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Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) - Non-Financial Eligibility - Massachusetts

In addition to meeting the financial eligibility standards for the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP), an applicant or participant must not:

·      Owe back rent to a local housing authority, for which he/she has not entered into a repayment agreement, or have failed to stay current with a repayment agreement, or

·      Owe damages or vacancy loss payments to a local housing authority for which he/she has not entered into a repayment agreement, or have failed to stay current with a repayment agreement, or

·      Have failed to comply with all the terms of any repayment agreement, including repeated late payments or partial payments without prior local housing authority approval, or

·      Have misrepresented or falsified any information required to be submitted as part of the applicant’s application, or a prior application within three (3) years, and the applicant fails to establish that the misrepresentation or falsification was unintentional, or

·      Have had a judgment for possession of premises leased from a local housing authority or from an owner under a State funded housing program entered against him/her by a court for good cause, or

·      Have, and the members of the applicant’s household must not have, engaged in criminal activity, or activity which would interfere with or threaten the rights of other tenants or local housing authority employees, or

·      Have failed to comply with the terms of a MRVP voucher, or

·      Have, and the members of the applicant’s household must not have, directed abusive or threatening behavior which was unreasonable and unwarranted toward a local housing authority employee during the application process or any prior application process within three (3) years, or

·      Have failed to provide information reasonably necessary for the local housing authority to process the applicant’s application; or

·      Intend to live somewhere other than a contract unit as his/her primary residence.

·      Be a current illegal user of one or more controlled substances, or have a household member who is engaged in such activity. This disqualification of current illegal users of controlled substances shall not apply to applicants for housing provided through a treatment program for illegal users of controlled substances.

For more information, see:

Rental Voucher Program - Overview - Massachusetts

Rental Voucher Program - Eligibility - Massachusetts

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