Help residents understand what a RAD conversion means for them: what changes, what stays the same, and the rights they keep throughout. Available through Nan McKay’s RAD PBV briefing subscription.
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Built for residents in a RAD conversion
For housing authorities converting public housing to Project-Based Voucher assistance.
A Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) conversion can bring big changes to a property, along with important protections for the people who live there. This video explains RAD and PBV in plain, resident-friendly language.
Use it before, during and after conversion, as part of resident meetings and education, so every affected household gets the same clear information.
What residents learn
Plain, friendly explanations from conversion through continued occupancy.
What RAD is, and why a housing authority may convert a public housing property to long-term Section 8 assistance
What it means when a property converts from public housing to Project-Based Voucher assistance
How conversion may affect a resident’s rental assistance, rent, lease, and relationship with the housing authority and property management
RAD resident rights and protections, including resident participation and communication throughout the conversion
What to know if rehabilitation or construction requires temporary relocation, including relocation protections and the right to return
Life after conversion: rent calculations, annual and interim recertifications, inspections, reporting changes, lease requirements and continued occupancy
Choice mobility, and how residents may become eligible to request tenant-based voucher assistance, subject to RAD and housing authority requirements
Grievance and termination protections, reasonable accommodations, fair housing rights and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) protections
What agencies choose in the RAD briefing
Explain the conversion
A complicated program in clear, resident-friendly language
What will change and what will stay the same
Reinforces RAD rights and resident protections
Consistent information throughout the conversion
Explain the conversion
Use in resident meetings, consultations, relocation planning and pre-conversion education
On-demand access for residents who miss a meeting
Supplements your notices, FAQs and relocation materials
Online confirmation records that each household completed the briefing
Support residents after conversion
Video updated as regulations change
A customized RAD PBV portal with FAQs and links to your documents, policies, forms and contacts
One place for recertifications, inspections, rent, resident rights and choice mobility
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