If a familys Section 8 assistance was terminated because the family owed money to the PHA, can the PHA issue the family a WtW voucher, if it is otherwise eligible for a WtW voucher?
A PHA’s administrative plan policies for its tenant-based Section 8 program will determine whether the debt must be paid in full before a voucher can be issued to the family. Although a PHA may revise existing policy to better address its local WtW Housing Voucher Program objectives, the same policies for repayment of debt must apply to all Section 8 voucher families. For example, if the PHA’s policy for its voucher program applicants is that debt must be paid in full before a voucher will be issued to a family, the PHA could not adopt a policy applicable only to its WtW families allowing for issuance of a WtW voucher to an eligible family that has entered into repayment agreement with the PHA but not paid its debt in full.
Related Questions
- If the PHA is unable to issue a replacement voucher under its regular program due to lack of availability, is the family maintained as a WtW family or is assistance terminated?
- Does a WtW PHA have to allow a family to continue in its WtW voucher program when the family moves to the jurisdiction of another PHA?
- Must WtW Voucher Families be Selected from the PHAs Section 8 Waiting List?
