Landlords
Welcome to the Housing Authority of Champaign County's Housing Choice Voucher Program
Your role as a landlord in the Housing Choice Voucher program is important to HACC and to the participants of the HCV program. Without the landlords, the HCV program's principal goal to expand affordable housing opportunities to low-income families would not be possible.
The Housing Choice Voucher Program is designed to achieve four major objectives:
- To provide improved living conditions for low and very low-income families while maintaining their rent payments at an affordable level;
- To promote freedom of housing choice and integrate lower income and minority families into mainstream society;
- To provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for eligible participants; and
- To provide an incentive to private property owners to rent to lower-income families by offering timely assistance payments.
The landlord plays a key role in meeting the objectives of the Housing Choice Voucher Program. The Housing Choice Voucher Partnership explains the landlord, the tenant, and HACC's role in making the Housing Choice Voucher Program successful.
To visit the Landlord Portal, please click here.
Request for Tenancy Approval Packet
Below is the general timeline for the moving process that starts when HACC receives your complete Request for Tenancy Approval (RFTA) packet. Failure to submit correct and complete documents will result in delays.
Start: RFTA Submission
- Property owner or voucher holder submits a complete and accurate RFTA packet to RFTA@hacc.net
- Please attach as a PDF document or drop off at our office located 2008 N Market St, Champaign IL 61822
Step 1: Determining Eligibility - Estimated Time Frame: 3 Business Days
Information in the RFTA packet is used to determine the eligibility of the property owner.
- HACC conducts a criminal background check and/or verifies current Certificate of Good Standing.
- HACC verifies proof of ownership, management authorization and that the property taxes are current.
Step 2: Scheduling Inspection - Estimated Time Frame: 5 Business Days
HACC will schedule an initial inspection, as required by HUD.
- You will receive a call and email informing you of the date and timeframe of your inspection appointment.
- The owner and/or authorized agent must be present for the initial inspection. Participants may also attend but are only required to be present for inspections once the unit is under contract.
Step 3: Conducting Inspection - Estimated Time Frame: 3 Business Days
HACC will conduct an inspection of the unit according to NSPIRE protocol.
- The unit must be rent-ready (including having all utilities turned on and operating safely).
- If the inspection does not pass, you will be allowed 5 days to make repairs and call or email the inspector to schedule a re-inspection. If the unit does not pass the re-inspection, we allow the landlord to make repairs within 30 days (if fails are not life threatening).
Step 4: Determining Rent - Estimated Time Frame: 2 Business Days
HACC will contact the owner with a rent offer, which is based on the rent of comparable unassisted units in our jurisdiction.
Step 5: Rent Acceptance - Estimated Time Frame: 2 Business Days
HACC awaits the property owner's acceptance of the rent offer.
- If the rent offer is not accepted within two days of the offer, HACC will cancel the move.
Step 6: Contract Sent - Estimated Time Frame: 5 Business Days
HACC sends the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Contract packet to the property owner via email and requests for the owner to sign and return the documents with the corresponding lease.
- If both of these documents are not received within five days of the HAP Contract being sent to the owner, HACC will cancel the move.
Step 7: Contract Execution - Estimated Time Frame: 5 Business Days
HACC receives the signed HAP Contract and corresponding lease and sets up the account for payment.
- HACC will execute the HAP Contract with the owner and process payment by the next available check run
HACC Housing Choice Voucher Program Film Presentation
