Kenosha Housing Authority (KHA) responsibilities under the Section 8 Housing
Choice Voucher Program
- Help families succeed in the program through prevention, intervention,
and enforcement of the rules.
- Actively help families, elderly and disabled people, and landlords
participate in the program.
- Follow fair housing and equal opportunity requirements.
- Handle the process for applications, the waiting list, and
selection for the program.
- Request and check information about the family when they enter
the program and while they are in the program, including police
record checks for all adults.
- Determine whether the rent set by the landlord is allowed by
the program and is reasonable.
- Establish the utility allowance for the unit.
- Determine who can live in the unit.
- Determine how much rent KHA will pay to the landlord. Make
those rental payments on time.
- Determine how much rent the family must pay to the landlord.
- Inspect the unit before the family moves in, and schedule an
inspection once a year and when there is reason to believe that
the unit may be damaged.
- Enforce the contract with the landlord. Take action if the
landlord does not maintain the unit up to program standards.
- Decide whether to put a family out of the program if they do
not meet their responsibilities. Offer a way to appeal this decision.
- Offer a Family Self Sufficiency Program and other services
that will help families succeed.
- Offer the section 8 Welfare-to-Work Program to new program
participants who are eligible for TANF funding. The Welfare-to-Work
Program is operated by the KHA in close cooperation with the
Kenosha County JOB Center.
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