North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) Housing Inspector Sandy Bennett of Wright City has successfully completed Housing Quality Standards Training and Certification.The training was sponsored by the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), a professional membership organization made up of 23,000 staff members of agencies that administer affordable housing and community development programs.The certification demonstrates that participants have been specifically trained to make sure that rental housing units are safe, sanitary and fee-reasonable.“We congratulate Sandy on this prestigious certification,” said NECAC Rent-Assistance Programs Director Dianna Clair. “The training is further proof of her commitment to making sure tenants have a decent place to call home.”The Section 8 Housing Rent-Assistance program provides partial rent assistance to qualifying participants. NECAC provides applicants with a list of landlords who are participating in the program. The applicant is responsible for making contact with the landlords. A percentage of their monthly rent is forwarded by NECAC directly to the landlord. The remaining part of the rent is paid by the tenant to the landlord. The amount of the rent subsidy depends upon the number of bedrooms in the home, the fair-market rent in a given area and the tenant’s income.NECAC administers more than 2,600 Section 8 vouchers in its service area.NECAC