Families, where neither the head of household nor spouse/significant other/co-tenant, had a legal residence in the St. Cloud Housing & Redevelopment Authority’s jurisdiction at the time of application, will not have the right to portability for the first 12 months they are accepted to the Section 8 Program. They will need to use their voucher assistance within the St. Cloud Housing & Redevelopment Authority’s jurisdiction for the first 12 months of their initial participation period.

Families participating in the Voucher Program will not be allowed to move more than once in any 12-month period and under no circumstances will the St. Cloud Housing & Redevelopment Authority allow a participant to improperly break a lease. Under extraordinary circumstances the St. Cloud Housing & Redevelopment Authority may consider allowing more than one move in a 12-month period.

Families may only move to a jurisdiction where a Section 8 Program is being administered.

If a family has moved out of their assisted unit in violation of the lease, the St. Cloud Housing & Redevelopment Authority will not issue a voucher, and will terminate assistance in compliance with Section 17.0, Grounds for Termination of the Lease and Contract.

Income Eligibility
A family must be income-eligible in the area where the family first leases a unit with assistance in the Voucher Program. If a portable family is already a participant in the Initial Housing Authority's Voucher Program, income eligibility is not re-determined.

Portability: Administration by Receiving Housing Authority
When a family utilizes portability to move to an area outside the Initial Housing Authority jurisdiction, another Housing Authority (the Receiving Housing Authority) must administer assistance for the family if that Housing Authority has a tenant-based program covering the area where the unit is located.

A Housing Authority with jurisdiction in the area where the family wants to lease a unit must issue the family a voucher. If there is more than one such housing authority, the Initial Housing Authority may choose which housing authority shall become the Receiving Housing Authority.

When a portable family moves out of the tenant-based program of a Receiving Housing Authority that has not absorbed the family, the Housing Authority in the new jurisdiction to which the family moves becomes the Receiving Housing Authority, and the first Receiving Housing Authority is no longer required to provide assistance for the family.