Section 8 Lease Length Question

[Rick Bassett]

We have all of our leases lined up so they end in June or July but we just had a tenant break her lease early and will be leaving at the end of January.

We want to keep this property on a June / July lease end schedule so we are looking to write a new lease of either 5 or 17 months. 

We have received an abundance calls from potential section 8 tenants on this one but I can't seem to get an answer (call back) from the housing authority if they are willing to write a 5 or 17 month initial lease.

From what I've seen on various websites the PHA's seem to want to do just 1 year lease initially.

Does anyone have experience with this?

Rick