Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority administers about 16,000 Housing Choice Vouchers across Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, setting payment standards, conducting Housing Quality Standards inspections, and processing landlord HAP contracts.
CMHA, the public housing authority for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, runs the federal Housing Choice Voucher program funded by HUD. Landlords leasing to voucher holders sign a Housing Assistance Payments contract with CMHA, accept the agency's payment standard pegged to local fair-market rents, and pass an annual Housing Quality Standards inspection. CMHA also operates project-based vouchers attached to specific developments, plus the Family Self-Sufficiency program. Cleveland's source-of-income ordinance under Chapter 667 reinforces voucher acceptance, but landlords still set screening criteria and lease terms within HUD limits.
Failing HQS inspections leads to HAP payment abatement, contract termination, and removal from CMHA's eligible-landlord roster, while bad-faith refusal can trigger Chapter 667 fair-housing complaints.
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