Key tenant rights under the rule:
(1) An applicant or tenant cannot be denied admission to or evicted from covered housing on the basis or as a direct result of being a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 24 C.F.R. § 5.2005(b).
(2) A criminal activity directly related to the abuse is not grounds for eviction of the survivor under § 5.2005(c).
(3) Lease bifurcation: the housing provider may evict the abuser without affecting the survivor's tenancy. § 5.2009.
(4) Emergency transfer plan: every covered housing provider must maintain a written emergency transfer plan permitting survivors to transfer to another safe unit. § 5.2005(e). Transfer requests must be honored when an external transfer is available, or to an internal available unit.
(5) Confidentiality: information disclosed by a survivor is confidential and may not be entered into shared databases or shared with third parties without informed, written, time-limited consent. § 5.2007(c).
(6) Notice of rights: every covered housing provider must distribute Form HUD-5380 (Notice of Occupancy Rights under VAWA) and Form HUD-5382 (Certification of Domestic Violence) at admission, with any notice to vacate, and with any lease termination action.