Lease
Each year, WI-CARH generates a Residential Lease and Amendment to Residential Lease for use in all Rural Development financed housing in Wisconsin. These documents are reviewed and revised each year by WI-CARH's attorney, who updates the lease to incorporate any changes or revisions made to Wisconsin law as well as Rural Development regulations. The documents are then reviewed and approved by Rural Development, so landlords using them will be in compliance with Rural Development requirements.
All forms of the Residential Lease dating from 2005 or earlier are obsolete and should no longer be used. All active leases prepared on any obsolete form should be replaced using the newest form when the tenant next recertifies income, if not sooner.
In 2006, substantial changes were made to the standard form of Residential Lease to track Rural Development regulatory changes. In 2007, we offered a form of Special Amendment to Residential Lease for use with the 2006 form of Lease. By now, all tenants with 2006 form leases should have signed the Special Amendment when they last recertified income. Therefore, we are no longer offering the form of Special Amendment.
WI-CARH has also teamed up with Simply Computer Software to give FHA Software users the access and ability to generate their WI-CARH Residential Lease and Amendments forms within their FHA Software program. The lease must still be purchased through the WI-CARH office and then authorization will be given to Simply Computer who will give you the needed tools to access with the software program.
To order the lease documents, click here to download the current order form.