Who Pays the Landlord for Section 8 Tenants

[Alex Nelson]

Hi BP,

I'm in the process of renovating my first investment property. It is a duplex in Arlington TX that i am currently living in and have almost finished with renovations on the second unit. I am considering renting the units out to section 8 tenants. I've been doing some research into this and i keep seeing that tenants are required to pay 30% of their gross income towards the rent and the rest is covered by HUD. my questions is, who is actually responsible for paying the rent to you? Do you get one check from HUD and another check from the tenant? Does the tenant make payments to HUD and then they send you one check for the full amount? How does this work?

Thank you!
-Alex