How will payments work after the transition to DHAP?
Once the Harris County Housing Authority takes over rental-assistance payments from FEMA and CLC, it will continue to pay subsidies at FEMA s current rates through February 2008 (subject to rent reasonableness). After that, it will reduce the level of rental subsidy each month gradually to lead families toward self sufficiency. This means that families will have to begin paying a portion of their monthly rent starting at $50 on March 1, 2008 and increasing incrementally by $50 each month thereafter, until the program permanently concludes one year later (on February 28, 2009). This means that tenants will be responsible for paying their rent in its entirety beginning March 1, 2009.
