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Disaster:
Displacement due to a disaster, such as flood
or fire, that results in the un-inhabitability of an Applicant's apartment or
dwelling unit not due to the fault of the Applicant and/or Household member
or beyond the Applicant’s control.
Verification must include:
- A
copy of the incident report from the local Fire Department, and
- A
copy of his/her lease, or a statement from the property owner, verifying
that s/he is/was the tenant of record at the affected address, and
- Verification
from the Fire Department, the Inspectional Services Department, the
Health Department or other appropriate agency that the dwelling unit is
now uninhabitable, and
- The
cause of the disaster if known.
If the applicant or a household member or guest was the cause of
the disaster, approval for priority status will be denied unless
mitigating circumstances are established to the satisfaction of
Occupancy Department staff.
Condemned Housing: The
applicant’s housing has been declared unfit for habitation by an agency of
government through no fault of the Applicant.
Verification requirements are:
- Third-party,
written verification from the appropriate unit or agency of government
certifying that the applicant
has been displaced or will be displaced in the next ninety days, as a
result of action by that agency; and
- The
precise reason(s) for such displacement.
Court-Ordered/No-Fault
Eviction:
Eviction pursuant to an Order for Judgment (or Agreement for Judgment)
issued by a court because of: (a) Landlord action beyond the applicant’s
ability to control or prevent, and the action occurred despite the applicant’s
having met all previously imposed conditions of occupancy and displacement
was not the result of failure to comply with HUD and State policies in it’s
housing programs with respect to occupancy of under-occupied and overcrowded
units or failure to accept a transfer to another unit in accordance with a
court order or policies or procedures under a HUD-approved desegregation
plan. Verification requirements (all
documents are required):
- Submission
of a fully completed “Certificate of Involuntary Displacement by Court
Ordered/No Fault Eviction and
- A
copy of the Notice to Quit issued by the landlord or property manager; and
- A
copy of the Summons and Complaint available from the court; and
- A
copy of the Answer or other response(s) filed by the Applicant in court
in response to the Complaint, if any; and
- A
copy of the Judgment of the Court (Agreement for Judgment, Order for
Judgment and Findings of Fact, or Default Judgment); and
- If
applicable, a copy of the execution issued by the court.
Download a copy of 1c: Certificate of Involuntary
Displacement by Court-ordered/No-fault Eviction (.pdf)
Domestic Violence/Dating
Violence/Stalking: Defined as displacement from an
address where the applicant is/was the tenant of record due to continuing
actual or threatened physical violence (including sexual abuse) directed
against one or more of the household members. Verification must include submission of a
fully completed “Certificate of Involuntary Displacement Due to Domestic
Violence/Dating Violence/or Stalking" or a third-party, written
verification from the local police department, a social service agency, a
court of competent jurisdiction, a clergy member, a physician, or a public or
private facility that provides shelter or counseling to the victims of
domestic violence. Such a verification
will not be considered valid unless it:
- Supplies
the name of the abuser and
- Describes
how the situation came to verifier's attention: and
- Indicates
that the threats and/or violence are of a recent (within the past six
(6) months) or continuing nature if the Applicant is still residing in
the dwelling where the violence has occurred or is occurring.
- Indicates
that the Applicant has been displaced because of the threats and/or
violence or that the Applicant is in imminent danger where he/she now
resides.
- The
Applicant must supply the name and address of the abuser; and
- Provide
documentation that the Applicant is/was a tenant of record.
Download a copy of 1d: Certificate of Involuntary
Displacement Due to Domestic Violence/Dating Violence/Stalking (.pdf)
Avoidance of
Reprisal/Witness Protection: Relocation is required because: (A) a
Household Member provided information or testimony on criminal activities to
a law enforcement agency; and (B) based upon a threat assessment, a law
enforcement agency recommends the relocation of the Household to avoid or
minimize risk of violence against Household Members as reprisal for providing
such information. Verification requirements are:
- Submission
of a fully completed “Certificate of Involuntary Displacement to Avoid
Reprisal” or documentation from a law enforcement agency that the
Applicant and/or a Household Member provided information on criminal
activity; and
- Documentation
that, following a threat assessment conducted by the agency, the agency
recommends the relocation/re-housing of the household to avoid or
minimize the threat of violence or reprisal to or against the Household
Member(s)
- for
providing such information. This includes situations in which the applicant and/or Household
Member(s) are themselves the victims of such crimes and have provided
information (testimony) to a law enforcement agency.
Download a copy of 1f: Certificate of Involuntary
Displacement to Avoid Reprisal (.pdf)
Victim of Hate
Crimes: A member of the Household has been a
victim of one or more hate crimes AND the Household has vacated a dwelling unit
because of this crime OR the fear associated with the crime has destroyed the
peaceful enjoyment of the dwelling unit. Verification must include:
- Submission
of a fully completed “Certificate of Involuntary Displacement by Hate
Crimes” or documentation from a law enforcement agency that the
Household Member(s) was/were a victim of such crime(s); and has vacated the dwelling
because of such crime(s) or has experienced fear associated with such
crime(s) and the fear has destroyed the peaceful enjoyment of their
current dwelling unit and proof that the Applicant is a tenant of
record.
Download a copy of 1g: Certificate of Involuntary
Displacement Due to Hate Crimes (.pdf)
For disabled
individuals only, inaccessibility of a critical element of their current
dwelling unit: A member of the Household has a
mobility or other impairment that makes the person unable to use a critical
element of the current apartment or development AND the owner is not legally
obligated under laws pertaining to reasonable accommodation to make changes
to the apartment or dwelling unit that would make these critical elements
accessible to the Household Member with the disability. Verification
Requirements are:
- The
name of the household member who is unable to use the critical element;
- A
written statement from a Qualified Healthcare Provider verifying that
the household member has a Disability (but not necessarily the nature of
the Disability) and identifying the critical element of the dwelling
which is not accessible and the reasons why it is not accessible; and
- A
statement from the landlord or official of a government or other agency
providing service to such Disabled Persons explaining the reason(s) that
the landlord is not required to make changes which would render the
dwelling accessible to the individual as a reasonable accommodation.
Download a copy of 1h: Certificate of Involuntary
Displacement by Inaccessibility of Dwelling Unit (.pdf)
Homelessness: A household lacks a fixed, regular and
adequate nighttime habitation OR the primary nighttime dwelling is one of the
following: A supervised public or
private shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations (includes
welfare hotels, congregate shelters and transitional housing); or a public or
private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping
place for human beings. Verification requirements are:
· Submission of a Certificate of Homelessness fully
completed by an appropriate source or the applicant's signed statement that
he/she lacks a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence; or his or her
primary nighttime residence is:
· a supervised public or private shelter designed to provide
temporary housing accommodations (i.e. welfare hotels, congregate shelters
and transitional housing);
· a public or private place not designed or used as a regular
sleeping place for human beings
· OR A third-party written verification from
a public or private facility that provides shelter for homeless individuals,
the local police department, or a social services agency, certifying the
applicant’s homeless status in accordance with the definition in this policy.
Download a copy of 1e: Certificate of Homelessness
(.pdf)
Governmental
Displacement: A Household is required to permanently
move from their residence by a Federal, State or local governmental action
such as code enforcement, public improvements or a development program.
Verification Requirements are:
- Third-party,
written verification from the appropriate unit or agency of government
certifying that the applicant
has been displaced or will be displaced in the next ninety days, as a
result of action by that agency; and
- The precise reason(s) for such displacement
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