federalUnited StatesHousing Trust Fundtenant_selection

The owner must adopt and follow written tenant selection policies meeting the seven HTF criteria

htf.tenant_selection.written_tenant_selection_policies · v1.0.0

An owner of rental housing assisted with HTF funds must comply with the grantee's affirmative marketing requirements and must adopt and follow written tenant selection policies and criteria that limit the housing to income-eligible families; are reasonably related to the applicants' ability to perform the obligations of the lease; limit eligibility or give a preference to a particular segment of the population only if permitted in the written agreement with the grantee and described in the grantee's consolidated plan; do not exclude a housing choice voucher holder or a HOME tenant-based assistance participant because of that status; provide for selection of tenants from a written waiting list in the chronological order of their application insofar as is practicable; give prompt written notification to a rejected applicant of the grounds for the rejection; and comply with the VAWA requirements at 24 CFR 93.356.

A preference or limitation is permissible only if BOTH the written agreement permits it and the grantee's consolidated plan describes it. A preference that appears only in the owner's own plan is not authorised, and 93.303(d)(3)(ii) constrains disability preferences further where the project has no federal funding source that limits eligibility.

Confidence: high
Effective from: 2016-01-01
Last reviewed: 2026-08-31

Evidence required

Tenant selection plan / resident selection criteria(exactly_one)
Waiting list records(at_least_one)
Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan (HUD-935.2A)(zero_or_more)

Citations

All sources verified within 1 day

Housing Trust Fund
24 CFR 93.303(d)
regulationSource ↗verified 1d ago
Housing Trust Fund
24 CFR 93.303(d)(4)
regulationSource ↗verified 1d ago
Housing Trust Fund
24 CFR 93.303(d)(5)-(7)
regulationSource ↗verified 1d ago