Is this true? I am specifically interested to know if the second paragraph in quotes is true.
I am getting my voucher in a couple weeks and my situation has changed and I need to move out of the area (school situation). I have lived in the county for many years, and need to go to a different county soon; like this summer. When I call the office some people say I can transfer my voucher and some say I can’t. However the federal site says the following. So is the federal site correct? Can individual housing authorities have specific rules about this?
Please help!
“Can I move and continue to receive housing choice voucher assistance? A family%26#039;s housing needs change over time with changes in family size, job locations, and for other reasons. The housing choice voucher program is designed to allow families to move without the loss of housing assistance. Moves are permissible as long as the family notifies the PHA ahead of time, terminates its existing lease within the lease provisions, and finds acceptable alternate housing.”
“Under the voucher program, new voucher-holders may choose a unit anywhere in the United States if the family lived in the jurisdiction of the PHA issuing the voucher when the family applied for assistance. Those new voucher-holders not living in the jurisdiction of the PHA at the time the family applied for housing assistance must initially lease a unit within that jurisdiction for the first twelve months of assistance. A family that wishes to move to another PHA%26#039;s jurisdiction must consult with the PHA that currently administers its housing assistance to verify the procedures for moving.”
http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/…|||The big issue is this line %26quot;...terminates its existing lease within the lease provisions....
Section 8 requires a 12 month lease, so you can not leave for 12 months, at the end of the lease.
