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Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)

What is RAD?

Public Housing Agencies (PHA) use the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Program to preserve affordable housing and improve properties by “converting” their form of federal assistance to the Section 8 program. The Houston Housing Authority (HHA) has chosen to convert the Historic Rent Initiative (HRI) community and Victory Apartments into one community, this will be a Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) community.

Project Based Vouchers (PBVs) attaches a long-term rental assistance to properties, so current and future residents never pay more than 30% of their adjusted gross income (total income minus allowable deductions) in rent. After a property converts to Project Based Vouchers (PBV), your public housing lease ends and you will sign a Section 8 lease with the “owner” who in this case will continue to be the Houston Housing Authority (HHA). You will still have the same core rights that you have as a public housing tenant but will also gain new rights and protections under RAD.

View Document: RAD Resident Rights in Public Housing

Residents Getting Ready for RAD

Rental Assistance Demonstration

As a Resident of this community you will need to be a part of the process.

Make the most of this opportunity to improve your development and maximize the potential benefits of RAD.

What Does This Mean?

When a development converts to RAD, HHA transfers ownership to a private-public partnership. This partnership will maintain affordable rents no more than 30% of household income.

Why is RAD Happening?

Public Housing Agencies have experienced severe funding cuts, resulting in a serious backlog of repairs. By converting to RAD, developments will get the funding and extensive repairs they need more quickly.

What You Can Do as a Resident

  • Organize!
  • Attend meetings and ask lots of questions
  • Encourage your neighbors to attend meetings and help keep each other informed
  • Be a part of the process

Changes in Arrangements

After RAD conversion, the procedures for addressing personal housing issues will change. This chart includes a summary of these changes.

  • HHA
  • Property Manager
After Conversion... HHAProperty Manager
After Conversion...
Who do I pay rent to?
Who do I pay any owed rent to?
Who do I contact if my income changes?
Who do I contact with Family changes?
Who will I annually recertify with?*
Who should I contact for reasonable accommodations?
Who do I contact with questions about accommodating a disability or medical condition?
Who do I contact for issues related to my lease and property maintenance?
Who do I contact in case of emergencies? (flooding, lack of heat or hot water, etc.)
Who do I call for repairs and work orders?
Who do I contact if I want to find out more about applying for a portable Section 8 housing voucher?
* RAD recertification will recertify with HHA; Tax Credit and HOME recertification with the property manager.

Viewable/Downloadable Resources Regarding RAD

Below are a variety of documents that pertain to your residence at our property. Click any of the documents below to view.

Questions? We’d love to help!

Give us a call, or send us a message below, and we’ll try to help you navigate through our conversion to RAD.

HRI-Victory Apartments
1520 Bailey Street
Houston, TX 77019
(713) 529-8773
Kenneth Robinson - Community Manager​
hrivictory@aogliving.com
Monday – Friday: 8:00am — 5:00pm
Saturday & Sunday: Closed

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Kenneth Robinson – Community Manager​
hrivictory@aogliving.com

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