HUD HCV Guidebook § 4.7

Although HUD has not established any alternative requirements for termination of assistance for
HUD-VASH participants, PHAs are strongly encouraged to consider all relevant circumstances of the
specific case, and must grant reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities when they
may be necessary. PHAs are also encouraged to contact the VA case manager to determine if there
are extenuating circumstances that could be considered to avoid the termination, and to consider
the impact that ongoing case management services can have on mitigating the conditions that led to
the potential termination.

A HUD-VASH participant may not be terminated after admission for a circumstance or activity that
occurred before admission but could not be considered at the time of admission due to the HUD-
VASH Operating Requirements.

14 HUD-VASH Operating Requirements, Section G, “Mobility and Portability Requirements of HUD-VASH

Vouchers.”

The PHA can terminate the family’s assistance only for program violations that occur after the
family’s admission to the voucher program. For example, if prior to admission, the family owes rent or
other amounts to the PHA or another PHA, or if any family member recently engaged in criminal
activity (other than a lifetime sex offense), the family would still be eligible for admission to the HUD-
VASH program and could not be terminated later for these events that occurred prior to admission.
However, if either of these events occurred after admission, the PHA could terminate the family’s
assistance in accordance with PHA policies.