Remaining DHAP-Ike Eligible

If you are in the DHAP-Ike program, there are certain rules that must be followed in order to ensure your continued eligibility. If you don't, you may be terminated from the program, and you will not be able to return to any FEMA subsidized housing.
 
Family Obligations:
 
·         The family must supply any information to the PHA that HUD requires for DHAP-Ike assistance. Any information supplied by the family must be true and complete.
 
·         The family may not commit any serious or repeated violation of the lease, such as damaging the unit or failing to pay their share of the rent in accordance with the lease.
 
·         During the term of the lease, the family must reside in the DHAP-Ike unit. The family must not sublease, let, assign the lease or transfer the unit. The family must not own or have any interest in the unit.
 
·         The family must notify the PHA before the family moves out of the unit or terminates the lease. If the family terminates the lease on notice to the owner, the family must give the PHA a copy of the notice of termination at the same time. The family must promptly return to the PHA the full amount of any DHAP-Ike utility deposit assistance provided to the family by the PHA.
 
·         The family must allow the PHA to inspect the unit at reasonable times and after reasonable notice.
 
·         The family must promptly provide any information required by the PHA to determine and verify that the family is eligible for continued DHAP-Ike assistance. Any information supplied by the family must be true and complete.
 
·         The members of the family must not commit fraud, bribery, or criminal act in connection with DHAP-Ike.
 
·         The members of the family may not engage in drug-related criminal activity or violent criminal activity.
 
·         The members of the family may not engage in other criminal activity which may threaten the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents or persons residing in the immediate vicinity.
 
·         The members of the family may not engage in other criminal activity which may threaten the health, safety of the owner, property management staff, or persons performing a contract administrative function or responsibility on behalf of the PHA (including a PHA employee or a PHA contractor, subcontractor or agent).
 
·         The members of the family may not threaten or engage in abusive or violent behavior toward PHA personnel.
 
·         The FEMA designated family head of household must participate in the required case management services provided by the PHA.
 
·         A family may not receive the benefit of a duplicative subsidy while receiving DHAP-Ike rental assistance.
 
·         For all pre-disaster HUD-assisted families: Upon notice from the PHA that your pre-disaster HUD-assisted unit or a comparable unit in the project is available for occupancy, the family may opt to return to the pre-disaster project with the understanding that the family’s eligibility for DHAP-Ike assistance will end as of the date by which the family has to return to the project. It should also be understood that if the family declines the opportunity to return to the project, the PHA or owner will lease the assisted unit to another family. Furthermore, the PHA must terminate the family’s participation in the program in accordance with the section 4.r of the DHAP-Ike Operating requirements.
 
For more information on DHAP Ike, visit:
 
http://www.houstonhurricanerecovery.org/node/182

http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/publications/ike.cfm