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If your unit qualifies and your parents qualify, you can do it.
"A family that is issued a housing voucher is responsible for finding a suitable housing unit of the family's choice. This unit may include the family's current residence."
The unit must meet the standards of the health and safety requirements of HUD.
If your unit qualifies and your parents qualify, you can do it.
"A family that is issued a housing voucher is responsible for finding a suitable housing unit of the family's choice. This unit may include the family's current residence."
The unit must meet the standards of the health and safety requirements of HUD.
Are you sure it is legal? Technically, it does not make sense, if the market rental price is $800 per month, but if I rent to parents at a higher price, that costs government to pay more on Section 8.
Unless the government determine the rental price.....
I don't know, just asking, never enroll my property in Section 8 before.
The government determines what is fair rent for the unit and they determine what percentage of the renters income will go toward the rent, they subsidize the balance.
They also reserve the right to inspect the unit any time they want. My experience, at least once a year.
You will find this out when you apply for your units' eligibility.
If your unit qualifies and your parents qualify, you can do it.
"A family that is issued a housing voucher is responsible for finding a suitable housing unit of the family's choice. This unit may include the family's current residence."
The unit must meet the standards of the health and safety requirements of HUD.
Not sure what the quote about including "the family's current residence" has to do with the OP's situation? I think that is for people who are (say) renting a house, then the LL decides to make that house a Section 8 property.
OP, I could have sworn we have had threads on this before and a few posters pointed out (with links) that it would NOT be allowed to rent to family members. Just found this in one thread: "Section 8 participants cannot rent from their immediate relatives ..." The poster was quoting from online but unfortunately that poster didn't include the link.
Here's something from poster Ultrarunner, a longtime LL (posted very recently, 3/17/16): "Landlords sign a statement that they are not a member of Congress, have a family member working for HUD and that the Tenant is not related... at least we did with my last new Section 8 tenant."
The rationale is that renting to family members is not an "arm's-length" transaction. The rule makes sense to me ... why should you be able to get a taxpayer subsidy to rent to a family member?
My question is simple: if my property goes into section 8 program, can my parents rent my property?
NO!
You would need a special waiver and those are very seldom approved (in some markets they are never approved) and mostly are for dire handicap/disability reasons where the family member is also going to serve as the caretaker. Otherwise, HUD rules expressly prohibits family renting from family under Section 8 subsidy.
........This unit may include the family's current residence."........
That means that if the family is already renting and they get a voucher, if the landlord agrees, and HUD approves, the family can stay in that rental unit.
No, you can not rent to your own family using Section 8.
I once saw a case where the father was living in a unit owned by the daughter. He got section 8, wanted to use it to rent her unit that he was already living in. Sec 8 office refused, daughter and father sued, and won. I think that if unit otherwise qualifies, it can be done.
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