Crotona Park East — which was expected to become available by December 15, 2016 or
January 1, 2017. The letter clearly notified Respondent that she had the option of remaining in
her current apartment but that if she did so, as of February 1, 2017 she would lose her subsidy
and have to pay the HUD approved market rent of $1415 per month.
The court finds the November 30 letter to be sufficient under the HUD Handbook as it
provides Respondent with well over the minimum requisite of thirty days' notice as well as the
following information: February 1, 2017 was the specific date as of which Respondent would
lose her subsidy if she refused to move; Apartment 5A at 1432 Crotona Park East was the
specific 2-bedroom apartment being offered; $1415 per month was the amount of rent
Respondent would have to pay if she refused to move and lost her subsidy. The notice further
[*15]invited Respondent to contact Site Manager Leslie Roman,
whose contact information is included, if she had any questions.
That Respondent may not have received the first letter Petitioner sent in August 2016 is of no
moment as she clearly received the November 30 letter which gave her approximately sixty days'
advance notice, twice what is required by the HUD Handbook. That the second letter's deadline
to move was later extended through February 28, 2017 in a third letter is also of no moment as
Respondent had already received proper notice with just the timing and other details to be
worked out through less formal communications. That the third letter reiterated the consequences
of what would happen if Respondent did not accept the transfer only further put her on notice.
Respondent's testimony that she was only given two weeks' notice which was not enough time to