The HUD-RHIIP Listserve issued the following in an email today:
Question 31 What do we do with properties using leases provided by the contract administrator (CA)? Some states have significantly different lease requirements and CAs have developed leases that Owner/Agents (O/A's) are required to use. Will the CAs instruct the O/As to use the HUD model leases and the CA will then provide an approved lease addendum?
Answer 31: O/As should be using the HUD model leases and not leases developed by CAs. HUD model leases that have been modified to include state requirements will now have to have the state requirements incorporated by use of a lease addendum. Whether or not the CA will provide the approved lease addendum or whether it will be up to the O/A to develop, we cannot answer. Normally it is the O/A’s responsibility to ensure that the lease is in compliance with state laws. (emphasis added).
I want to use this opportunity to wish all of you a very safe and happy July 4th holiday.
