Chapter XV: Transfers


Section D: Transfer Procedures for Participants when MSHDA is Administering Portabilities

When MSHDA is administering portability requests (billing a PHA for the subsidy payment), the initial HA must verify that a Transfer request to another Michigan county meets the following additional criteria:

  1. Verify the payment standard in the new county for the participant family's voucher size is equal to or less than the current payment standard for the county the family currently resides in; OR
  2. The participant family is transferring due to employment no matter what the payment standard ( the HA must have received the completed Verification of Earnings (MSHDA 49) Form verifying the employment); OR,
  3. The participant family may transfer to another county no matter what the payment standard if they have an approved reasonable accommodation due to a disability to justify the move to the new county (e.g., access to medical services, elderly participant is moving closer to family members or participant is moving closer to a family member requiring care.)

Note: If a participant family's new employment is with a temporary agency; the new assignment must be of a duration where the family is able to enter into a one-year lease.

When eligibility has been determined, follow procedures outlined in Section B, Transfer Procedures for Participants when MSHDA is Absorbing Portabilities and Section C, File Procedures for Transfer Cases.