Common use of RENT TO OWNER; HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS Clause in Contracts

RENT TO OWNER; HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS. a. Amount of initial rent to owner b. HUD rent requirements c. PHA payment to owner 1. Each month the PHA must make a housing assistance payment to the owner for a unit under lease to and occupied by an eligible family in accordance with the HAP contract. 2. The monthly housing assistance payment to the owner for a contract unit is equal to the amount by which the rent to owner exceeds the tenant rent. 3. Payment of the tenant rent is the responsibility of the family. The PHA is not responsible for paying any part of the tenant rent, or for paying any other claim by the owner against a family. The PHA is only responsible for making housing assistance payments to the owner on behalf of a family in accordance with the HAP contract. 4. The owner will be paid the housing assistance payment under the HAP contract on or about the first day of the month for which payment is due, unless the owner and the PHA agree on a later date. 5. To receive housing assistance payments in accordance with the HAP contract, the owner must comply with all the provisions of the HAP contract. Unless the owner complies with all the provisions of the HAP contract, the owner does not have a right to receive housing assistance payments. 6. If the PHA determines that the owner is not entitled to the payment or any part of it, the PHA, in addition to other remedies, may deduct the amount of the overpayment from any amounts due the owner, including amounts due under any other housing assistance payments contract. 7. The owner will notify the PHA promptly of any change of circumstances that would affect the amount of the monthly housing assistance payment, and will return any payment that does not conform to the changed circumstances.