Housing Voucher Programs - Policy and Procedures Manual

Chapter II Sections

1. Opening A Waiting List
2. Outreach
3. Application Distribution Procedures
4. Application Review Procedures
5. Waiting List Placement Procedures
6. Notice of Application Acceptance Procedures
7. Waiting Lists for Special Programs
8. Enter Data in Elite
9. Printing the Waiting List
10. Ranking Applications
11. Changes While on the Waiting List
12. Waiting List Pulls
13. Removing Applicant Names from Waiting List
14. Purging/Updating Waiting List
15. Closing an Open Waiting List
16. Cross Listing Notice for MRP/SRO
17. Application Maintenance
18. File Retention
19. Portability
20. Special Admissions
21. Applicable Forms List

Chapter II: Waiting List Management

Section M: Removing Applicant Names from a Waiting List

• Applicant names must be removed from the waiting list when the applicant:
  1. Requests removal from the waiting list; or
  2. Refuses to accept a voucher when offered; or
  3. Is determined to be ineligible for any reason; or
  4. Has been issued a voucher and the issuance time has expired. (The applicant cannot postpone acceptance of the voucher); or
  5. Did not respond, or their designated representative did not respond, to request(s) for verification and/or updates.
• The HA may not remove the name of any disabled applicant from a waiting list whose failure to respond was a result of their disability. A reasonable accommodation must be provided by MSHDA when requested by a disabled applicant. A disabled applicant has up to six months to request an appeal if their name has been removed for no response. An informal meeting with the­ assigned HA will be conducted to evaluate reinstatement. During the meeting, the applicant must prove that the reason for their failure to respond was directly related to their disability. Once verified, the applicant's name must be reinstated on the waiting list according to their original application date and time.
• Do not prematurely remove names from a waiting list. Any other deviation regarding removing/reinstating names must be for "good cause" (i.e. verified hospitalization). Submit notification of “good cause” to the RS.