Abatement of Housing Assistance Payments
CHA staff or its contractor notifies the Owner and the HCV Program Participant that CHA is stopping Housing Assistance Payments as of a specified date because the Owner failed to make repairs to bring the unit into compliance with HQS. CHA stops Housing Assistance Payments the expiration of the cure period, twenty-four (24) hours for emergency items and thirty (30) days for non-emergency items. The abatement of payments continues until (1) the Owner makes the necessary repairs, or (2) the sixty (60) day abatement period ends and the HAP Contract is terminated. CHA must not make any retroactive payment for the period that the unit was not in compliance with HQS.
After the deficiencies are corrected, CHA must promptly resume the Housing Assistance Payments to the Owner. CHA should make a prorated payment to the Owner for the period beginning with the actual date the required work was verified as complete.
Program Participants are required to continue making payments to the Owner for the voucher Participant’s share of rent during the abatement period.