Section 8 Lease Baltimore Maryland

[Ian Barnes]

Can anyone please let me know specific verbage(ie specific points) I should put into a lease for a Section 8 tenant in Baltimore City? and what I should watch out for when screening Section 8 tenants? Thanks

[Tyrus Shivers]

@Ian Barnes

According to Section 8 you should screen vouchered tenants as you would any other. So if you have set criteria stick to it. MAR leases are pretty similar across the counties. So have additional verbiage or rules that are county specific. Make sure unpaid bills, damages, anything else is additional rent. I have seen leases included verbiage where if a tenant loses their voucher the lease terminates.