Rights and Responsibilities

Tenants of Section 8 units have certain rights and responsibilities. Successful participation in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program requires that the household:

	Sign an Authorization for the Release of Information form and supply any information or documentation that the Housing Authority determines to be necessary in the administration of the program.
	Provide true and complete information to the Housing Authority.
	Disclose and verify social security numbers.
	If applicable, correct a breach of the Housing Quality Standards caused by the household.
	Allow the Housing Authority to inspect the dwelling unit at reasonable times and after reasonable notice.
	Notify the Housing Authority and the owner before the household moves out of the dwelling unit, or terminates the lease with written notice to the owner.
	Promptly give the Housing Authority a copy of any owner eviction notices.
	Use the assisted unit solely for residence by the household members listed on the most recent Certification of Household Composition form, and as the household's only residence.
	Promptly inform the Housing Authority of the birth, adoption, or court-awarded custody of a child. The household must request the Housing Authority's approval to add any other household member as an occupant of the assisted unit.
	Promptly notify the Housing Authority if any household member no longer resides in the assisted unit.
	Promptly notify the Housing Authority of absence from the assisted unit.

The household must not:

	Commit any serious or repeated violation of the lease.
	Sublease, or rent the assisted unit, or any part of the assisted unit.
	Assign the lease or transfer the assisted unit.
	Own or have any interest in the dwelling unit, except that of a household assisted in cooperative housing or a mobile home where the household leases the pad.
	Commit fraud, bribery or any other corrupt or criminal act in connection with the Section 8 Housing Program.
	Engage in drug-related criminal activity, or violent criminal activity.
	Receive Section 8 tenant-based assistance while receiving another housing subsidy.