Community Policies & Guidelines
The Covington Housing Authority, as well as its subsidiaries, use various policies and procedures to ensure consistency in services and compliance with housing standards. Please review the following documents to understand the rules, regulations, and processes all applicants residents are subject to follow. If you have any questions about the policies, please contact us.
Household Change Form (Change in household income/change in household composition)
Tenant Selection Plan Nov. 2019
House Rules July 2021
Grievance Policy
Pet Service/Assistance Policy Effective January 1, 2019
Covington Housing Authority - Notice of Occupancy Rights under the Violence Against Women Act Dec.2016
Further Information
HUD writes and publishes regulations in order to implement public housing laws enacted by Congress. HUD contracts with the Public Housing Authority (PHA) to administer programs in accordance with HUD regulations and provides an operating subsidy to the PHA. The PHA must create written policies that are consistent with HUD regulations. Among these policies is the PHA's Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy (ACOP). The ACOP must be approved by the board of commissioners of the PHA.
The job of Covington Housing Authority pursuant to HUD regulations is to provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing, in good repair, to low-income families at an affordable rent. The Housing Authority screens applicants for public housing and, if they are found eligible and accepted, the Housing Authority offers the applicant a unit. If the applicant accepts the offer, Covington Housing Authority will enter into a contract with the applicant known as the lease. At this point, the applicant becomes a tenant of the public housing program.
In the context of the public housing program, a tenant is defined as the adult person(s) other than a live-in aide who (1) executed the lease with the Housing Authority as lessee of the dwelling unit, or, if no such person now resides in the unit, (2) who resides in the unit, and who is the remaining head of household of the tenant family residing in the dwelling unit. The Public Housing Occupancy Guidebook refers to tenants as "residents."
Since Covington Housing Authority owns the public housing development, it is the landlord. The Housing Authority must comply with all of the legal and management responsibilities of a landlord in addition to administering the program in accordance with HUD regulations and Covington Housing Authority policy.
Covington Housing Authority receives its operating subsidy for the public housing program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Housing Authority is not a federal department or agency. A Public Housing Agency (PHA) is a governmental or public body, created and authorized by state law to develop and operate housing and housing programs for low-income families. Covington Housing Authority enters into an Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) with HUD to administer the public housing program. Covington Housing Authority must ensure compliance with federal laws, regulations, and notices and must establish policy and procedures to clarify federal requirements and to ensure consistency in program operation.