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applicable state and/or local law, or the actual security deposit required by the <br />owner. <br />ii. The provider may place conditions on the security deposit assistance, such as <br />requiring the owner or family to return the security deposit assistance to the <br />provider at the end of the family’s tenancy (less any amounts retained by the <br />owner in accordance with the lease). <br />iii. Security deposit assistance returned to provider must be used for the same or <br />other eligible uses. <br />d. Utility deposit assistance/utility arrears: The selected provider may provide utility <br />deposit assistance for some or all of the family’s utility deposit expenses. <br />i. Assistance can be provided for deposits (including connection fees) required <br />for the utilities to be supplied by the tenant under the lease. In addition, some <br />families may have large balances with gas, electric, water, sewer, or trash <br />companies that will make it difficult if not impossible to establish services for <br />tenant-supplied utilities. <br />ii. The selected provider may also provide the family with assistance to help <br />address these utility arrears to facilitate leasing. <br />iii. Utility deposit assistance that is returned to the provider must be used for the <br />same or other eligible uses. <br /> <br />3. Landlord Incentive Services: <br />a. Owner recruitment and outreach: The selected provider may conduct owner <br />recruitment and outreach. <br />i. In addition to traditional owner recruitment and outreach, activities may include <br />providing enhanced customer service, and offering owner incentive and/or <br />retention payments <br />b. Owner incentive and/or retention payments: The selected provider may make <br />incentive or retention payments to owners that agree to initially lease their unit to an FYI <br />voucher holder. <br />i. The selected provider may design the owner incentive payment to meet its <br />specific needs (such as, for example, limiting the incentive payments to new <br />owners or owners in high opportunity neighborhoods, or structuring all or part <br />of the payment as a damages or unpaid rent mitigation fund, where the owner <br />receives the mitigation payment only if the security deposit is insufficient to <br />cover damages and other amounts owed under the lease). <br />ii. The selected provider may condition the offer of the owner incentive payment <br />on the owner’s agreement to abide by certain terms and conditions. For <br />example, the selected provider could require the owner to agree to contact and <br />work with the family’s case manager or other intervention services should lease <br />violations or other tenant-related issues arise during the assisted tenancy <br />before taking action to evict the tenant. <br /> <br />4. Other Activities: <br />a. Moving expenses (including move-in fees and deposits): The selected provider may <br />provide assistance for some or all of the family’s reasonable moving expenses when <br />they initially lease a unit with their FYI voucher. <br />b. Tenant-readiness services: The selected provider may help create customized plans <br />to address or mitigate barriers that individual families may face in renting a unit with an <br />FYI voucher, such as negative credit, lack of credit, negative rental or utility history, or to <br />connect the family to other community resources that can assist with rental arrears. <br />EXHIBIT 1