HUD Finally Recognizes Right to Remain for Over-Housed Enhanced Voucher Holders

This NHLP Housing Law Bulletin article from March 2008 describes how HUD has issued a new Notice, PIH 2008-12 (Feb. 15, 2008), which provides real protection to families that are “overhoused” at the time of conversion. In 1999 Congress passed unified authority requiring the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide “enhanced vouchers” for all tenants facing housing conversion actions in many privately owned, federally supported properties, including owner opt-outs and prepayments. Unfortunately, the law as passed and implemented by HUD fails to clearly protect tenants. This article provides an overview of the notice and its ramifications.