HUD Housing Programs: Tenants’ Rights (The Green Book): 2.4.4 Project-Based Section 8
On an annual basis, at least 40 percent of new admissions in any project-based Section 8 development must be ELI families. Owners may not skip over lower-income families to rent to higher-income families.437 Although the owner may prefer families who are working, the preference may not be income-based.