Longmont Housing Authority

Housing Choice Voucher Program

LANDLORDS

There are many benefits for landlords that rent to voucher holders. You will enjoy a guaranteed market-rate rent payment, while helping families in your community. If you are interested in renting your property, please fill out an Available Unit Form. If you would like to learn more about the program, click here or give us a call at 303-774-4610. 

APPLICANTS

The Housing Choice Voucher Program is federally funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and is administered by the Housing Authority. It provides rental assistance to qualifying individuals and families. 

We are not currently accepting new applications for the program waiting list. 

Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8)

The federally funded Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program is voluntary for both landlords and tenants. It helps eligible families of lower income with their monthly rent payments.
Read further to learn how it works, whether you’re eligible, and how to apply. 

How it Works

A family whose household income is 50% or less of the area's medium household income (AMI) is qualified to participate in the program from the Longmont Housing Authority.

HUD Income Limits 

Through a Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract, direct monthly payments are made to the landlord/property owner as a portion of the tenant's monthly rent payment. After allowances are made for utilities not included in the rent, the HAP makes up the difference in total amount due.
 

For example, if 30% of a family's gross monthly income is $600, and the rent (including utilities) for the selected apartment is $1,600 per month, the tenant pays the landlord $600 and the remaining $1,000 is paid to the landlord by the Longmont Housing Authority through the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.

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Click Here for the 2021 Payment Standards and Utility Allowances

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Am I Eligible?

FAMILY ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• The family’s household annual income must not exceed HUD’s established income limit. 

• The family must be a U. S. citizen or legal non-citizen

• Persons evicted from Public Housing or any Section 8 Program for drug related criminal activity are ineligible for at least three years.

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REQUIREMENTS
A family may either remain in their present rental unit or move to another. The following guidelines are applicable:

1. Owners determine the security deposit. The security deposit cannot exceed one month's rent.

2. The minimum lease length is one year (the majority of leases under the program are written for this length of time).

3. The unit must be in decent, safe and sanitary condition (meets relevant HUD housing quality standards).

4. Under the Housing Choice Voucher Program, the family's share of gross rent (rent to owner plus tenant-paid utilities) must not exceed 40 percent of the family's monthly-adjusted income. This rent restriction will not apply to a family that rents a unit for a gross rent at or below the Payment Standard for the family. The Longmont Housing Authority will not approve a tenancy for initial occupancy of a unit if the family's share would exceed 40 percent of adjusted income. There are  Payment Standards for calculating subsidies for the Voucher Program based on the size of the household.

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If you are a current participant in the LHA Section 8 program and need to fill out change forms for re-certification

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