Voucher Payment Standards
Seattle Housing Authority's voucher payment standards set the maximum amount the agency will pay for your rent and utilities. Voucher payment standards are not the maximum rent landlords can charge or the subsidy that you receive. Listed below are the agency's voucher payment standards as of July 1, 2011:
| Number of bedrooms | Voucher payment standard |
|---|---|
| Studio | $771 |
| 1 | $879 |
| 2 | $1,068 |
| 3 | $1,496 |
| 4 | $1,827 |
| 5 | $2,102 |
| 6 | $2,375 |
If rent and utilities exceed the voucher payment standard, you may pay the difference, as long as the total amount paid for rent and utilities does not exceed 40 percent of your monthly adjusted income during the first year.
Starting July 1, 2011, these voucher payment standards were made effective for all new families receiving vouchers and all families that move with a voucher from one unit to another. Annual reviews effective September 1, 2011 and later, will include the new voucher payment standards.
Voucher payment standards are based on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Fair Market Rent for the Seattle/Bellevue area, adjusted for the local Seattle market.
