The Housing Authority is required to:

• Publish and advertise information on availability and nature of housing assistance.
• Publicly invite owners to make dwelling units available; develop relationships and contacts with owners, managers and appropriate associations and groups.
• Receive and review applications for Housing Choice Vouchers, establish eligibility and maintain a Waiting List.
• Issue Housing Choice Vouchers to eligible families.
• Notify families or individuals determined to be eligible.
• Provide information to family for finding units as it becomes available.
• Determine amount of Housing Assistance Payments and Gross Family Contribution.
• Explain program procedures to owners.
• Review and act on Request for Approval of Tenancy.
• Make Housing Assistance Payments to participating owners.
• Reexamine and redetermine amounts of family contribution and Housing Assistance Payments, at least annually. Reexamine family income, assets, composition, medical and child care expenses.
• Inspect units before leasing and annually thereafter.
• Administer and enforce Contracts with owners.
• Comply with Fair Housing and other laws and requirements.
• The Housing Authority may reveal to your owner:
  • Your current address (as shown in the Housing Authority records); and
  • The name and address (if known to the Housing Authority of the owner of the family's current and prior address.
• When a family wants to lease a dwelling unit, the Housing Authority may offer the owner other information in the Housing Authority's possession about the family, including information about the tenancy history of family members.