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<br /> 8 <br />• 30 percent of family‘s monthly adjusted income; <br />• 10 percent of family’s monthly gross income; or <br />• A minimum rent of $50 contribution. <br />The PHA has authority to suspend and exempt families from minimum rent when a financial <br />hardship exists. <br />HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS (HQS) HQS unit inspections are required both at initial occupancy and annually thereafter for all Local <br />Rent Supplement subsidized units. Newly leased units must pass the HQS inspection before the <br />beginning date of the assisted lease and the Local Voucher Rent Supplement Housing Assistance <br />Payment (HAP) Contract. <br />RENT REASONABLNESS Rent reasonable review must be conducted before Local Rent Supplement Program participant <br />rents a unit. The OCHA will pay rents up to the rent reasonable amount, not to exceed the <br />exceptional payment standard utilized for the PHA’s HCV Program. <br />MOVING WITH CONTINUED ASSISTANCE AND PORTABILITY Under the OC Local Rent Supplement Program, the OCHA issues an eligible family a voucher and <br />the family selects a unit of its choice within the Orange County geographic area, as specified <br />earlier in these guidelines. If the family moves out of the unit, the contract with the owner ends <br />and the family can move with continued assistance to another unit within the Orange County <br />geographic area. <br /> <br />Local Rent Supplement Program participants are not eligible for portability and must remain <br />within the Orange County geographic area. <br />ANNUAL/INTERIM REEXAMINATIONS The OCHA is required to process annual re-examinations. In cases where a family experiences a <br />change in household composition and/or income between annual re-examination, the PHA will <br />process an interim re-examination. <br /> <br />The family is required to report all changes in household composition and/or income to the OCHA <br />within 10 calendar days of the occurrence. <br />RENTAL INCREASES Landlords may submit a request for a rent increase every other year and approval is based on <br />availability of funding and rent reasonableness for the tenant. <br />TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE AND TENANCY The OCHA is required to terminate a family’s assistance if certain program rules are violated. <br />For other types of offense, the OHCA has the discretion to either terminate the family’s assistance <br />or to take another action. <br /> <br />All participants must adhere to Section 8 Housing Choice Family Obligations and Informal <br />Reviews/Hearings process. <br /> <br />10