of that project that process because what's happening is packages are being kicked back for errors and or omissions which have also not been clarified to landlords what those actual errors may be and it elongates the the process and takes even longer for people who are unhoused or housing insecure to get into their new home.
1:20:11
However you want
Ahmed Tigani
1:20:08
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