Housing Choice Voucher Program (formerly Section 8)
Rockville Housing Enterprises (RHE) administers the Housing Choice Voucher (HVC) Program for the corporate limits of Rockville. The HCV Program is a federally funded program administered by RHE, who sets the Voucher payment standards bases upon Fair Market Rents established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). RHE issues a Voucher to an eligible family that is the difference between the payment standard and thirty percent of the family’s adjusted income. The family pays the difference between the total rent for the unit and the voucher amount. RHE has a waiting list of applicants and would advertise in local media prior to opening the list to additional applicants. Eligibility is determined by federal income limits and local preferences (living or working in Rockville). RHE’s Mainstream Disabled Program provides Voucher assistance to low income disabled households. The Family-Self-Sufficiency Program (FSS) provides economic independence and self-sufficiency to HCV households through supportive services and funding of escrow savings accounts. RHE’s Housing Choice Voucher Program can also be used for transition from rental to purchase of a home. The Voucher payments supplement the family’s own income to pay the costs of homeownership and provide additional assurance for a lender, so that the family can finance purchase of the home. The family must be admitted to the Voucher Program, must be a first time homeowner, have completed pre-assistance homeownership counseling and have a gross income not less than the current minimum income set by the City of Rockville Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit (MPDU) Program RHE also administers a Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program for homeless men who are in a treatment program for substance abuse and need case management and affordable housing through Jefferson House.
 

RHE Public Housing Program
The Public Housing program is a federal program that provides decent and safe rental housing to eligible low-income families, the elderly, and people with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development provides federal rent subsidies to RHE to operate the program.

DEVELOPMENTS
David Scull Courts located on First Street in Rockville, David Scull Courts consists of 76 two-story town homes, with front and back yards, in home laundry facilities, playground settings and nearby park. Scattered- Sites residences are lovely single-family homes with yards, located on quiet residential streets in the City of Rockville. Scattered sites are available to current residents who meet specific criteria and are in good standing with their lease.
RESIDENT SERVICES
RHE has an active Resident Council that holds monthly meetings the third Tuesday of each month at David Scull Courts. The meetings serve as a conduit for improving the quality of life for residents, and providing general communications between management and residents.
RHE has an-in house Resident Counselor who is available for counseling and referral to an array of community services. Youth and family activities are ongoing for participating residents. RHE offers a Family Self Sufficiency Program for its public housing residents. The FSS Program is a five to seven year program that assists residents to attain full time employment, meet specific goals, and build an escrow account toward becoming a homeowner if so desired. FSS assists residents to end all dependency on public benefits such as welfare, food stamps, medical assistance and child care subsidies.
WHO IS Eligible?
Public Housing is limited to low-income families and individuals. RHE determines eligibility based on 1) annual gross income, 2) qualifications as an elderly person, a person with disabilities, or as a family, 3) US citizenship or eligible immigration status; and landlord reference check 4) background check, criminal records, credit and landlord reference check. RHE may deny admission to any applicant whose habits and practices may be expected to have a detrimental effect on other residents.
APPLICATION Process
Wait List openings are publicly advertised and applications may be filed in person or by mail at the open period. Applicants are placed on the wait list by date time and preference points. The highest preference points are given to those who live or work in the city of Rockville.
RENT PAYMENT IN PUBLIC HOUSING
Rent or Total Tenant Payment (TTP) is based on anticipated gross income less deductions, so that residents pay the highest of 30% of adjusted income, 10% of monthly income, or the $50.00 minimum rent.
HOW LONG MAY A PERSON LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING
In general a resident may live in RHE housing if the resident is in compliance with the lease. If at the annual reexamination, the family’s income is sufficient to obtain housing on the private market, RHE may determine whether the family should stay in public housing.
MODERATELY PRICED DWELLING UNITS (MPDU's)
Rockville Housing Enterprises is fortunate in that it is also the City of Rockville’s redevelopment agency and thus has the statutory first right to purchase Moderately Priced Dwelling Units that come on the market in the City of Rockville. RHE MPDU's serve households at 50% of the area median income or less. Developers of projects 50 units or greater must construct at lease 12.5% of the units as MPDU’s based on current and anticipated development.
LINCOLN TERRACE REDEVELOPMENT
RHE is undergoing a change in the public housing program. The redevelopment of Lincoln Terrace is moving forward and the sixty-five (65) units of public housing will be replaced with sixty (60) homeownership units that will be for a mixed income population. The new units will be available to low, moderate and market rate individuals. Demolition of the current project is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2004. New construction of home is to begin in early 2005.

MPDU Program Affordable Housing