HUD Housing Programs: Tenants’ Rights (The Green Book): 7.4.6 Hearing Requirements
HUD regulations state that a PHA’s refusal to process or provide assistance under portability procedures constitutes termination of assistance.95 As a result, advocates can argue that due process protections require that the voucher tenant receive an informal hearing before the PHA can refuse to process the tenant’s portability request.96 For example, in a case where the health department ordered a voucher tenant to vacate her apartment, a court held that due process required the PHA to either give