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Clear Benefits and Minimal Paperwork
You provide homes. Places where people shelter and nurture relationships with family and friends. Where tenants live, learn, grow and find respite.
You provide an essential service to our community that requires substantial investment. Property owners and property managers need to keep their rental units occupied.
HASCO provides a streamlined system for landlords so you can rent to Housing Choice Voucher Holders with minimal effort—plus the added security of automatic payments and tenant supports. We work with over 1,000 private property owners throughout Snohomish County.
How It Works
When a Housing Choice Voucher Holder applies for one of your rental units, follow the same steps you do for all new applicants. To finalize the three-way agreement between you, the tenant and HASCO there’s one added element to each step.
After your new HASCO tenant moves in, create an account on our Landlord Portal. You get access to information that makes ongoing property management easier.
Initial Approval
You screen the tenant using the same criteria you apply to all other applicants.
The tenant provides you with HASCO’s Request for Tenancy Approval (RFTA) packet.
Standard Lease Agreement
Once the tenant is approved for your unit (RFTA and inspection completed), you and the tenant enter into your standard lease agreement. This includes your standard security deposit terms.
Tenants are accountable for their portion of the rent (and utilities, if applicable), and for following the rules outlined in your lease agreement.
Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Contract and First Payment
After HASCO receives the final lease documents, you will receive the HAP Contract and first payment within two weeks.
HASCO Payments
HASCO makes all payments electronically via direct deposit to a checking or savings account. Please note: If a direct deposit form is not returned to HASCO, the first landlord check is mailed. If a direct deposit form is not received after the first check is mailed, HASCO automatically holds them at the office for the landlord to pick up.
We release direct deposit rent payments on the second business day of each month while the lease agreement is in force. If the second business day falls on a Friday, payment may not be processed until the following Monday.
Rent Increase
Notify HASCO at least 90 days before the proposed rent increase goes into effect, using the Rent Increase Request Form. During the review period, HASCO confirms that the increase is comparable to rent charged for units occupied by tenants who do not receive rental assistance.
Learn More About the Housing Choice Voucher Program
You are welcome to attend a group tenant briefing. Our staff is also available to answer questions.
Call us for an appointment: 425-290-8499.
Review HASCO’s summary about renting to Housing Choice Voucher participants.
The Difference Your Rental Home Makes
It’s hard to exaggerate the importance of home. When you rent to a person or family receiving HASCO support, you provide shelter, stability and opportunity. People who qualify for Housing Choice Vouchers are no different than your other tenants. They come with a variety of backgrounds and plans for the future.
Supporting landlords is a priority for HASCO. We provide reliable rent payments, online access to information that helps with property management and streamlined communications.
When your success includes renting to HCV program participants, our community grows stronger.
Housing In Short Supply
Snohomish County faces a shortage of housing for people working at lower wage jobs and for those retired from the workforce. HASCO advocates for housing that serves people at all stages of life, ideally helping people remain in the communities where they have family, friends and life history.
If you want to do more, we encourage you to contact your federal representative and educate them about the need for continued funding to support your housing program.
You can call your lawmakers’ D.C. office via the Capitol Hill switchboard at (202) 224-3121, or you can send a personalized email to your lawmaker’s office. Lawmakers are most likely to acknowledge emails directly from their constituents that include personal details about how you have been impacted. You can find your lawmaker at https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member.
You may consider adding your voice to conversations about housing and increasing options in your neighborhood and community.
Learn more about housing in our region and HASCO’s work by clicking the links below