N.D. Admin. Code 75-02-12-07

Current through Supplement No. 395, January, 2025

Section 75-02-12-07 - Approval of a household's housing assistance application and payment

1. A notice of determination should be made no later than thirty days following the day that the household submitted a completed housing assistance application. A complete housing assistance application includes:

a. A completed and signed application in the form and manner prescribed by the department pursuant to section 75-02-12-06; and

b. Any information or documentation that has been requested by the department.

2. Housing assistance payments shall be made directly to the housing provider unless:

a. The housing provider's application to participate in the housing assistance program is denied;

b. The housing provider's participation in the housing assistance program is revoked before the household's rent payment being due;

c. The housing provider fails to comply with the terms and conditions of any signed agreements;

d. The housing provider refuses to participate in the program;

e. The housing provider refuses to receive payment; or f. The eligible household moves out of the housing unit.

3. Housing assistance payments may be made directly to the household for the program purposes of promoting housing stability if the housing assistance payments are not made directly to the housing provider.

4. The department may declare a household's housing assistance application withdrawn if the department does not receive a complete application within twenty-one days of the department's notification to the household that the application is incomplete.

N.D. Admin Code 75-02-12-07

Adopted by Administrative Rules Supplement 2022-384, April 2022, effective 4/1/2022.

General Authority: NDCC 50-06-16

Law Implemented: NDCC 50-06-05.1