; (ii) educating and training landlords regarding the program; and (iii) operating a phone hotline, online portal, monitored email address, or other mechanism designated by the Secretary for landlord questions and concerns regarding the program. (B) Demonstrating compliance The Secretary shall determine how a public housing agency may demonstrate that it offers or intends to offer a landlord liaison service for purposes of subparagraph (A). (C) Amount The Secretary shall establish an amount for the landlord liaison bonus payment authorized under subparagraph (A) that— (i) may vary by region; (ii) does not exceed the 150 percent of the average cost of employing, or contracting with a service partner that employs, such a landlord liaison, based on local market conditions; and (iii) is sufficient to incentivize public housing agencies to employ, or contact with a service partner that employs, such a landlord liaison. . (d) Housing Partnership Fund Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f ), is amended by adding at the end the following: (ee) Herschel Lashkowitz Housing Partnership Fund (1) Establishment The Secretary shall establish a fund, to be known as the Herschel Lashkowitz Housing Partnership Fund , for the purpose of incentivizing landlords to participate in the tenant-based assistance program under subsection (o) in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection. (2) Authorized uses The Secretary shall use amounts from the Housing Partnership Fund for— (A) incentive payments under subsection (o)(22); (B) security deposit payments under subsection (o)(23); (C) landlord liaison bonus payments under subsection (o)(24); and (D) other uses, as determined by a public housing agency and approved by the Secretary, designed primarily— (i) to recruit owners of dwelling units, particularly dwelling units in census tracts with a poverty rate of less than 20 percent, to enter into housing assistance payment contracts under subsection (o)