HUD Housing Programs: Tenants’ Rights (The Green Book): 2.3.2.2 Residency Requirement
As noted supra § 2.3.2.1, HUD regulations prohibit residency requirements.335 These rules effectively recognize that a person who is too poor to live in a particular jurisdiction will necessarily choose an area they can afford in the interim, and that an application for housing is evidence of the intent to reside in that city.