The contract is for the provision of strategic rent reasonableness services to the City of Tucson Housing and Community Development by GoSection8.com. The services include a web-based rent reasonableness service, known as Go8 Rent Watch, and a web-based unit listing service. The contract has a term of 5 years and can be renewed for additional 1-year periods. The key features of the service include dollar-for-dollar adjustments, integrated comparable rental data, and a customized portal for the City's website. The service is designed to help the City determine reasonable rents for its housing programs.
• The contract includes a customized portal for the City's website, which allows prospective tenants to search for available housing.
• The service provides a web-based rent reasonableness service, known as Go8 Rent Watch, which uses an automated hedonic valuation model to identify and compare the program subject unit to the most similar private market rental property units within a specific geographic radius.
• The service includes a web-based unit listing service that allows property owners/landlords to add their properties to the courtesy Section 8 list.
• The contract has a term of 5 years and can be renewed for additional 1-year periods.
• The City is responsible for facilitating the transition to the Licensed Program by distributing reck cards or brochures containing instructions to enable property owners and prospective tenants to list and locate rental properties by using the Site.