FAQ - Marketing & Tenant Selection
What are the minimum requirements to live at Victory Village?
Prospective residents must be 62 years of age or older and meet the income requirements. For about half of the units, households can make no more than $25,520 and for the remaining units, households can make no more than $49,200. RCD intends to secure Project-Based Vouchers for all the units to ensure that no household pays more than 30% of their income for rent.
How will RCD select tenants to live here?
RCD's property management partner, The John Stewart Company (JSCo), will lead marketing and lease-up efforts, as overseen by RCD. Outreach for Victory Village will be carried out according to RCD’s marketing policy, which includes both local outreach as well as outreach to region-specific ethnic, language, and cultural minorities in order to meet local housing needs while complying with fair housing laws. In addition to traditional marketing outlets (print newspapers, online, etc.), RCD will identify service providers and special needs groups for seniors, media outlets, schools and churches in the project area to further marketing outreach. Approximately six months prior to construction completion, JSCo will begin marketing the property. JSCO will make applications available for a designated period of time, and will sort the applications by lottery at the conclusion of the application period. The lottery system ensures a level playing field for applicants with disabilities and avoids applicants who are able camping out in order to improve their chances at securing an apartment under a first-come-first-served process.
JSCo will then review applications by the lottery numbers assigned. Selected applicants will then have to meet strict credit and background check standards as well as participate in an in-person interview. The interview will take place at a leasing office set up near Victory Village.
Will residents of Fairfax or Marin County get priority in the lease-up process?
All apartments with Project-Based Vouchers will be leased under the policies of the Marin Housing Authority, which gives two preference points for applicants currently living or working in Marin County. To comply with all local, state and federal housing laws, a tenant selection preference based on Fairfax or Marin County residency for any non-voucher apartments is not possible. Such a local preference would be likely to be found to have a disparate impact on the fundamental right of racial and ethnic minorities to travel and therefore violate federal, state, and/or local fair housing laws. Please note that a 2008 study conducted by the Marin County Community Development Agency found that 89% of the residents of existing affordable housing units in Marin had already been Marin residents immediately prior to living in the affordable units.
Prospective residents must be 62 years of age or older and meet the income requirements. For about half of the units, households can make no more than $25,520 and for the remaining units, households can make no more than $49,200. RCD intends to secure Project-Based Vouchers for all the units to ensure that no household pays more than 30% of their income for rent.
How will RCD select tenants to live here?
RCD's property management partner, The John Stewart Company (JSCo), will lead marketing and lease-up efforts, as overseen by RCD. Outreach for Victory Village will be carried out according to RCD’s marketing policy, which includes both local outreach as well as outreach to region-specific ethnic, language, and cultural minorities in order to meet local housing needs while complying with fair housing laws. In addition to traditional marketing outlets (print newspapers, online, etc.), RCD will identify service providers and special needs groups for seniors, media outlets, schools and churches in the project area to further marketing outreach. Approximately six months prior to construction completion, JSCo will begin marketing the property. JSCO will make applications available for a designated period of time, and will sort the applications by lottery at the conclusion of the application period. The lottery system ensures a level playing field for applicants with disabilities and avoids applicants who are able camping out in order to improve their chances at securing an apartment under a first-come-first-served process.
JSCo will then review applications by the lottery numbers assigned. Selected applicants will then have to meet strict credit and background check standards as well as participate in an in-person interview. The interview will take place at a leasing office set up near Victory Village.
Will residents of Fairfax or Marin County get priority in the lease-up process?
All apartments with Project-Based Vouchers will be leased under the policies of the Marin Housing Authority, which gives two preference points for applicants currently living or working in Marin County. To comply with all local, state and federal housing laws, a tenant selection preference based on Fairfax or Marin County residency for any non-voucher apartments is not possible. Such a local preference would be likely to be found to have a disparate impact on the fundamental right of racial and ethnic minorities to travel and therefore violate federal, state, and/or local fair housing laws. Please note that a 2008 study conducted by the Marin County Community Development Agency found that 89% of the residents of existing affordable housing units in Marin had already been Marin residents immediately prior to living in the affordable units.