Section 8 and HCVP in Washington DC

[Vasa G.]

Hello all,

I am getting the single home family for my long term rental portfolio in NE that I want to rent it out to section 8 tenants. So far I have been only dealing with regular tenants so I am looking for some advice with section 8 tenants, I know that section 8 rules are different in every state, so I am hoping to get some insight for DC. Here are some of the questions that I would like to knw the answer too

House is fixer upper and it will need updating. I didnt find any specific rules for section 8 housing when if comes to property inspection listl, but I did deal before with DCRA rules for registering the rental property and it was a pretty straight forward. Is there anything extra that DCHA will need besides DCRA rules? 

Any advice when dealing with DCHA?

Can I use my own lease or there is a specific lease for DCHA Section 8 housing? 

Ceiling rent with DCHA  for that neighborhood  is pretty much how much will I ask for the rent. So can I put my rent price to the match the ceiling rent of DCHA completely so that way tenants dont have to pay out of their pocket? Or they have to pay out of their pocket too? As I dont want to deal with tenants for the payments. I prefer to get only direct deposit from DCHA.

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