HUD HCV Guidebook § 5.1.1

Under certain circumstances, HUD may exempt a receiving PHA from the requirement to assist an incoming
portability family. The receiving PHA can only refuse to assist a portability family after receiving written
approval from HUD.
The receiving PHA initiates requests to deny administration of portability vouchers by sending a written
request to the Director of the local PIH field office. The request must,56 at a minimum, address the
circumstances that prevent the receiving PHA from processing incoming portability families, including any
documentation supporting the request. The local HUD office, at its discretion, may request additional
information deemed necessary to process the request. The local PIH field office Director will render a decision
in writing to the PHA within 30 days from receipt of the PHA’s request. Such requests are meant only for
extreme circumstances, such as when the receiving PHA is in a presidentially declared-disaster area.