Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP)

U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
Office of Public and Indian Housing

Use of this form

Disaster Rent Subsidy Contract
Disaster Housing Assistance
Program
Instructions for use of the Disaster
Rent Subsidy Contract
This Disaster Rent Subsidy (DRS)
contract is used to provide rent subsidy
payments under the Disaster Housing
Assistance Program (DHAP). The
DHAP is a pilot federal housing
assistance grant program implemented
by the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) and the
Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA). DHAP will provide
temporary rent subsidies for non-HUD
assisted individuals and families
displaced by Hurricane Katrina or
Hurricane Rita.
The DHAP is administered by public
housing agencies (PHAs) that are
currently administering a housing choice
voucher program. The DRS contract is
an agreement between the PHA and the
owner of a unit occupied by an assisted
family. The DRS contract has three
parts:
Part A: Contract information (fill-ins)
See section-by-section instructions.
Part B: Body of contract
Part C: Lease addendum

Use of this DRS contract is required by
HUD. Modification of the DRS contract
is not permitted. The DRS contract
must be word-for-word in the form
prescribed by HUD. However, the PHA
may add the following: Language that
defines when the rent subsidy payment
by the PHA is deemed received by the
owner (e.g., upon mailing by the PHA or
actual receipt by the owner).Such
language must be added to Part A of the
DRS contract.
How to fill in Part A
Section-by-Section Instructions
Section 1. Tenant
Enter full name of tenant.
Section 2. Contract Unit
Enter address of unit, including
apartment number, if any.
Section 3. Family Members
Enter full names of all family members.
Section 4. Initial Lease Term
Enter the first date and the last date of
the lease term.
Section 5. Initial Lease Rent
Enter the amount of the monthly rent
during the lease term. The PHA must
determine that the lease rent is in
accordance with the DHAP program
requirements.
Section 6. Initial Rent Subsidy
Payment
Enter the initial amount of the monthly
rent subsidy payment.
To prepare the DRS contract, fill in all
contract information in Part A of the
contract. Part A must then be executed
by the owner.

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Part A of the DRS Contract: Contract Information
(Fill out all contract information in Part A.)
1. Tenant

2. Contract Unit

3. Family
The following persons may reside in the unit. Other persons may not reside in the
unit without prior written approval of the owner and the PHA.
____________________________

____________________________

____________________________

____________________________

____________________________

____________________________

____________________________

____________________________

4. Effective Date of Contract _____________
The contract terminates in accordance with the DHAP requirements or upon
termination of the lease. In no instance may the contract be extended after
2/28/2009.
5. Lease Rent
The initial lease rent is: $ __________
6. Rent Subsidy Payment
The DRS contract term begins on the later of November 1, 2007, or the date of
execution of the DRS contract. At the beginning of the DRS contract term, the
amount of the rent subsidy payment by the PHA to the owner is $ __________

per month. The amount of the monthly rent subsidy payment by the PHA to
the owner is subject to change during the DRS contract term in accordance
with the DHAP program requirements.
7. Utilities and Appliances
The owner shall provide or pay for the utilities and appliances indicated below by an
“O”. The tenant shall provide or pay for the utilities and appliances indicated below
by a “T”. Unless otherwise specified below, the owner shall pay for all utilities and
appliances provided by the owner.

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Utility/Appliance Provided by/Paid by:
Electricity ______________________
Gas____________________________
Water__________________________
Sewer___________________________
Trash Collection___________________
Refrigerator_______________________
Range/Microwave__________________
Other (specify)_____________________
Signatures:
Public Housing Agency

Owner

______________________________
Print or Type Name of PHA

____________________________
Print or Type Name of Owner

______________________________
Signature

____________________________
Signature

______________________________
Print or Type Name and Title of
Signatory

____________________________
Print or Type Name and Title of
Signatory

______________________________
Date (mm/dd/yyyy)

____________________________
Date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Mail Payments to:

_________________________________________
Name
_________________________________________
Address (Street, City, State, Zip)

DISCLAIMER
This document posted in draft is intended for discussion purposes only.
The form has not yet been approved by officials of either the Department of
Housing and Urban Development or the Federal Emergency Management
Agency. Rental payments for the Disaster Housing Assistance Payments
Program (DHAP) shall not commence prior to November 1, 2007. Interested
parties should not rely upon this draft document for payment under the
DHAP. Parties that execute this document with the intent of initiating
payment under DHAP or creating a tenancy under DHAP shall bear all
liability for any damages resulting from such actions.
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not responsible for such screening.
The PHA has no liability or
responsibility to the owner or other
persons for the family’s behavior or
the family’s conduct in tenancy.

Part B of DRS Contract: Body of
Contract
1. Purpose
a. This is a DRS contract between the
PHA and the owner. The DRS
contract is entered into in order to
provide assistance for the family
under the DHAP.
b. The DRS contract only applies to the
family and contract unit specified in
Part A of the DRS contract.
c. During the DRS contract term, the
PHA will pay rent subsidy payments
to the owner in accordance with the
DRS contract and DHAP
requirements.
d. The family will reside in the contract
unit with assistance under the
DHAP. The rent subsidy payments
by the PHA assist the tenant to
lease the contract unit from the
owner for occupancy by the family.
2. Lease of Contract Unit
a. The owner has leased the contract
unit to the tenant for occupancy by
the family with assistance under the
DHAP.
b. The PHA has approved leasing of
the unit in accordance with
requirements of the DHAP.
c. The lease for the contract unit must
include word-for-word all provisions
of the lease addendum required by
HUD (Part C of the DRS contract).
d. The owner certifies that:
(1) The owner and the tenant have a
written lease for the unit and
have executed the DHAP lease
addendum; and
(2) The lease is consistent with
State and local law.
e. The DRS contract term (initial term
and any extensions or renewals)
may not under any circumstances
exceed 16 months.
f. The owner is responsible for
screening the family’s behavior or
suitability for tenancy. The PHA is

3. Maintenance, Utilities, and Other
Services
a. The owner must maintain the
contract unit and premises in
accordance with the DHAP
requirements.
b. Except as provided in (c), the Owner
must ensure that the contract unit is
maintained in accordance with
Housing Quality Standards, HUD’s
standards for housing assisted
under the DHAP.
c. After execution of the DRS contract,
the PHA will conduct a limited
inspection of units to ensure there
are no life-threatening deficiencies
for: (1) FEMA rental assistance
families transitioning to the DHAP by
staying in-place in the FEMA rental
assistance unit; and (2) a family
relocating from a FEMA provided
temporary housing unit to a private
rental market unit that FEMA has
located for the family. If an Owner
does not fix the unit deficiencies in
48 hours, the Owner may not
receive DHAP rent subsidy
payments.
d. The owner must provide all utilities
needed to comply with the HQS.
e. If the owner does not maintain the
contract unit in accordance with the
HQS, or fails to provide all utilities
needed to comply with the HQS, the
PHA may exercise any available
remedies. PHA remedies for such
breach include recovery of
overpayments, suspension of rent
subsidy payments, abatement or
other reduction of rent subsidy
payments, termination of rent
subsidy payments, and termination
of the DRS contract. The PHA may
not exercise such remedies against

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the owner because of an HQS
breach for which the family is
responsible, and that is not caused
by the owner.
f. The PHA shall not make any rent
subsidy payments if the contract unit
does not meet the HQS, or limited
HQS requirements, as applicable,
unless the owner corrects the defect
within the period specified by the
PHA and the PHA verifies the
correction.
g. The PHA may inspect the contract
unit and premises at such times as
the PHA determines necessary to
ensure that the unit meets HQS or
does not contain any life-threatening
deficiencies.
h. The PHA must notify the owner of
any HQS defects shown by the
inspection.
i. The owner must provide all housing
services as agreed to in the lease.
4. Term of DRS Contract
a. Relation to lease term. The term of
the DRS contract begins on the
effective date as specified in part A
of this Contract and terminates on
the last day of the term of the lease.
b. When DRS contract terminates:
(1) The DRS contract terminates
automatically if the lease is
terminated by the owner or the
tenant.
(2) The PHA may terminate DHAP
assistance for the family for any
grounds authorized in
accordance with requirements
under the DHAP. If the PHA
terminates DHAP assistance for
the family, the DRS contract
terminates automatically.
(3) If the family moves from the
contract unit, the DRS contract
terminates automatically.
(4) The PHA may terminate the
DRS contract if HUD determines,
in accordance with DHAP
requirements, that available
DHAP funding is not sufficient to

support continued assistance for
families in the program.
(5) The PHA may terminate the
DRS contract, after notice to the
owner and opportunity to cure, if
the PHA determines that the unit
does not meet all requirements
of the HQS, or limited HQS
requirements, as applicable, or
determines that the owner has
otherwise breached the DRS
contract.
5. Provision and Payment for Utilities
and Appliances
The lease and Part A of this contract
must specify what utilities and
appliances are to be provided or paid by
the owner or the tenant. The lease shall
be consistent with the DRS contract.
6. Rent to Owner: Reasonable Rent
With the exception of subparagraph c,
this section does not apply to: 1) FEMA
rental assistance families that transition
to DHAP by staying in their previously
FEMA assisted units; and 2) a family
relocating from a FEMA provided
temporary housing unit to a private
rental market unit that FEMA has
located for the family. For all other
families, the following applies:
a. The PHA may not approve a lease
until it determines that the lease rent
is reasonable.
b. In order to be reasonable, the lease
rent may not exceed the rents
charged for comparable unassisted
units in the private market and
comparable unassisted units in the
premises.
c. During the term of the DRS contract,
the PHA must also re-determine the
reasonable rent before approving
any increase in the lease rent.
d. Reasonable rent determinations
must be made in accordance with
DHAP requirements.

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7. PHA Payment to Owner
a. When paid
(1) During the term of the DRS
contract, the PHA must make
monthly rent subsidy payments
to the owner on behalf of the
family at the beginning of each
month.
(2) The PHA must pay rent subsidy
payments promptly when due to
the owner.
(3) Rent subsidy payments shall
only be paid to the owner while
the family is residing in the
contract unit during the term of
the DRS contract. The PHA shall
not pay a rent subsidy payment
to the owner for any month after
the month when the family
moves out. The owner must
promptly notify the PHA when
the family moves out.
b. Owner compliance with DRS
contract. Unless the owner has
complied with all provisions of the
DRS contract, the owner does not
have a right to receive rent subsidy
payments under the DRS contract.
c. Amount of PHA payment to owner
(1) The amount of the monthly PHA
rent subsidy payment to the
owner must be determined by
the PHA in accordance with
DHAP requirements.
(2) The rent subsidy payment for the
first month of the DRS contract
term may be pro-rated for a
partial month.
(3) The amount of the PHA rent
subsidy payment is subject to
change during the DRS contract
term in accordance with DHAP
requirements. The PHA must
notify the family and the owner of
any changes in the amount of
the rent subsidy payment.
(4) Commencing March 1, 2008,
and for each month thereafter,
the PHA will reduce the subsidy
payment each month by $50 in
accordance with DHAP

requirements and such reduction
shall incrementally increase
each month thereafter until the
program concludes as of March
1, 2009. The DHAP participating
family is responsible, each
month beginning March 1, 2008,
for the amount of the subsidy
reduction.
d. Application of payment. The
monthly rent subsidy payment shall be
credited against the monthly lease rent
for the contract unit.
e. Limit of PHA responsibility
(1) The PHA is only responsible for
making rent subsidy payments to
the owner in accordance with the
DRS contract and DHAP
requirements for a tenancy
under the DHAP.
(2) The PHA shall not pay any
portion of the lease rent in
excess of the rent subsidy
payment. The PHA shall not pay
any other claim by the owner
against the family.
f. Overpayment to owner. If the PHA
determines that the owner is not
entitled to the rent subsidy payment
or any part of it, the PHA, in addition
to other remedies, may deduct the
amount of the overpayment from any
amounts due the owner.
8. Owner Certification
During the term of this DRS contract,
the owner certifies that:
a. The contract unit and premises are
maintained in accordance with HQS,
or limited inspection requirements,
as applicable.
b. The contract unit is leased to the
family. The lease includes the lease
addendum (Part C of the DRS
contract), and is in accordance with
the DRS contract and DHAP
requirements. The owner has
provided the lease to the PHA,
including any revisions of the lease.
c. Except for the lease rent, the owner
has not received and will not receive

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any payments or other consideration
(from the family, the PHA, HUD, or
any other public or private source)
for rental of the contract unit during
the DRS contract term.
d. The family does not own or have any
interest in the contract unit.
e. To the best of the owner’s
knowledge, the members of the
family reside in the contract unit, and
the unit is the family’s only
residence.
9. Prohibition of Discrimination
In accordance with applicable equal
opportunity statutes, Executive Orders,
and regulations:
a. The owner must not discriminate
against any person because of race,
color, religion, sex, national origin,
age, familial status, or disability in
connection with the DRS contract.
b. The owner must cooperate with the
PHA and HUD in conducting equal
opportunity compliance reviews and
complaint investigations in
connection with the DRS contract.
10. Owner’s Breach of DRS Contract
a. Any of the following actions by the
owner (including a principal or other
interested party) is a breach of the
DRS contract by the owner:
(1) If the owner has violated any
obligation under the DRS
contract, including the owner’s
obligation to maintain the unit in
accordance with the HQS or the
limited inspection requirements,
as applicable.
(2) If the owner commits fraud,
bribery or any other corrupt or
criminal act in connection with
any Federal housing assistance
program.
(3) If the owner engages in any
drug-related criminal activity or
any violent criminal activity.
b. If the PHA determines that a breach
has occurred, the PHA may exercise
any of its rights and remedies under

the DRS contract, or any other
available rights and remedies for
such breach. The PHA shall notify
the owner of such determination,
including a brief statement of the
reasons for the determination. The
notice by the PHA to the owner may
require the owner to take corrective
action, as verified or determined by
the PHA, by a deadline prescribed in
the notice.
c. The PHA’s rights and remedies for
owner breach of the DRS contract
include recovery of overpayments,
suspension of rent subsidy
payments, abatement or other
reduction of rent subsidy payments,
termination of rent subsidy
payments, and termination of the
DRS contract.
d. The PHA may seek and obtain
additional relief by judicial order or
action, including specific
performance, other injunctive relief
or order for damages.
e. Even if the family continues to live in
the contract unit, the PHA may
exercise any rights and remedies for
owner breach of the DRS contract.
f. The PHA’s exercise or non-exercise
of any right or remedy for owner
breach of the DRS contract is not a
waiver of the right to exercise that or
any other right or remedy at any
time.
11. PHA, FEMA and HUD Access to
Premises and Owner’s Records
a. The owner must provide any
information pertinent to the DRS
contract that the PHA, FEMA or
HUD may reasonably require.
b. The PHA, HUD, FEMA and the
Comptroller General of the United
States shall have full and free
access to the contract unit and the
premises, and to all accounts and
other records of the owner that are
relevant to the DRS contract,
including the right to examine or

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audit the records and to make
copies.
c. The owner must grant such access
to computerized or other electronic
records, and to any computers,
equipment or facilities containing
such records, and must provide any
information or assistance needed to
access the records.
12. Exclusion of Third Party Rights
a. The family is not a party to or third
party beneficiary of Part B of the
DRS contract. The family may not
enforce any provision of Part B, and
may not exercise any right or
remedy against the owner or PHA
under Part B.
b. The tenant or the PHA may enforce
the lease addendum (Part C of the
DRS contract) against the owner,
and may exercise any right or
remedy against the owner under the
lease addendum.
b. The PHA does not assume any
responsibility for injury to, or any
liability to, any person injured as a
result of the owner’s action or failure
to act in connection with
management of the contract unit or
the premises or with implementation

of the DRS contract, or as a result of
any other action or failure to act by
the owner.
c. The owner is not the agent of the
PHA, and the DRS contract does not
create or affect any relationship
between the PHA and any lender to
the owner or any suppliers,
employees, contractors or
subcontractors used by the owner in
connection with management of the
contract unit or the premises or with
implementation of the DRS contract.
13. Assignment of the DRS Contract
The owner may not assign the DRS
contract to a new owner without the
prior written consent of the PHA.
14. Written Notices. Any notice by the
PHA or the owner in connection with this
contract must be in writing.
15. Entire Agreement: Interpretation
a. The DRS contract contains the
entire agreement between the owner
and the PHA.
b. The DRS contract shall be
interpreted and implemented in
accordance with DHAP
requirements.

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Part C of DRS Contract: Lease
Addendum
1. Disaster Housing Assistance
Program
a. The owner is leasing the contract
unit to the tenant for occupancy by
the tenant’s family with assistance
for a tenancy under the Disaster
Housing Assistance program
(DHAP) administered by the United
States Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) on
behalf of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA).
b. The owner has entered into a
Disaster Rent Subsidy contract
(DRS contract) with the PHA under
the DHAP. Under the DRS contract,
the PHA will make rent subsidy
payments to the owner to assist the
tenant in leasing the unit from the
owner.
2. Lease
a. The owner has given the PHA a
copy of the lease, including any
revisions agreed to by the owner
and the tenant. The owner certifies
that the terms of the lease are in
accordance with all provisions of the
DRS contract and that the lease
includes the lease addendum.
b. The tenant shall have the right to
enforce the lease addendum against
the owner. If there is any conflict
between the lease addendum and
any other provisions of the lease, the
language of the lease addendum
shall control.
3. Use of Contract Unit
a. During the lease term, the family will
reside in the contract unit with
assistance under the DHAP.
b. The tenant may not sublease or let
the unit.
c. The tenant may not assign the lease
or transfer the unit.

4. Lease Rent
a. The lease rent may not exceed the
amount approved by the PHA in
accordance with DHAP
requirements.
b. Changes in the lease rent shall be
determined by the provisions of the
lease, DRS contract and DHAP
requirements.
c. The lease rent may not exceed the
reasonable rent for the unit as
determined by the PHA in
accordance with DHAP
requirements.
5. Family Payment to Owner
a. The family is responsible for paying
the owner any portion of the lease
rent that is not covered by the PHA
rent subsidy payment.
b. Each month, the PHA will make a
rent subsidy payment to the owner
on behalf of the family in accordance
with the DRS contract. The amount
of the monthly rent subsidy payment
will be determined by the PHA in
accordance with DHAP
requirements.
c. Commencing March 1, 2008 and for
each month thereafter, the PHA will
reduce the subsidy payment each
month by $50 and such reduction
shall incrementally increase each
month thereafter until the program
concludes on March 1, 2009. The
DHAP participating family is
responsible, each month beginning
March 1, 2008, for the amount of the
subsidy reduction.
d. The rent subsidy payment shall be
credited against the monthly lease
rent for the contract unit.
e. The tenant is not responsible for
paying the portion of lease rent
covered by the rent subsidy payment
under the DRS contract between the
owner and the PHA. A PHA failure
to pay the rent subsidy payment to
the owner is not a violation of the
lease. The owner may not terminate

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the tenancy for nonpayment of the
PHA rent subsidy payment.
f. The owner may not charge or
accept, from the family or from any
other source, any payment for rent
of the unit in addition to the lease
rent. Lease rent includes all housing
services, maintenance, utilities and
appliances to be provided and paid
by the owner in accordance with the
lease.
g. The owner must immediately return
any excess rent payment paid by the
tenant to the tenant.
6. Other Fees and Charges
The owner may not charge the tenant
extra amounts for items customarily
included in lease rent in the locality, or
provided at no additional cost to
unsubsidized tenants in the premises.
7. Maintenance, Utilities, and Other
Services
a. Maintenance
(1) The owner must maintain the
unit and premises in accordance
with housing quality standards or
the limited inspection
requirements applicable only to
1) FEMA rental assistance
families that transition to DHAP
by staying in their previously
FEMA assisted units; and (2) a
family relocating from a FEMA
provided temporary housing unit
to a private rental market unit
that FEMA has located for the
family.
(2) Maintenance and replacement
(including redecoration) must be
in accordance with the standard
practice for the building
concerned as established by the
owner.
b. Utilities and appliances
(1) The owner must provide all
utilities needed to comply with
the DHAP operating
requirements.

(2) The owner is not responsible for
a breach of the HQS caused by
the tenant’s failure to:
(a) Pay for any utilities that are
to be paid by the tenant.
(b) Provide and maintain any
appliances that are to be
provided by the tenant.
c. Family Damage. The owner is not
responsible for a breach of the HQS
because of damages beyond normal
wear and tear caused by any member of
the household or by a guest.
d. Housing Services. The owner must
provide all housing services as agreed
to in the lease.
8. Termination of Tenancy: Owner
Requirements. The owner may only
terminate the tenancy in accordance
with the lease, state and local law and
requirements under the Disaster
Housing Assistance Program.
9. Lease: Relation to DRS Contract
If the DRS contract terminates for any
reason, the lease is not affected by the
termination of the DRS contract or rent
subsidy payments. However, upon
termination of the DRS contract, this
lease addendum shall be void.
10. PHA Termination of Assistance
The PHA may terminate program
assistance for the family, for any
grounds authorized in accordance with
DHAP requirements. If the PHA
decides to terminate program
assistance for the family, the DRS
contract terminates and no additional
rent subsidy payments will be made to
the owner.
11. Family Move Out
The tenant must notify the PHA and the
owner before the family moves out of
the unit.

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12. Prohibition of Discrimination
In accordance with applicable equal
opportunity statutes, Executive Orders,
and regulations, the owner must not
discriminate against any person
because of race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, age, familial status or
disability in connection with the lease.
13. Conflict with Other Provisions of
Lease
a. The terms of the lease addendum
are prescribed by HUD in
accordance with HUD and FEMA
requirements, as a condition for
Federal assistance to the tenant and
tenant’s family under the DHAP.
b. In case of any conflict between the
provisions of the lease addendum as
required by HUD, and any other
provisions of the lease or any other
agreement between the owner and
the tenant, the requirements of this
lease addendum shall control.
14. Changes in Lease or Rent
a. The tenant and the owner may not
make any change in the lease
addendum. However, if the tenant
and the owner agree to any other
changes in the lease, such changes
must be in writing, and the owner
must immediately give the PHA a
copy of such changes. The lease,
including any changes, must be in
accordance with the requirements of
the lease addendum.
b. In the following cases, rent subsidy
payments shall not be continued
unless the PHA has approved a new
tenancy in accordance with program
requirements and has executed a
new DRS contract with the owner:
(1) If there are any changes in lease
requirements governing tenant
or owner responsibilities for
utilities or appliances;
(2) If the family moves to a new unit,
even if the unit is in the same
building or complex.

c. PHA approval of the tenancy, and
execution of a new DRS contract,
are not required for agreed changes
in the lease other than as specified
in paragraph b.
d. The owner must notify the PHA and
the tenant of any changes in the
amount of the lease rent at least
thirty days before any such changes
go into effect, and the amount of the
lease rent following any such agreed
change must be in accordance with
DHAP requirements.
15. Notices
Any notice under the lease by the tenant
to the owner or by the owner to the
tenant must be in writing.
16. Definitions
Contract unit. The housing unit rented
by the tenant with assistance under the
program.
Family. The persons who may reside in
the unit with assistance under the
DHAP.
DRS contract. The rent subsidy
payments contract between the PHA
and the owner. The PHA pays rent
subsidy payments to the owner in
accordance with the DRS contract.
FEMA. Federal Emergency
Management Agency
Housing quality standards (HQS). The
HUD standards for housing assisted
under the DHAP.
HUD. The U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
DHAP requirements. DHAP
requirements are the Inter-Agency
Agreement between FEMA and HUD,
the Operating Requirements for the
program, any applicable HUD notices,
Federal Register Notices, regulations,
contracts and HUD policies for the
DHAP.
Lease. The written agreement between
the owner and the tenant for the lease of
the contract unit to the tenant. The lease
includes the lease addendum prescribed
by HUD.

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Lease rent. The total monthly rent
payable to the owner for the contract
unit. The lease rent is the sum of the
portion of rent payable by the tenant
plus the PHA rent subsidy payment to
the owner.
Owner. Any person or entity with the
legal right to lease or sublease a unit to
a participant.
PHA. Public Housing Agency. A
housing agency or other HUD

designated intermediary agency that
administers the DHAP.
Premises. The building or complex in
which the contract unit is located,
including common areas and grounds.
Program. The Disaster Housing
Assistance program.
Tenant. The family member (or
members) who leases the unit from the
owner.

DISCLAIMER
This document posted in draft is intended for discussion purposes only.
The form has not yet been approved by officials of either the Department of
Housing and Urban Development or the Federal Emergency Management
Agency. Rental payments for the Disaster Housing Assistance Payments
Program (DHAP) shall not commence prior to November 1, 2007. Interested
parties should not rely upon this draft document for payment under the
DHAP. Parties that execute this document with the intent of initiating
payment under DHAP or creating a tenancy under DHAP shall bear all
liability for any damages resulting from such actions.

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