Including Flat Rate Utility with Housing Voucher Tenant

[John Smith]

Hey Team,

We currently have a Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) tenant. With their lease renewal coming up we'd like to include a flat rate for their Water Sewage and Garbage (WSG) portion of the utilities. Based on our understanding the SHA can cover that cost, and it'd be a benefit to the tenant since they've had issues covering utility costs in a timely manner in the past.

Our questions:

- Can anyone else that works with the SHA confirm they let roperty owners include a flat rate utility charge as being covered?

- Are we able to word our new lease such that if utility costs exceed the established flat rate then the tenant is responsible for the difference?

Thanks!