Request for interim (change in income/change in family comp):
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Response: “Thank you for informing us that you have had a change to your income and/or family composition. Please complete the attached and return it to your Leasing Officer (Name) at (email address) within 10 days of the date of this email.”
- Email Link to Interim Request form with language to return it to the assigned LO in Elite:
https://bostonhousing.org/BHA/media/Documents/Leased Housing/Interim-Change-Request.pdf
Request for annual recerts docs (to be resent)
Response: “Please see attached annual recertification documents. Please complete the attached and return it to your Leasing Officer (Name) at (email address) within 10 days of the date of this email.”
- Email Link to Annual Package with language to return it to the assigned LO in Elite:https://bostonhousing.org/BHA/media/Documents/Leased%20Housing/Recert-Packet-2021-120721.pdf
- Also include link to Cognito forms
Request for RFTA
Response: “Please see attached RFTA that you requested. Please return this to your Leasing Officer (name) at (Email) once it has been completed by you and the owner of the property.
- Email link to RFTA https://bostonhousing.org/en/For-Landlords/Owner-Documents-and-Forms.aspx
Request for copy of lease for tenant/lease & HAP for owner
Response to Tenant: “Please see attached copy of lease that you requested.” Tenant just gets a copy of the lease (and addendum, if applicable.)
Response to Owner “Please see attached copy of lease and HAP that you requested.” Owner gets a copy of the lease, (addendum, if applicable) and HAP
Email documents from OnBase lease or historical yellow folder
Request for any identity documents from file
Response: “Please see the attached documents that you requested from your participant file.
Email requested identity documents from yellow folder.
Select the following to email specific pages directly from OnBase.
- “Send to” to create the email:
- Selected unencrypted or encrypted
- Select page #’s.
Request family comp verification
Response: Please see attached family composition verification.
- (Go to Elite- FLH-Admin Aide Folder) Enter Entity ID and export as adobe PDF to save, and then email as attachment.
Request for Fuel assistance/ Utility allowance verification
Response: Please see attached Fuel Assistance/Utility Allowance Certification that you requested.
Request for RA forms
“Please see the attached Reasonable Accommodation Documents that you requested. Please complete form #2 yourself and have your medical provider complete #6B. Please return these completed documents to Yazeirys Margison, Reasonable Accommodation Specialist, at Yazeirys.Margison@Bostonhousing.org.”
Send RA forms #1 (Notice)
RA Form #2 (Request)
RA Form #6B (Certification of Need)
Request for LO verification letter
Response: “Please see attached verification of your Leasing Officer and their contact information.”
Notices of shares to both owner and tenant
Response: “Please see attached notices of share as you requested. (Please save the relevant pages for either the owner or the tenant as a PDF and email. Note: This package prints both, so you want to select only the pages you need to save as a PDF.)
Request for Inspection (current unit- tenant / proposed unit-owner)
Response: “Thank you for your request to schedule an inspection of your unit. Please contact BHA’s inspection department at (617) 522-0048 to schedule your inspection.
Change of ownership forms
Response: “Thank you for reporting the pending change of ownership for your property. Please complete the attached forms for each unit that is under subsidy with BHA and return to (enter name)
Assignment of HAP: https://bostonhousing.org/BHA/media/Documents/Landlords/Change-of-Ownership-02072018.pdf
Owner/Agent Data Form: https://bostonhousing.org/BHA/media/Documents/Landlords/Owner-Agent-11302017.pdf
W-9: https://bostonhousing.org/BHA/media/Documents/Landlords/W9-Rev-2018.pdf. (Please note that you only need to complete one W-9 for all of the units.)
Change of address (for HAP Payee)
Response: “Please email (name) at (email address) to report a change of address for your organization."
Request for 1099
Response: Thank you for your request for your 1099. Your inquiry has been forwarded to our Owner Services Team and they will be in touch with you shortly.
(This should be routed directly to the Owner Services team to send out.)
How do I apply for FSS?
Response: “Thank you for your inquiry regarding applying BHA’s Family Self-Sufficiency FSS program. Please see the link below with information regarding this exciting program.”
Information about FSS
Response: “Thank you for your inquiry regarding BHA’s Family Self-Sufficiency FSS program. Please see the link below with information regarding this exciting program."
You can also apply here:
And please see the Graduation Video for our 2021 Graduates here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcFq2FNgVIY
How do I apply for homeownership?
Response: “Thank you for your inquiry regarding BHA’s Homeownership program. Please see the link below with information regarding this exciting program to see if you may qualify”
Information about homeownership
Response: “Thank you for your inquiry regarding BHA’s Homeownership program. Please see the video below with information regarding this exciting program to see if you qualify”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09EXxNSt3ME
We have also created the FAQ sheet with important information regarding this program:
How do I port out/ port in?
Response: "Thank you for your inquiry regarding portability with BHA. If you are a current voucher with BHA. Please provide us with the following information:
- The name of the Housing Authority you wish to be ported to:
- Their mailing address
- Their fax #
- The contact person for portability
If you are not a current voucher holder with BHA, and wish to port to our jurisdiction, please have your housing authority send your portability package paperwork to: (create mailbox for ports instead of a person)
Update Requested: Requires port package procedures:
Port Packages Contain:
1. Completed 52665.
2. The current 50058
3. EIV (The most recent EIV is sent for every family from OnBase. )
4. All identity documents for every member of the household (birth certificates, SS cards, And photo ID's, marriage/divorce certs, probate. etc. if applicable)
5. Declaration of Citizenship (and INS, Save verification, Non-contending forms, if applicable)
6. Debts Owed Form
6. A Current Voucher
7. Current Income and Assets
If you are not a current voucher holder with BHA, and wish to port to our jurisdiction, please have your housing authority send your portability package paperwork to:"