2006 Minnesota Statutes

462A.2097 RENTAL HOUSING.
The agency may establish a tenant-based or project-based rental housing assistance program
for persons of low income or for persons with a mental illness or families that include an adult
family member with a mental illness. Rental assistance may be in the form of direct rental
subsidies for housing for persons or families with incomes, at the time of initial occupancy, of
up to 50 percent of the area median income as determined by the United States Department of
Housing and Urban Development, adjusted for families of five or more. Housing for the mentally
ill must be operated in coordination with social service providers who provide services requested
by tenants. Direct rental subsidies must be administered by the agency for the benefit of eligible
tenants. Financial assistance provided under this section must be in the form of vendor payments
whenever possible.
History: 1995 c 224 s 108; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 4 s 26