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MOVING TO WORK (MTW)
1. MTW overview
The Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority’s (LDCHA)
Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration is a special program approved by
the federal government intended to move families to work, create more
housing choice, and reduce federal subsidy for housing assistance.
The Lawrence program is designed to provide greater housing benefits
for working families than traditional subsidized housing programs
through combining a value-based fixed rent structure in an affordable
range with definitions of countable income and allowances.
2. New rent structure:
The MTW project features a new rent structure that
removes income as the only factor in setting rent and adds market
value to the rent determination formula. It establishes annual
minimum and maximum rents by bedroom size. It requires all
able-bodied adults to work.
3. Work, community service, family
self-sufficiency requirements:
All adults
must work at least 20 hours per week or participate in the
LDCHA’s Family Self-Sufficiency Service Works Program for 20 hours per
week. Tenants already working, going to school (high school, GED
class, vo. tech., and college) or in a job-training program, already
meet the work requirement. Information about school attendance and
employment training programs is collected when assistance is offered
and at annual recertifications.
Job
search, skills enhancement, employment training and other services are
available to all LDCHA program participants through the Resident
Services office at 1600 Haskell Ave, Apt. 187, phone 785-842-1533.
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