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Housing Choice Voucher Program: Continued from previous page Rent negotiation and rent limits Occasionally, SHA may ask the owner to lower rent before the first lease is signed because rent must be both affordable and reasonable during the initial lease term. Rent is affordable if it does not require the tenant to pay more than 40 percent of his or her monthly adjusted income for rent plus utilities; rent is reasonable if it is comparable to similar units in the same area. After the first year the tenant may pay more for rent and utilities, so SHA will only ask to lower rent if it is not reasonable. The program does not have any specific rent limits. Rents must always be comparable to similar units in the same area, however, and the tenant may not pay more than 40 percent of monthly adjusted income for rent plus utilities during the initial lease term. For more information, see How much can you charge for rent? Rent increases In spring, 2006, SHA lifted a moratorium on rent increases that had been in effect since March, 2005. For more information, see Raising the rent for Section 8 units. More information:
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