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title: "Prepare a covered-housing transfer or lease split after domestic violence"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/prepare-a-tenancy-termination-or-change-where-family-violence-is-the-gro/united-states"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A53-MO20261022-2-US"
practice_area: "Family Violence & Protection Orders"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
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# Prepare a covered-housing transfer or lease split after domestic violence

> From the tenancy file, record the housing program, whether the person has asked for an emergency transfer or a lease bifurcation, and which document is offered as proof.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Family Violence & Protection Orders](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the tenancy file, record the housing program, whether the person has asked for an emergency transfer or a lease bifurcation, and which document is offered as proof. Do not decide that the housing is covered and do not send a notice. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer decides whether 34 U.S.C. § 12491 applies. The protections opened here are for housing assisted under a covered housing program, not for every private tenancy. An applicant or tenant may not be denied admission, denied assistance, terminated, or evicted because the person is or has been a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, if the person otherwise qualifies. A public housing agency or owner or manager may bifurcate a lease to evict or terminate assistance to an individual who engages in criminal activity directly relating to that violence against an affiliated individual, without penalising a victim who is also a tenant or lawful occupant. If the remaining person cannot establish eligibility, the provider shall give a reasonable time, as the appropriate agency determines, to find other housing or establish eligibility under another covered program. A provider may request documentation. If it is not provided within 14 business days after the tenant receives the written request, the provider's ordinary authority is no longer limited by the subpart, and the provider may extend that deadline. Acceptable documentation includes an agency certification, a statement signed by the victim and by a victim-service provider, attorney, medical professional, or mental health professional under penalty of perjury, a law-enforcement, court, or administrative record, or other evidence the provider accepts. HUD's VAWA page says a person in HUD-subsidized or assisted housing can request an emergency transfer and a lease bifurcation, and can prove status with Form HUD-5382 unless the provider has conflicting information. The statute's emergency-transfer plan allows a transfer to another available and safe dwelling unit assisted under a covered program when the tenant requests it and reasonably believes there is a threat of imminent harm from further violence if the tenant stays, or, for sexual assault, the assault occurred on the premises during the 90 days before the request. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare a tenancy termination or change where family violence is the ground](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-violence-and-protection-orders/prepare-a-tenancy-termination-or-change-where-family-violence-is-the-gro.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the tenancy file, record the housing program, whether the person has asked for an emergency transfer or a lease bifurcation, and which document is offered as proof. Do not decide that the housing is covered and do not send a notice.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not use this section for a tenancy that is not assisted under a covered housing program. State landlord-tenant termination was not opened.
- Form HUD-5382 is the self-certification HUD names. Do not invent a different form number.

## Sources

- [34 U.S.C. § 12491, Housing rights (2023 edition, govinfo)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2023-title34/html/USCODE-2023-title34-subtitleI-chap121-subchapIII-partL-subpart2-sec12491.htm) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [HUD, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)](https://www.hud.gov/vawa) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*