---
title: "List what a housing provider may do after a violence-protection request"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-tenancies/advise-a-landlord-or-agent-who-has-received-a-family-violence-terminatio/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A57-P20261018-9-US"
practice_area: "Residential Tenancies"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# List what a housing provider may do after a violence-protection request

> Table the date of the tenant's statement, the date of any written request for documents, and the 14-business-day date counted from receipt. Note whether the lease is assisted under a covered housing program.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-tenancies/advise-a-landlord-or-agent-who-has-received-a-family-violence-terminatio/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Residential Tenancies](https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-tenancies.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| How AI is used | Table the date of the tenant's statement, the date of any written request for documents, and the 14-business-day date counted from receipt. Note whether the lease is assisted under a covered housing program. Write no sentence of a notice to vacate or of advice to the owner. |
| What the lawyer must review | Under 34 U.S.C. § 12491 the provider may not end assistance or evict solely because of criminal activity directly related to the violence against the victim. The provider may bifurcate the lease to remove the person who committed that act. It may still evict for a lease violation that is not premised on the act, and it may terminate where it can demonstrate an actual and imminent threat to other tenants or to people working at the property. Each appropriate agency must adopt a model emergency-transfer plan. You decide which of those paths the facts support, and you write anything that is served. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Advise a landlord or agent who has received a family violence termination notice](https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-tenancies/advise-a-landlord-or-agent-who-has-received-a-family-violence-terminatio.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Table the date of the tenant's statement, the date of any written request for documents, and the 14-business-day date counted from receipt. Note whether the lease is assisted under a covered housing program. Write no sentence of a notice to vacate or of advice to the owner.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The 14-business-day period runs from the tenant's receipt of a written request. The provider need not request documents at all.
- Bifurcation removes the perpetrator. It is not a ground to end the victim's assistance where the victim remains eligible.
- 42 U.S.C. § 3604 remains in force. Do not treat a violence request as a reason to refuse housing.

## Sources

- [34 U.S.C. § 12491, housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/34/12491) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [42 U.S.C. § 3604, Discrimination in the sale or rental of housing](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/3604) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Victorian family violence tenancy application checklist](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/residential-tenancies/vic-family-violence-vcat-checklist.md) | Checklist | Red | A checklist for a Victorian VCAT application to change or end a rental agreement because of family violence. It lists the orders and the kinds of evidence the page names.… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

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