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federalUnited StatesSection 8 Project-Based Voucher Programtermination_eviction
In the PBV program a business or economic reason is not good cause for terminating a tenancy
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24 CFR 982.310 applies to the PBV program except that 982.310(d)(1)(iii) and (iv) do not: in the PBV program good cause does not include a business or economic reason, or a desire to use the unit for an individual, family or non-residential rental purpose. The eviction provisions at 24 CFR 5.858 through 5.861 and the VAWA protections at 24 CFR part 5 subpart L apply.
This is the single largest divergence between HCV and PBV tenancy law and it survives the initial lease term: an owner may never end a PBV tenancy simply to re-let at a higher rent or to repurpose the unit.
- Confidence
- high
- Effective from
- 2024-06-06
- Consequence model
- contract remedy
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-22
Evidence required
- Executed lease agreement(exactly_one)
Citations
All sources verified within 1 day- Project-Based Voucher Program983.257
- Project-Based Voucher Program983.257
- Section 8 Tenant-Based Assistance: Housing Choice Voucher Program982.310(e)(1)(i)