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 R: File Retention

As mandated by HUD, application notices to and responses from applicants must be retained for at least three years after the application withdrawal date. Applications from participants admitted to the program must be retained in the permanent non-purge section of the MSHDA file.