§ 41A-12. Application for handicapped rental assistance.

(a) An application must be filed with the Department of Health and Human Services on the application form that the Department prescribes.

(b) The County may contract with a licensee or organization to make monthly rental assistance payments on behalf of tenants with disabilities.

(c) The Department of Health and Human Services must certify approval of the contract to the Director of Finance, who must then make the payments.

(d) An applicant whose application is not approved may appeal to the Chief Administrative Officer.

(e) An appeal under this Section must:

(1) Be in writing;

(2) State the reasons for the appeal; and

(3) Be filed with the Chief Administrative Officer within 30 days after the date the notice of the Department's decision was sent.

(f) The Chief Administrative Officer or a designee must conduct an informal hearing of each appeal. Any interested party may submit oral or written testimony or evidence without regard to technical rules of evidence. (1985 L.M.C., ch. 50, § 2; 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1; 2000 L.M.C., ch. 3, § 1.)

Editor's note-Section 5 of 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, reads as follows: "Sec. 5. A regulation that implements a function assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services by 1995 LMC ch. 13 continues in effect but is amended to the extent necessary to provide that the regulation is administered by the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services."