HUD Housing Programs: Tenants’ Rights (The Green Book): 13.2.5 “Core” Protections
VAWA prohibits otherwise qualified tenants and applicants from being denied or terminated from housing assistance, or from being denied admission or evicted from, a covered housing program on the basis that the tenant or applicant is or has been the survivor of a VAWA crime.33 The HUD VAWA Rule refers to these general anti-discrimination protections as the “core” protections as they apply to all HUD programs covered by VAWA.