HUD Handbook 4350.3 § 7-17

A.       A gross rent change may occur due to a rent change only, a change in the utility
                  allowance only, or due to a change in both the rent and utility allowance.

         B.       Owners must comply with the tenant comment and posting procedures described
                  in the Code of Federal Regulations at 24 CFR 245.

         C.       Owners must submit approved gross-rent changes through their software
                  package to the Contract Administrator or to TRACS.

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Chapter 7: Recertification, Unit Transfers,
and Gross Rent Changes

D.       Owners must provide the tenant a new HUD-50059-A reflecting all changes in
                  rents, utility allowances, total tenant payment, tenant rent, and assistance
                  payments.

         E.        A copy of the HUD-50059-A reflecting any change in the tenant rent, utility
                  reimbursement, total tenant payment or assistance payment must be placed in
                  the tenant file.

         F.       Tenants need only sign and date the HUD-50059-A if the gross rent change
                  results in a change in the amount of rent the tenant is required to pay or in the
                  utility reimbursement the tenant will receive. Owners must sign and date the
                  HUD-50059-A.