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Section 8

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Section 8
Parent Document
Park Village Apartment Tenants Ass'n v. Mortimer Howard Trust, 636 F.3d 1150 (2011)
Effective Date
2011-02-25

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Id. (codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(t)(1)(B) (emphasis added)).
By making the “payment standard . . . equal to the rent for the
dwelling unit,” the statute entitles a tenant with an enhanced
voucher to have the federal government pay the difference
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    “Eligibility event” includes “the termination or expiration of the con-
tract for rental assistance under this section for such housing project.” 42
U.S.C. § 1437f(t)(2).
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between the designated percentage of the tenant’s income
payable by the tenant and the market-rate rent for a dwelling
unit where he or she resided, even where that amount exceeds
the otherwise “applicable payment standard.” Id.
§ 1437f(o)(1)-(2), (t)(1)(B). The total rent charged by the
owner is subject to no specific limit except that it must “be
reasonable in comparison with rents charged for comparable
dwelling units in the private, unassisted local market.” Id.
§ 1437f(o)(10)(A).