Section 8 tenant not allowed to pay over fair market rent?

[Alex Duarte]

Hello,

I'm currently in the process of approving a section 8 applicant for one of my units. The case worker said the max rent they can pay is $1830/mo and not the full $2050 we advertised it for.... I talked to the tenant and they said they are 100% OK paying the difference but the case worker at section 8 said that she can't do that and it may cause the tenant to lose their benefits.

Has anyone dealt with this? Is this accurate information?

Thanks!