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Outside Section 269
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Alternative Housing Voucher Program
SECTION 269.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the department of housing and community development shall administer an alternative housing voucher program, so-called, a rental assistance program for non-elderly disabled persons who have also been determined eligible for Chapter 667 housing, so-called, pursuant to line item 7004-9030 in section 2 of this act. Said rental assistance program shall be in the form of mobile vouchers, so-called, which shall be in varying dollar amounts and set by the department on considerations including, but not limited to, household size and composition, household income and geographic location. Any household which is proven to have caused intentional damages to their rental unit in an amount exceeding two month's rent during any one year shall be terminated from the program. Said department shall pay agencies that administer said program an allowance not to exceed $25 per voucher per month for the costs of administration. There shall be no maximum percentage applicable to the amount of income paid for rent by each household holding a mobile voucher, so-called, but each household shall be required to pay not less than 25 per cent of their net income, as defined in regulations promulgated by said department, for units if utilities are not provided by the unit owner, or not less than 30 per cent of their income for units if utilities are provided by the unit owner; provided further, that payments for said transitional rental assistance may be provided in advance. The amount of a rental assistance voucher payment for an eligible household shall not exceed the rent less the household's minimum rent obligation; provided further, that the word "rent" as used in this item shall mean payments to the landlord or owner of a dwelling unit pursuant to a lease or other agreement for a tenant's occupancy of the dwelling unit, but shall not include payments made by the tenant separately for the cost of heat, cooking fuel, and electricity; and provided further, that the department is authorized to issue regulations for such program.
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