Leases and tenancy

Each housing assistance payment contract entered into by the public housing agency and the owner of a dwelling unit—

(A) shall provide that the lease between the tenant and the owner shall be for a term of not less than 1 year, except that the public housing agency may approve a shorter term for an initial lease between the tenant and the dwelling unit owner if the public housing agency determines that such shorter term would improve housing opportunities for the tenant and if such shorter term is considered to be a prevailing local market practice;

(B) shall provide that the dwelling unit owner shall offer leases to tenants assisted under this subsection that— (i) are in a standard form used in the locality by the dwelling unit owner; and (ii) contain terms and conditions that— (I) are consistent with State and local law; and (II) apply generally to tenants in the property who are not assisted under this section;

(C) shall provide that during the term of the lease, the owner shall not terminate the tenancy 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, and in the case of an owner who is an immediate successor in interest pursuant to foreclosure during the term of the lease vacating the property prior to sale shall not constitute other good cause, except that the owner may terminate the tenancy effective on the date of transfer of the unit to the owner if the owner— (i) will occupy the unit as a primary residence; and (ii) has provided the tenant a notice to vacate at least 90 days before the effective date of such notice.; 3 3 So in original.

(D) shall provide that during the term of the lease, any criminal activity that threatens the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other tenants, any criminal activity that threatens the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of their residences by persons residing in the immediate vicinity of the premises, or any violent or drug-related criminal activity on or near such premises, engaged in by a tenant of any unit, any member of the tenant’s household, or any guest or other person under the tenant’s control, shall be cause for termination of tenancy;

(E) shall provide that any termination of tenancy under this subsection shall be preceded by the provision of written notice by the owner to the tenant specifying the grounds for that action, and any relief shall be consistent with applicable State and local law; and

(F) may include any addenda required by the Secretary to set forth the provisions of this subsection. In the case of any foreclosure on any federally-related mortgage loan (as that term is defined in section 2602 of title 12 ) or on any residential real property in which a recipient of assistance under this subsection resides, the immediate successor in interest in such property pursuant to the foreclosure shall assume such interest subject to the lease between the prior owner and the tenant and to the housing assistance payments contract between the prior owner and the public housing agency for the occupied unit, except that this provision and the provisions related to foreclosure in subparagraph (C) shall not shall not 3 affect any State or local law that provides longer time periods or other additional protections for tenants.

Leases and tenancy

Official source

Each housing assistance payment contract entered into by the public housing agency and the owner of a dwelling unit—

- name: payment_standard_general_minimum_fmr_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(1)(B) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: shall be not less than 90 percent of that fair market rental versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: '0.90'

- name: payment_standard_general_maximum_fmr_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(1)(B) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: shall not exceed 110 percent of the fair market rental versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: '1.10'

- name: disability_reasonable_accommodation_payment_standard_without_secretary_approval_maximum_fmr_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(1)(D) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: not more than 120 percent of the fair market rent versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: '1.20'

- name: tenant_rent_adjusted_income_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(2)(A)(i) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: 30 percent of the monthly adjusted income versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: '0.30'

- name: tenant_rent_monthly_income_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(2)(A)(ii) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: 10 percent of the monthly income versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: '0.10'

- name: initial_tenant_based_family_rent_adjusted_income_limit_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(3) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: may not exceed 40 percent of the monthly adjusted income versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: '0.40'

- name: project_based_authorized_units_base_limit_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(13)(B)(i) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: not more than 20 percent of the authorized units versions: - effective_from: '2016-07-29' formula: '0.20'

- name: project_based_authorized_units_additional_exception_limit_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(13)(B)(ii) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: up to an additional 10 percent of the authorized units versions: - effective_from: '2016-07-29' formula: '0.10'

- name: project_income_mixing_dwelling_unit_count_limit kind: parameter dtype: Count source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(13)(D)(i) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: not more than the greater of 25 dwelling units or 25 percent versions: - effective_from: '2016-07-29' formula: '25'

- name: project_income_mixing_dwelling_unit_rate_limit kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(13)(D)(i) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: not more than the greater of 25 dwelling units or 25 percent versions: - effective_from: '2016-07-29' formula: '0.25'

- name: tenant_contribution_greatest_amount kind: derived entity: Family dtype: Money period: Month unit: USD source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(2)(A) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: formula source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: the greatest of the following amounts versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: >- max(tenant_rent_adjusted_income_rate * monthly_adjusted_income, tenant_rent_monthly_income_rate * monthly_income, welfare_housing_cost_designated_amount)

- name: tenant_based_monthly_assistance_payment kind: derived entity: Family dtype: Money period: Month unit: USD source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(2) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: formula source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: >- if the rent ... does not exceed the applicable payment standard ... rent ... exceeds the greatest - path: versions[0].formula kind: formula source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: >- if the rent ... exceeds the applicable payment standard ... payment standard exceeds the greatest versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: >- if rent_including_tenant_paid_utilities <= applicable_payment_standard: max(0, rent_including_tenant_paid_utilities - tenant_contribution_greatest_amount) else: max(0, applicable_payment_standard - tenant_contribution_greatest_amount)

- name: initial_tenant_based_family_rent_within_limit kind: derived entity: Family dtype: Judgment period: Month source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(3) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: predicate source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: may not exceed 40 percent of the monthly adjusted income versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: >- total_initial_family_rent <= initial_tenant_based_family_rent_adjusted_income_limit_rate * monthly_adjusted_income

- name: general_payment_standard_within_fair_market_rental_range kind: derived entity: PublicHousingAgency dtype: Judgment period: Month source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(1)(B) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: predicate source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: shall not exceed 110 percent ... and shall be not less than 90 percent versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: |- payment_standard >= payment_standard_general_minimum_fmr_rate * fair_market_rental and payment_standard <= payment_standard_general_maximum_fmr_rate * fair_market_rental

- name: project_based_authorized_units_within_limit kind: derived entity: PublicHousingAgency dtype: Judgment period: Month source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(13)(B) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: predicate source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: not more than 20 percent ... up to an additional 10 percent - path: versions[0].formula kind: import import: target: us:statutes/42/1437f/d#project_based_assistance_common_area_consent_required output: project_based_assistance_common_area_consent_required hash: sha256:6b4fcf3eca0e705a3c38348fe896c922d97f52e64497735af48af7a03816db45 versions: - effective_from: '2016-07-29' formula: >- (project_based_assistance_common_area_consent_required and (((additional_exception_units_qualify) and project_based_assistance_units <= authorized_units * (project_based_authorized_units_base_limit_rate + (project_based_authorized_units_additional_exception_limit_rate))) or (not (additional_exception_units_qualify) and project_based_assistance_units <= authorized_units * (project_based_authorized_units_base_limit_rate + (0)))))

- name: project_income_mixing_within_limit kind: derived entity: HousingProject dtype: Judgment period: Month source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(13)(D) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: predicate source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: not more than the greater of 25 dwelling units or 25 percent versions: - effective_from: '2016-07-29' formula: >- income_mixing_exception_applies or assisted_dwelling_units <= max(project_income_mixing_dwelling_unit_count_limit, project_income_mixing_dwelling_unit_rate_limit * project_dwelling_units)