Who establishes the contract rent for the program? Owners may request any reasonable rent for their units. The PHA must make a rent reasonableness determination by comparing the rent being charged by

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the owner to rents for comparable unassisted units in the area and to rents being charged by the owner for comparable, unassisted units on the premises. If the proposed rent is determined to be too high and does not meet the rent reasonableness limitation, the PHA will engage in negotiations with the owner and attempt to reduce the contract rent. If the owner does not wish to accept a lower rent then the paperwork on the unit will be cancelled and the family must look for a new unit. For this re