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Aron D.
  • Rental Property Investor
  • San Diego, CA
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Housing Assistance questions

Aron D.
  • Rental Property Investor
  • San Diego, CA
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I have a tenant in one of my units that is receiving partial housing assistance (Sec.8). The housing authority is doing an inspection on the 16th of this month. How do I know if I can increase the rent and what is reasonable? I checked on their website and it stated $1450 a month as reasonable for a 2br in San Diego. The current is $1200 and I am paying their utilities. How do I go about increasing the rent with approval from the housing authority? Thanks for your help in advance.

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Chris Da
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Phoenixville, PA
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Chris Da
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Phoenixville, PA
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I wouldn't do the email....

Type a letter stating that due to the fact that taxes/ins/ ect has gone up, you are requesting the rent to be raised to the highest allowable amount that the housing authority allows..

At the bottom I would

cc:(The highest official at that housing authority office)

Send the letter to both the social worker incharge of your tenant and the housing director.

Send the letter certified..

This is how you get the job done..

This always works for me, as I was instructed to do it this way from the housing director I spoke with in the D.C. office..

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