HUD HCV Guidebook § 2

Generally, families who are participants in the HCV program are eligible to move under portability as long as
such a move is not in violation of the lease, with some exceptions, and as long as the move complies with the
PHA’s policies on family moves. Section 3 of this chapter describes the limitations on portability moves and
the exceptions to such limitations.
There are additional eligibility requirements for applicant families, which are described in more detail in this
section. Applicant families are those that have been selected from the PHA’s waiting list but for whom a HAP
contract has not yet been executed.