HUD Handbook 4350.3 § 7-15

A.       If an owner determines that a tenant’s current dwelling unit is smaller or larger
                  than appropriate as a result of a change in a tenant’s family size or composition,
                  the owner must decide whether to require the tenant to transfer to another unit.

         B.       Owners must not reduce or terminate the assistance payment associated with
                  the original unit until the family has been offered a transfer to a unit of
                  appropriate size and has been given sufficient time (no less than 30 days) to
                  move to the new unit.

         C.       In the case of a unit transfer, both the change in rent and change in the
                  assistance payment are effective on the day the tenant actually occupies the new
                  unit.

         D.       Owners must develop additional unit transfer policies to address tenant transfer
                  requests beyond those needed for change in family size, including transfers
                  needed for medical reasons or to accommodate a person with a disability.

         E.       Owners are obligated to transfer tenants to different units as a reasonable
                  accommodation to a household member’s disability. For example, a tenant with
                  a physical disability might need a transfer to an accessible unit, or a unit on the

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ground floor, or a larger unit to accommodate a live-in aide. Transfers which are
                  needed as a reasonable accommodation should be made on a priority basis.