Arkansas Minimum Rental Quality Standards

Act 1052 introduced statutory minimum standards for residential leases entered into or renewed after November 1, 2021, including structural, plumbing, and electrical requirements.

Housing Choice Voucher Program

Federally funded long-term rental subsidy administered locally by independent municipal and regional public housing authorities.

Rental repair and habitability documentation

Give clear written notice, photograph conditions, preserve promises and inspections, and check local code enforcement and current Arkansas law.

Fake rental listing or deposit demand

A fake landlord may copy a legitimate listing and demand a deposit before a resident can inspect the property or verify ownership.

Emergency Solutions Grants Housing Assistance

HUD-funded rapid rehousing, shelter operations, street outreach, and short-term assistance delivered through local governments and nonprofit providers.

Arkansas 211 housing and crisis referrals

Local shelter, food, rental, utility, disaster, and emergency-basic-needs referrals.

Unsafe rental or landlord will not repair

My rental has serious conditions or promised repairs were not completed.

Housing Finance, Weatherization, and Homelessness Diversion

ADFA mortgages, down-payment programs, homeowner relief, weatherization, vouchers, shelters, and rapid rehousing.

Revenue Stabilization Act and Balanced-Budget Framework

How Arkansas prioritizes monthly general-revenue distributions through A, B, and C categories and limits spending to cash collected.

Budget Surpluses and Reserve Accumulation

Revenue collections, recent surpluses, major reserve funds, and projected budget capacity.

Unsafe rental or landlord will not repair pathway

A general Arkansas navigation sequence. It is not a prediction of the case and may omit specialized steps.

Unsafe rental or landlord will not repair situation pathway

A general Arkansas navigation sequence. It is not a prediction of the case and may omit specialized steps.

Ark. Code § 9-35-324 — Permanency planning hearing

The court holds a permanency-planning hearing under specified time triggers, decides the permanency goal and required findings, and may direct filing of a TPR petition when adoption is selected.

Case planning

Canonical process stage for case planning

Hold permanency-planning hearing

Permanency planning decides the long-term goal and must be tied to the child's safety, best interest, and statutory hierarchy.

Meaningful participation in case planning

Meaningful participation in case planning

Permanency-planning hearing

Hold permanency-planning hearing

Arkansas Code § 9-35-324 — Permanency planning hearing

Permanency hearing triggers, goals, findings, and TPR filing direction.

Ensuring child safety with Immediate Safety Planning

If a safety threat exists and the child remains home, DCFS develops a written Immediate Safety Plan; the alternative is protective custody when safety cannot be controlled in-home.

Permanency-Planning Hearing Deadline

Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-338 requires a permanency-planning hearing no later than twelve months after out-of-home placement, or within thirty days after a no-reunification order, as summarized in the report.

Permanency planning

Arkansas law imposes accelerated permanency timelines.

Permanency-planning hearing, no later than 12 months

Small-claims planning packet

Organizes parties, amount, contract or transaction, demand history, evidence, service information, and hearing preparation.

Court-fee waiver planning packet

Organizes income, household, expenses, benefits, assets, and official in-forma-pauperis forms for court review.