Owner Opting Out of Project-Based Contract Must Take Tenant Vouchers

摘要

A Section 8 owner whose project-based contract expired must accept the tenants' enhanced vouchers, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled, enjoining the owner from evicting the tenants or raising their rents while the voucher contracts are being executed.rnThe Park Village Apartments is owned by the defendant Mortimer Howard Trust, with Mortimer Howard as trustee. When the project's Section 8 contract expired in 2005, defendant attempted to raise the plaintiff tenants' rents, but the court enjoined the increase for failure to comply with federal notice requirements.