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| Account | Description | FY2009 GAA |
FY2009 Total Spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7004-9030 | Alternative Housing Voucher Program For the transitional rental assistance program established under section 16 of chapter 179 of the acts of 1995; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the transitional rental assistance shall be in the form of mobile vouchers; provided further, that the vouchers shall be in varying dollar amounts set by the department based on considerations including, but not limited to, household size, composition, household income and geographic location; provided further, that any household which is proven to have caused intentional damages to its rental unit in an amount exceeding 2 month's rent during any 1 year shall be terminated from the program; provided further, that the department shall pay agencies that administer this program an allowance not to exceed $25 per voucher per month for the costs of administration; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be no maximum percentage applicable to the amount of income paid for rent by each household holding a mobile voucher, but each household shall be required to pay not less than 25 per cent of its net income, as defined in regulations promulgated by the department, for units if utilities are not provided by the unit owner, or not less than 30 per cent of its income for units if utilities are provided by the unit owner; provided further, that payments for the transitional rental assistance may be provided in advance; provided further, that the department shall establish the amounts of the mobile vouchers, so that the appropriation in this item is not exceeded by payments for rental assistance and administration; provided further, that the department shall not enter into commitments which will cause it to exceed the appropriation set forth in this item; provided further, that 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 under 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; provided further, that the department shall submit an annual report to the budget director, the secretary of administration and finance, and the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing expenditures, the number of outstanding rental vouchers, and the number and types of units leased; provided further, that consistent with chapter 179 of the acts of 1995 the amount appropriated in this item shall not annualize to more than $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2010; and provided further, that the program shall provide funding for not more than 800 mobile vouchers |
4,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
| SPENDING CATEGORY |
FY2005 Expended |
FY2006 Expended |
FY2007 Expended |
FY2008 Expended |
FY2009 GAA |
FY2009 Budget Reductions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Assistance | 2,300 | 2,630 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 4,000 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 2,300 | 2,630 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 4,000 | 0 |
FY2009 Spending Category Chart
