After a tenant with a PBV has occupied the project-based unit for a period of one year or more, and funding for a HCV voucher is available; the tenant has the same rights as a tenant with a tenant-based HCV and may port (out of state) or transfer (within state) with a HCV to another unit that is not assisted with a PBV. The appropriate PPM, Transfers or Portability policy must be followed.
When the tenant notifies the HA of their intention to move and provides 30-day notice of their intent, if a HCV is available, the family may move with continued assistance. The HA will assign a new HCV increment to the tenant on PBV assistance if the HA has an increment available that can be assigned to the tenant. A short waiting period may occur if a new increment is not available at the time of the request (next available increment would be assigned). The tenant may choose to move without continued assistance.
The vacated project-based unit will be leased to another eligible family from the waiting list.
The original increment will remain assigned to the PBV unit.
If it is determined that a family is occupying a wrong size unit based on the MSHDA subsidy standard, or a unit with accessibility features that the family does not require and the unit is needed by a family that does require the features, MSHDA will promptly notifiy the family and the owner of this determination. The family must be offered the opportunity to receive continued housing assistance in another unit. MSHDA will notify the family and the owner of the family's need to move based on the occupancy of a wrong-size or accessible unit within 10 business days of MSHDA making such a determination. The family will be offered the following types of continued assistance in the following order, based on the availability of assistance:
If MSHDA offers the family a tenant-based voucher, MSHDA will terminate the HAP payments for a wrong-sized or accessible unit at the expiration of the term of the family's voucher, including any extensions granted. If MSHDA offers the family another form of assistance that is not a tenant-based voucher, the family will be given 30 days from the date of the offer to accept the offer and move out of the PBV Unit. If the family does not accept the offer, and/or does not move out of the PBV unit within this 30-day time frame, MSHDA will terminate the HAP for the unit at the expiration of this 30-day period. MSHDA may make exceptions to this 30-day period if needed for verified reasons beyond the family's control such as death, serious illness, or other medical emergency of a family member.