2025 Annual Landlord Meeting

Thank you for your decision to participate as a housing provider on the Housing Choice Voucher Program. The success of our program at the Port Arthur Housing Authority is because of owners and property managers like yourselves who are willing to provide safe, decent, and sanitary housing to our clients.

We will be conducting our annual landlord meeting Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at the Port Arthur Civic Center located at 3401 Cultural Center Drive, Port Arthur, TX 77642. Please R.S.V.P to Kenedi Wright at (409) 984-2619 by Wednesday, September 17, 2025 if you plan to attend.

We will discuss the following:

• Tenant screening
• Reasonable Accommodations
• Fair Housing
• Lead Base Paint
• Expanding Housing Opportunities
• Completion of the Request for Tenancy Approval
• Initial, Annual and Special Inspections
• Quality Control
• Rent Reasonableness and Rent Increases
• Landlord & Tenant Responsibilities
• Cost of 3rd Follow Up Inspection
• HAP Contract
• VAWA
• Leases
• Terminations
• Benefits of direct deposit
• New Executive Director, Joe Guillory

We will also answer questions regarding Housing Quality Standard (HQS) inspections, NSPIRE, McCright & Associates, and any other upcoming changes for the HCV programs.

We encourage you to list your unit(s) with us as they become available. If you know of anyone with available units, please refer them to the Housing Choice Voucher program.

If you cannot attend the meeting but would like to have all materials mailed or emailed to you, please call me at the number listed below.

Anicia Salinas
HCV Program Manager
(409) 984-2648
Anicia.Salinas@pahousing.org