Welcome to the Mover Session

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Welcome to the Mover Session
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Housing Choice Voucher Program
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CMHAs Housing Choice Voucher Program provides
reasonable accommodations to persons with
disabilities. If you need an accommodation,
including auxiliary aids and/or services, please
contact Customer Service at 216-431-1471
(voice) or 1-800-750-0750 (Ohio Relay Service)
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Please Complete the background Record Release Form

• Must be completed by everyone in your family 18
  and older
• Turn in the forms to receive your voucher and
  moving papers

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Do you have Changes to report?

• CMHA requires that you report any changes within
  30 days.
• Includes adding or removing family members.
• CMHA currently only allows addition to family
  because of birth, adoption, marriage or court
  -awarded custody.
• Increase or decrease in income
• Keep a copy for your records

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Looking for a Unit
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Looking for a GOOD Unit
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A GOOD Unit should

• Be in a low crime area www.clevelandoh.areaconnec
  t.com
• Should offer amenities and community resources
• Offer employment opportunities
• Have a good neighborhood appearance

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Deteriorated Paint

• The unit must be free from
• Chipping
• Peeling
• Cracking
• Any deteriorated paint is unacceptable!
• All Painted surfaces must be intact.
• Disturbed painted surfaces will FAIL the
  inspection

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• Protect Your Family from Lead
• Free Brochure
• Included in your moving packet
• Covers
• Protecting your family
• Harmful effects of lead
• Reducing lead hazards
• Contact numbers for more information

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Excellent Schools

• www.ode.oh.gov
• West Bay Village, Lakewood, North Olmsted,
  North Royalton, Olmsted Falls, Rocky River,
  Strongsville, and Westlake
• East Beachwood, Brecksville-Broadview Heights,
  Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga Heights, Independence,
  Mayfield, Orange, and Solon

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Available Unit List
www.housingcleveland.org
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MOU Memorandum of Understanding
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CMHA and 18 Suburbs have teamed up to make the
Housing Choice Voucher experience uplifting for
our participants and our communities.
Bedford Bedford Heights Brooklyn Brook
Park Cleveland Heights Cuyahoga Heights East
Cleveland Euclid Fairview Park Garfield
Heights Lakewood Lyndhurst Maple
Heights Parma Shaker Heights South
Euclid University Heights Warrensville Heights
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Memorandum of Understanding

• CMHA
• will inform each city which units will be
  subsidized
• will require that landlords fix all city
  violations
• The City
• will inform CMHA of code violations, police
  calls, criminal activity and nuisance complaints

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Inspecting The Unit
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A Good Unit Should
Pass the inspection the first time!
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Inspections Checklist

• Located in your movers papers
• Also available at www.cmha.net
• Check the items on the list for each unit you
  visit.
• Make sure the unit will pass the inspection

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Inspections Checklist

• Must correct any city violations
• Utilities must be turned on at the time of the
  inspection
• Unit must be vacant
• Owner must has Occupancy Permit or Rental
  Registration

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Your Moving Papers
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Your Voucher is good for 120 days

• Must pass the background check
• Must be current on annual requirements
• Must not be proposed for termination

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Did you Receive the Orange Card?
Your contract was cancelled for Landlord
default You must be under contract within 120
days from date your unit was cancelled. If not,
you will be withdrawn
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Your RFTA Packet

• Review with owner/agent
• Complete Everything
• (except the lease)
• You are the
• Family
• Participant
• Lessee
• The landlord is the
• Owner
• Agent
• Lessor

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Look for a unit with the correct number of
bedrooms

• One bedroom for Head of Household and spouse, if
  any
• One bedroom for each two additional family
  members (regardless of age)
• Children under the age of 4 will share a room

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Meeting The Owner
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Meeting with the Landlord

• Be Professional
• You cannot rent from a direct relative
• Avoid a landlord that suggests fraud

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Meeting with the Landlord

• Ask for the Security deposit policy in writing
• There is no such thing as Section 8 Approved

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Meeting with the Landlord

• Ask the landlord if he/she plans to sell the unit
  or if it is in foreclosure
• Make sure the unit will pass inspection

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Research The Owner
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Who Owns this Unit?

• Check to see who actually owns the property
• http//auditor.cuyahogacounty.us/

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Background Check the Owner

• Check the owners criminal background
• http//coc.cuyahogacounty.us/
• You can check Civil and Criminal cases

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• Housing
• Discrimination

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Housing Discrimination

• When looking for a unit it is ILLEGAL for anyone
  to deny you housing based on
• Race
• Color
• National Origin
• Sex
• Familial Status
• Disability

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What Can I do?

• Housing Discrimination Hotline
• 1-800-669-9777
• Contact the Fair Housing Board in the Community
• File a complaint with the HUD Midwest Office

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Turning In Your Paperwork
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Fill out paperwork with your New Landlord

• Return the paperwork to Door B.
• Dont forget the 30 day Notice

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• Must be turned in with your new paperwork.
• Wait until you find the new unit before giving
  notice
• Not Required for
• Fire
• Foreclosed unit
• Landlord Default

Minimum of 30 Days Notice
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Heres what happens next

• The landlord will receive a pre-rent
  determination while you wait.
• If the landlord accepts the offer an Inspection
  is scheduled within 14 days.
• Paperwork cannot be dropped off.

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The results are in..

• The results are sent to the Contracting
  Department
• If the inspection Passes, the landlord is
  contacted with the final rent offer
• When landlord signs the approved lease and the
  contract and you can move into the unit

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You have the Keys

• You MUST
• Move in within 5 days or
• Notify CMHA in 14 days
• Failure to do so
• May result in Termination

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Moving in

• Be packed and ready to move
• Dont move in until the unit is under contract
• Once the new contract is effective, move quickly
  so you can be out of your old unit before the end
  of the rental period.

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Security Deposit
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Your Security Deposit

• Ohio law doesnt limit the amount of deposits,
  but if the deposit is more than one months rent,
  the landlord must calculate interest on the
  overage and pay it to you when the deposit is
  returned.
• It is common in this area for deposits to be
  equal to one months rent.
• Make sure you get the security deposit policy in
  writing.

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How to get it back

• When you move out, your landlord must
• 1. Itemize any amount withheld from the deposit.
• 2. Return the deposit within 30 days of
  move-out.

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How to get it back

• To get your deposit back, you must
• 1. Remove all of your possessions.
• 2. Leave the unit in clean and free of damages
• 3. Return the keys
• 4. Give the landlord your forwarding address.
• 5.Take pictures when you move in and out.

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Know your Rental Rights
I dont know what to do about the problem I am
having at my house.
Call the Cleveland Tenants Organization
Call 216-432-0609
http//www.clevelandtenants.org/
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• Your
• Family Obligations

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Your Family Obligations

• The family Must supply any requested information
  to CMHA or HUD
• The family must provide and disclose Social
  Security Numbers for ALL family members
• Any information supplied by the family must be
  true and complete

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Your Family Obligations

• Your are responsible for any Family caused
  Inspection violations
• You must allow the PHA to inspect your unit at
  reasonable times after reasonable notice.
• You must not seriously or repeatedly violate your
  lease

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Your Family Obligations

• You must notify the owner and the PHA that you
  plan to terminate your lease BEFORE you move from
  the unit
• The family MUST promptly provide the PHA any
  eviction notices.
• The unit must be used by the family and be the
  familys only place of residence.

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Your Family Obligations

• Family composition must be approved by the PHA.
  No one is to reside in the unit without approval
  from the PHA.
• The family MUST promptly notify the PHA if a
  family member leaves the unit.
• Family members may have a legal home business as
  long as it does not keep the home from being a
  residence.

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Your Family Obligations

• The family must not sublease the unit
• The family must not assign the lease or transfer
  the unit
• The family must not own or have any interest in
  the unit.

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Your Family Obligations

• The family must promptly notify the PHA of family
  absence from the unit.
• Family members must not commit
• Fraud
• Bribery or
• Any other corrupt act

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Your Family Obligations

• Family members may not commit criminal activity
  including
• Drug related activity or
• Violent criminal activity
• Family members must not receive any other Housing
  Assistance while assisted with the voucher.

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Rent Calculation
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How Your Rent is Determined

• You and your landlord agree to the proposed rent.
• CMHA will agree to this amount if
• The rent is reasonable compared to the rent for
  similar unassisted housing in the same
  neighborhood.
• The rent amount will not cause the family portion
  to be more than 40 of your adjusted family
  income.

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How Your Rent is Determined

• Your portion of the rent will be
• 30-40 of your monthly income.
• 4. The payment standard is the maximum amount
  CMHA can pay towards subsidy of rent and
  utilities

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Affordability Calculator
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Affordability Calculator
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Enter Your information

• Select your Bedroom size
• Select the unit bedroom size
• Indicate the utilities to be paid and who is
  responsible
• Click Calculate

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Only Pay your CMHA Approved Portion
DO NOT Pay the Difference
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Your New Home
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Your New Home

• KEEP IT CLEAN!
• Be Considerate of Your Neighbors
• Follow the conditions of the lease
• Keep a professional relationship with the
  landlord

For Rent
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Update Your Phone Number

• We need your number to contact you
• Inspections
• Appointments
• Emergencies

Contact Customer Service at 216-431-1471 to
update your phone number
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Annual Requirements
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Annual Inspections

• An adult must be present
• 18 or older
• You must complete the inspection even if you are
  moving.
• 2 missed inspections may result in termination.

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Emergency Inspections

• Call CMHA for emergencies
• No water
• No gas
• No heat (Oct-April)
• No electricity
• Sewer back-up
• 216-431-1471

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Special Inspections

• Call owner for other problems
• Repairs
• Pests
• Etc
• Put requests for repairs in writing
• Give Owner 30 days to repair
• After 30 days inform CMHA

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Annual Re-examinations

• All adults must be present
• With ID and Income information
• You must call if you cannot attend BEFORE the
  appointment time.
• Failure to attend may result in termination of
  assistance
• Call 216-431-1471 if you do not receive your
  appointment letter

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• Special
• Programs

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Family Self-Sufficiency

• 5 year contract
• Help save money for Homeownership
• Help achieve goals to become self-sufficient
• Increase incomeIncreased savings
• Call 216-426-2731 for an appointment

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Homeownership

• Must meet the following Qualifications
• One year on HCVP
• Minimum income of 15,000
• Minimum 3,000 for down payment
• Minimum Credit Score of 560
• Ask for your application at the front windows

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• Check out
• These
• Websites

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• Available Units
• www.housingcleveland.org

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• Criminal Background
• http//coc.cuyahogacounty.us/

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• Property Owner
• http//auditor.cuyahogacounty.us/

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• Excellent Schools
• www.ode.oh.gov

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• Tenant Rights
• www.clevelandtenants.org

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• Crime Statistics
• www.clevelandoh.areaconnect.com

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Thank You
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