Terminated assistance may be reinstated only where the original termination was for failure to recertify or increased ability to pay, and was not for fraud

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An owner may reinstate a tenant's terminated assistance where five conditions are met together: the original termination was due either to the tenant's failure to recertify or to the tenant's increased ability to pay; the original termination was not due to fraud; the tenant is eligible for assistance, meaning that on the income and rent calculation the tenant would pay less than market rent; the tenant submits the required information; and assistance is available for the unit. Reinstatement is permissive rather than mandatory, and it operates prospectively -- the recertification rules put the new tenant payment and assistance payment into effect on the first day of the month following the date the tenant reported.

Confidence

high

Effective from

2013-11-27

Last reviewed

2026-09-01