Remember!

The requirements in paragraph 6-10 apply only to properties developed for the elderly and persons with disabilities.

2. Leases may:

   • a. Allow the property owner to enter and inspect the premises after reasonable notice to the tenant and during reasonable hours. This action is permitted by the lease only if the property owner has received a signed, written complaint that the conduct or condition of a pet in the unit constitutes, under applicable state or local law, a nuisance or a threat to the health or safety of the occupants of the project or others in the community.

   • b. Contain language that allows the property owner to enter the premises to remove a pet that becomes vicious, displays symptoms of severe illness, or demonstrates other behavior that may be considered an immediate threat to the health or safety of the tenants, in the absence of state or local personnel to remove a pet.

   • c. Permit the property owner to enter the premises and remove the pet only if the property owner requests that the pet owner remove the pet from the project immediately, and the pet owner refuses to do so. Another situation that allows such action is the case when the property owner is unable to contact the pet owner to make a removal request.

HUD Occupancy Handbook Chapter 6: Lease Requirements and Leasing Activities

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Section 1: Leases and Lease Attachments

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