The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority administers Housing Choice Vouchers across Fayette County, but Lexington's Fairness Ordinance does not require landlords to accept them, leaving acceptance to the open market.
The LFUCG Housing Authority operates roughly 3,000 Housing Choice Vouchers and several hundred public-housing units. Voucher holders must find a unit that passes HUD Housing Quality Standards and whose rent fits the local payment standard, set by the LFUCG Urban Service Boundary submarket. Since Ch. 14B does not include source of income, landlords may decline vouchers; LFUCG counters with a landlord-engagement program offering signing bonuses and damage mitigation funds. The Housing Authority pairs vouchers with case management for chronically homeless tenants referred from Catholic Action Center and New Beginnings Bluegrass.
If a landlord accepts a voucher and then violates HUD HQS, LFUCG Housing Authority can abate housing-assistance payments and terminate the contract, leaving the landlord with only the tenant's portion of rent.
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