Fill and Sign the Sample Letter for Section 8 Tenant to Send to New Ownerus Form

Sample Letter for Section 8 Tenant to Send to New Owner_________________________ __________________________________________________(Address of Tenant) ___________________________________________________________________________ (Name and address of new owner) _________________________ (Date) Dear _________________________ (new owner): I am a tenant at _________________________ (address, including apartment number if applicable). I have a lease that is assisted with a Section 8 voucher. The Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contract for my unit is managed by _________________________ (name of housing authority or other entity that administers your voucher). I am writing this letter in response to the notice of termination dated _________________________ (date of notice you received) that I received from you. The Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, Pub. L. No. 111-22, § 701 - 704 (2009), which became a federal law on May 20, 2009, applies to state eviction proceedings. This law requires a person or entity (including a bank) who becomes the new owner of residential rental property as a result of a foreclosure to continue to honor and be bound by both the Section 8 voucher lease and the Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contract that existed with the original landlord. A new owner must give the tenant at least 90 days notice to vacate prior to the end of the lease If the Section 8 lease and HAP contract have less than 90 days remaining in their term, or if the new owner plans to live in the property as his or her primary home, the new owner can require a tenant to leave the property after giving at least 90 days’ advance notice . The 90 days must start on or after the date when the new owner officially becomes the owner of the property. Because the notice sent on _________________________ (date of notice you received) gives me less than the 90-day notice required by law, I consider the notice to be void and ineffective. Sincerely, ________________ (Tenant’s name)