§12755 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

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Requires that leases for affordable rental housing last at least one year unless the tenant and owner agree to something shorter. Leases must include the terms the Secretary requires. Owners may only end a tenancy or refuse to renew for serious or repeated lease violations, for breaking federal, state, or local law, or for other good cause. Owners must give the tenant a written notice stating the reasons at least 30 days before ending or not renewing, unless the tenant or others face a direct safety threat or there is an immediate, serious threat to the property (and state or local rules allow quicker action). Owners must keep the housing up to local codes and housing quality standards. Owners must have written rules for choosing tenants. The rules must aim to house very low- and low-income families, be tied to program eligibility and a person’s ability to meet the lease, give reasonable weight to families with the preference under 1437d(c)(4)(A), and, when practical, pick people from a waiting list by the date they applied. Rejected applicants must be told in writing why they were turned down.

Title 42, §12755

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(a)The lease between a tenant and an owner of affordable housing assisted under this subchapter for rental shall be for not less than one year, unless by mutual agreement between the tenant and the owner, and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall determine to be appropriate.

(b)An owner shall not terminate the tenancy or refuse to renew the lease of a tenant of rental housing assisted under this subchapter except for serious or repeated violation of the terms and conditions of the lease, for violation of applicable Federal, State, or local law, or for other good cause. Any termination or refusal to renew must be preceded by not less than 30 days by the owner’s service upon the tenant of a written notice specifying the grounds for the action. Such 30-day waiting period is not required if the grounds for the termination or refusal to renew involve a direct threat to the safety of the tenants or employees of the housing, or an imminent and serious threat to the property (and the termination or refusal to renew is in accordance with the requirements of State or local law).

(c)The owner of rental housing assisted under this subchapter shall maintain the premises in compliance with all applicable housing quality standards and local code requirements.

(d)The owner of rental housing assisted under this subchapter shall adopt written tenant selection policies and criteria that—

(1)are consistent with the purpose of providing housing for very low-income and low-income families,

(2)are reasonably related to program eligibility and the applicant’s ability to perform the obligations of the lease,

(3)give reasonable consideration to the housing needs of families that would have a preference under section 1437d(c)(4)(A) of this title, and

(4)provide for (A) the selection of tenants from a written waiting list in the chronological order of their application, insofar as is practicable, and (B) for 11 So in original. The word “for” probably should not appear. the prompt notification in writing of any rejected applicant of the grounds for any rejection.

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2015—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–113 inserted at end “Such 30-day waiting period is not required if the grounds for the termination or refusal to renew involve a direct threat to the safety of the tenants or employees of the housing, or an imminent and serious threat to the property (and the termination or refusal to renew is in accordance with the requirements of State or local law).”

§12755 Tenant and participant protections

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Title 42, §12755

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