HUD Housing Programs: Tenants’ Rights (The Green Book): 11.2.4.2.7 Repeated Late Payment of Rent
If a tenant fails to pay rent when due, but tenders the rent within a grace period allowed by the lease or a state law requiring notice of nonpayment and an opportunity to cure, then the late payment does not constitute a sufficient ground for eviction. This is clear under the HUD regulations for most of the programs and the Model Lease.405 Repeated late rent payments, however, may be cause for eviction.406