24 C.F.R. § 982.551

Obligations of participant

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(a) Purpose. This section states the obligations of a participant family under the program.

(b) Supplying required information—(1) The family must supply any information that the PHA or HUD determines is necessary in the administration of the program, including submission of required evidence of citizenship or eligible immigration status (as provided by 24 CFR part 5). “Information” includes any requested certification, release or other documentation.

(2) The family must supply any information requested by the PHA or HUD for use in a regularly scheduled reexamination or interim reexamination of family income and composition in accordance with HUD requirements.

(3) The family must disclose and verify social security numbers (as provided by part 5, subpart B, of this title) and must sign and submit consent forms for obtaining information in accordance with part 5, subpart B, of this title.

(4) Any information supplied by the family must be true and complete.

(c) HQS breach caused by family. The family is responsible for an HQS breach caused by the family as described in § 982.404(b).

(d) Allowing PHA inspection. The family must allow the PHA to inspect the unit at reasonable times and after reasonable notice.

(e) Violation of lease. The family may not commit any serious or repeated violation of the lease. Under 24 CFR 5.2005(c), an incident or incidents of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking will not be construed as a serious or repeated lease violation by the victim, or threatened victim, of the domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or as good cause to terminate the tenancy, occupancy rights, or assistance of the victim.

(f) Family notice of move or lease termination. The family must notify the PHA and the owner before the family moves out of the unit, or terminates the lease on notice to the owner. See § 982.354(d).

(g) Owner eviction notice. The family must promptly give the PHA a copy of any owner eviction notice.

(h) Use and occupancy of unit—(1) The family must use the assisted unit for residence by the family. The unit must be the family's only residence.

(2) The composition of the assisted family residing in the unit must be approved by the PHA. The family must promptly inform the PHA of the birth, adoption or court-awarded custody of a child. The family must request PHA approval to add any other family member as an occupant of the unit. No other person [i.e., nobody but members of the assisted family] may reside in the unit (except for a foster child or live-in aide as provided in paragraph (h)(4) of this section).

(3) The family must promptly notify the PHA if any family member no longer resides in the unit.

(4) If the PHA has given approval, a foster child or a live-in-aide may reside in the unit. The PHA has the discretion to adopt reasonable policies concerning residence by a foster child or a live-in-aide, and defining when PHA consent may be given or denied.

(5) Members of the household may engage in legal profitmaking activities in the unit, but only if such activities are incidental to primary use of the unit for residence by members of the family.

(6) The family must not sublease or let the unit.

(7) The family must not assign the lease or transfer the unit.

(i) Absence from unit. The family must supply any information or certification requested by the PHA to verify that the family is living in the unit, or relating to family absence from the unit, including any PHA-requested information or certification on the purposes of family absences. The family must cooperate with the PHA for this purpose. The family must promptly notify the PHA of absence from the unit.

(j) Interest in unit. The family must not own or have any interest in the unit.

(k) Fraud and other program violation. The members of the family must not commit fraud, bribery or any other corrupt or criminal act in connection with the programs.

(l) Crime by household members. The members of the household may not engage in drug-related criminal activity or violent criminal activity or other criminal activity that threatens the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of other residents and persons residing in the immediate vicinity of the premises (see § 982.553). Under 24 CFR 5.2005(b)(2), criminal activity directly related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, engaged in by a member of a tenant's household, or any guest or other person under the tenant's control, shall not be cause for termination of tenancy, occupancy rights, or assistance of the victim, if the tenant or an affiliated individual of the tenant, as defined in 24 CFR 5.2003, is the victim.

(m) Alcohol abuse by household members. The members of the household must not abuse alcohol in a way that threatens the health, safety or right to peaceful enjoyment of other residents and persons residing in the immediate vicinity of the premises.

(n) Other housing assistance. An assisted family, or members of the family, may not receive Section 8 tenant-based assistance while receiving another housing subsidy, for the same unit or for a different unit, under any duplicative (as determined by HUD or in accordance with HUD requirements) federal, State or local housing assistance program.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 2577-0169) [60 FR 34695, July 3, 1995, as amended at 60 FR 45661, Sept. 1, 1995; 61 FR 11119, Mar. 18, 1996; 61 FR 13627, Mar. 27, 1996; 61 FR 27163, May 30, 1996; 64 FR 26650, May 14, 1999; 66 FR 28805, May 24, 2001; 73 FR 72345, Nov. 28, 2008; 75 FR 66264, Oct. 27, 2010; 80 FR 50575, Aug. 20, 2015; 81 FR 80817, Nov. 16, 2016]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 113 cases (24 in the last 5 years), 1997–2026 · leading case: Dowling v. Bangor Hous. Auth., 2006 ME 136 (Me. 2006).

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Dowling v. Bangor Hous. Auth., 2006 ME 136 (Me. 2006). · cites it 22× “[¶ 6] In June of 2004, McDonald notified Dowling by letter that her Section 8 rental subsidy was terminated for noncompliance with Section 8 regulations pursuant to 24 C.F.R. §§ 982.551 , 982.552 (2006). [2] Dowling *380 appealed the decision to terminate her from the program,…”

Mathis v. Dist. of Columbia Hous. Auth., 124 A.3d 1089 (D.C. 2015). · cites it 11× “553 (c) (2015),2 24 C.F.R. § 982.551 (l) 1 At the time Mr.”

Hardaway v. Dist. of Columbia Hous. Auth., 843 F.3d 973 (D.C. Cir. 2016). · cites it 4× “See 24 C.F.R. § 982.551 (h)(2) (“No other person [i.”

Costa v. Fall River Hous. Auth., 903 N.E.2d 1098 (Mass. 2009). · cites it 9× “Housing Court concluded that regulations promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) did not permit the FRHA to terminate a recipient’s Section 8 rent subsidy benefits for “criminal activity that threatens the health, safety or right to…”

Powell v. Hous. Auth. of Pittsburgh, 812 A.2d 1201 (Pa. 2002). · cites it 5× “24 C.F.R. § 982.551 (1998). The Family Obligations provided that "[t]he members of the family may not engage in drug-related criminal activity, or violent criminal activity.”

Figgs v. Boston Hous. Auth., 14 N.E.3d 229 (Mass. 2014). · cites it 4× “8 As authority for its decision, the BHA relied on 24 C.F.R. § 982.551 (e) (2010) (obligation not to commit serious violation of lease), and 24 C.”

Costa v. Fall River Hous. Auth., 881 N.E.2d 800 (Mass. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 5× “By letter of July 12, 2004, the housing authority notified her of its intent to terminate her assistance as of *272 September 1, 2004, pursuant to 24 C.F.R. § 982.551 (2007), for violating a recipient’s “family obligation” not to engage in “criminal activity that threatens the…”

A.R. Cox, Jr. v. Johnstown Hous. Auth., 212 A.3d 572 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2019). · cites it 4× “24 C.F.R. § 982.551 (emphasis added). Based upon the foregoing, the Real Estate Lease Agreement portion of Cox's HAP Contract prohibited him from committing acts that would injure persons in the building or on the property or which would disturb other residents or neighbors.”

Walker v. Dep't of Hous. & Cmty. Dev., 29 A.3d 293 (Md. 2011). · cites it 4× “See 24 C.F.R. § 982.551 . Two of those obligations are relevant to the present case: Pursuant to 24 C.”

Basco v. MacHin, 514 F.3d 1177 (11th Cir. 2008). · cites it 2× “See 24 C.F.R. § 982.551 (h)(2). At the relevant time, the PHA interpreted these regulations in its Administrative Plan for the 2004-2005 period by establishing particular rules regarding visitors: Any person not included on the HUD 50058 who has been in the unit more than 15…”

Gaston v. CHAC, INC., 872 N.E.2d 38 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). · cites it 3× “” 24 C.F.R. §982.551 (b)(2) (2006). The multipage application asks for detailed information about family composition and income, including a description of any employment and earnings during the prior 12 months.”

Robinson v. Dist. of Columbia Hous. Auth., 660 F. Supp. 2d 6 (D.D.C. 2009). · cites it 2× “A participant accepted into the voucher program by the Authority must be in compliance with the requirements of the program, 24 C.F.R. § 982.551 , and may be denied benefits or have his or her benefits terminated for non-compliance with any of eleven enumerated events, including…”

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