760 CMR, § 65.06 - Required Documents

Documents required in the administration of the STHT shall include, but are not limited to:

(1) Provider Contract. A contract setting out the duties and obligations of the Department and the administering agency must be signed by authorized representatives of both parties.

(2) Rental Assistance Payment Contract. A contract provided by the Department must be signed by the Owner of a Contract Unit or the Owner's Agent and an administering agency. The Participant and the Recipient family are not parties to or third-party beneficiaries of the Rental Assistance Payment Contract. No Recipient may exercise any right or remedy against the owner under the Rental Assistance Payment Contract. The Rental Assistance Payment Contract shall not be construed as creating any right of the family or other third party (other than the Department) to enforce any provision of the Rental Assistance Payment Contract, or to assert any claim against the Department, the administering agency, or the Owner or Owner's Agent under the Rental Assistance Payment Contract.

(3) Lease or Lease Addendum. All Rental Assistance Benefits Participants and Owners or Owner's Agents will be required, as determined by the Department, either to execute an STHT Lease in a form prescribed by the Department or to incorporate into the lease between an Owner and an Owner's Agency an STHT Lease Addendum prescribed by the Department.

(4) Program Participation Agreement. All Participants and authorized administering agency representatives must sign a Program Participation Agreement in a form provided by the Department, which shall set out the rights, duties and obligations of the Participant Family. The Program Participation Agreement shall constitute a contract between the Participant and the administering agency.

(5) Request for Program Payment. When a Rental Assistance Benefits Holder locates a Suitable Unit, the Rental Assistance Benefits Holder shall submit to the administering agency a Request for Program Payment, on a form prescribed by the Department, which shall set out the address of the proposed Contract Unit, the number of bedrooms, the party responsible for payment of utilities, the name and address of the Owner or the Owner's Agent, and the proposed Contract Rent.

(6) Language Access Plan. Any documents required for the administration of STHT that are to be provided to applicants, Participants, or Recipients shall be translated in accordance with the Department's Language Access Plan. Implementation of a form shall not, however, be delayed due to unavailability of translations.

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760 CMR, § 65.06