Tiered Rent Study Guide

EHA is implementing the Tiered Rent Study as part of its MTW demonstration.

Who Is Affected
Only non-elderly, non-disabled households will be eligible for the new rent policy. Eligible households will be randomly selected and assigned to two groups: half of eligible households will be part of the new rent policy and half will follow the current rent policy.

Triennial Recertifications
One major change you will see if you are part of this study is that you recertify your income every 3 years, instead of every year. If you have an increase, you do not have to report it. If you have a decrease in income, you can report if you would like to apply for hardship consideration.

Rent Impact
Most households will see no change in their rent, or their rent decrease. Other households will see a rent increase ranging from $5-$62 per month, with most increases below $30.

Why Is EHA Doing This?
EHA is implementing the study to test out a new way of setting rents for employment-focused (nonelderly, non-disabled) households, to see if the new rent policy helps households increase their income and creates less paperwork for households and EHA.

Half of eligible households will pay rent under the new Tiered Rent policy and half will pay rent under the existing rent policy so we can compare the outcomes for both groups.

Tiered Rent Table

To view the Tiered Rent Schedule, please click here.

The new rent policy will go into effect in December 2022. We will begin the process of enrolling families starting August 2022, with their first month of annuals falling in December.