Moving Process
Moving to a Different Home
After your initial 12-month lease ends, you can use your voucher with any Section 8 program in the country. The steps you must take to move with your voucher depend on the area where you plan to live.
Intent to Vacate
Prior to moving out of your current unit, you must serve a notice to the owner/landlord and to DHA and the move must be approved by both.
- You must serve a proper 30-day notice to the owner/landlord and provide DHA a copy. A proper notice must:
- Be a written notice addressed to the owner or landlord,
- Include the actual move-out date, and
- Be signed by the tenant.
- Your Occupancy Specialist will review the notice to confirm your eligibility to move.
- You may not be eligible to move if you are still in a lease term, violated a family obligation, or owe DHA money.
If the family remains in unit after the effective move-out date, the family will be responsible for paying the full contract rent to the owner.
Submitting the Request for Tenancy Approval Packet
The RFTA packet is the document that advises DHA which unit you would like to rent.
- Once you find a unit you wish to rent, provide DHA the contact information (name, unit location and email address) of the owner/landlord
- DHA will send the owner/landlord will complete the packet
- Once the RFTA packet is complete, it must be submitted to DHA
- Once the RFTA packet is received by DHA, an Occupancy Specialist will review the information.
- Upon approval of the RFTA packet, the Initial Inspection of the unit will be scheduled.
- Rent reasonableness will be determined and the owner/landlord will be contacted if necessary.
DHA will only send one RFTA packet at a time.
You may be required to complete a recertification to update your income and household composition.
Do not move into the home until it passes the inspection. DHA will only start making payments to your landlord if the home meets inspection standards.