Housing Authority of the County of Alameda Contact Calendar Applicants Participants Landlords Business Opportunities Community News Applicants Portability Effective April 2017, HACA is billing all Housing Authorities for their participants and applicants exercising portability to HACA. Except as described below, a participant family or an applicant family that has been issued a voucher has the right to use tenant-based voucher assistance to lease a unit anywhere in the United States, provided the unit is located within the jurisdiction of a local housing authority administering a tenant-based voucher program. The process by which a family obtains a voucher from one housing authority and uses it to lease a unit in the jurisdiction of another housing authority is known as portability. Porting Out Applicants selected for a Voucher from HACA’s Wait List If neither the head of household nor the spouse/cohead of an applicant family had a legal residence in HACA’s jurisdiction at the time the family’s application for assistance was submitted, the family must live in HACA’s jurisdiction with voucher assistance for at least 12 months before requesting portability. HACA will consider exceptions to this policy for purposes of Reasonable Accommodation or for families who are otherwise in compliance with program obligations but have moved to protect the health or safety of an individual who is or has been a victim of domestic violence, dating violence or stalking, and who reasonably believed he or she was imminently threatened by harm from further violence if they remained in the unit. However, any exception to this policy is subject to the approval of the receiving housing authority. When a qualifying family requests portability, HACA mails, emails, or faxes the necessary documents to the Housing Authority that serves the area to which the family wishes to move. Request to Exercise Portability HACA Participants Typically, a participating family that wishes to port to another jurisdiction must be in compliance with program regulations; in good standing with the terms of its lease with their landlord; and give at least 30 days written notice to the landlord of its intent to vacate. However, other conditions may apply. See “Moving“. HACA recommends a 60 day written notice to the landlord when a participant has not yet located a suitable rental in the new area. When a qualifying family requests portability, HACA updates its eligibility information and mails, emails, or faxes the necessary eligibility documents to the Housing Authority that serves the area to which the family wishes to move. Request to Exercise Portability Porting In Applicants selected for a Voucher from other Housing Authorities A qualifying applicant family that has been issued a Voucher from another Housing Authority may request portability to HACA. If the originating Housing Authority approves the request, it mails, emails, or faxes the necessary eligibility documents to HACA. The family can then contact HACA to schedule an appointment for Portability Intake. At that appointment, HACA staff will determine income eligibility for HACA’s jurisdiction. Once the family is determined to be eligible, it will be given the appropriate documents to look for a unit and start the leasing process. For more information, read our Portability Information flyer in English, Farsi, Spanish or Vietnamese. Portability Flyer (English) Portability Flyer (Spanish) Portability Flyer (Vietnamese) Portability Flyer (Farsi) Participants from other Housing Authorities A participating family that wishes to port to HACA must contact its originating Housing Authority to request portability. If the originating Housing Authority approves the request, it updates the family’s eligibility information and mails, emails, or faxes the necessary eligibility documents to HACA. The family can then contact HACA to schedule an appointment for Portability Intake. At the end of the appointment, HACA staff will process the family into our program and provide the family with the appropriate documents to look for a unit and start the leasing process. For more information, read our Portability Information flyer in English, Farsi, Spanish or Vietnamese. 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