HUD HCV Guidebook § 4.3

PHA                                                                          •   Contacting a receiving PHA
                                                                                 and/or local PIH field office
After the family informs the initial PHA that they wish to
exercise portability and of the area to which the family wishes                  in the area.
to move, the receiving PHA is selected. If more than one PHA
administers a voucher program in the area to which the family
is moving, the family selects the receiving PHA.45 The initial PHA must46 provide the family with the contact
information for all of the receiving PHAs that serve the area.47 The initial PHA may, but is not required to,
provide more details about the receiving PHAs (such as whether the receiving PHA administers an FSS or a
homeownership program).
If the family requests it, the initial PHA must select the receiving PHA.48 If the initial PHA is selecting the
receiving PHA per the family’s request, the initial PHA is not required to provide the contact information for all
receiving PHAs in the area.
Note: The PHA in the area the family selects must49 have a tenant-based voucher program. Some PHAs only
administer public housing or other project-based programs.
Once the receiving PHA is selected, the initial PHA must 50 contact the receiving PHA to determine whether the
receiving PHA will bill or absorb the family’s voucher. It is the responsibility of the initial PHA, not the family, to
contact the receiving PHA to determine whether the receiving PHA will bill or absorb. This information may be
critical in determining whether the initial PHA approves or denies the portability request. See Section 3 for
more information on denying family moves.