[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR966.4]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 966_PUBLIC HOUSING LEASE AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart A_Dwelling Leases, Procedures and Requirements
 
Sec. 966.4  Lease requirements.

    A lease shall be entered into between the PHA and each tenant of a 
dwelling unit which shall contain the provisions described hereinafter.

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    (a) Parties, dwelling unit and term. (1) The lease shall state:
    (i) The names of the PHA and the tenant;
    (ii) The unit rented (address, apartment number, and any other 
information needed to identify the dwelling unit);
    (iii) The term of the lease (lease term and renewal in accordance 
with paragraph (a)(2) of this section);
    (iv) A statement of what utilities, services and equipment are to be 
supplied by the PHA without additional cost, and what utilities and 
appliances are to be paid for by the tenant;
    (v) The composition of the household as approved by the PHA (family 
members and any PHA-approved live-in-aide). The family must promptly 
inform the PHA of the birth, adoption or court-awarded custody of a 
child. The family must request PHA approval to add any other family 
member as an occupant of the unit.
    (2) Lease term and renewal. (i) The lease shall have a twelve month 
term. Except as provided in paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of this section, the 
lease term must be automatically renewed for the same period.
    (ii) The PHA may not renew the lease if the family has violated the 
requirement for resident performance of community service or 
participation in an economic self-sufficiency program in accordance with 
part 960, subpart F of this chapter.
    (iii) At any time, the PHA may terminate the tenancy in accordance 
with Sec. 966.4(l).
    (3) Execution and modification. The lease must be executed by the 
tenant and the PHA, except for automatic renewals of a lease. The lease 
may modified at any time by written agreement of the tenant and the PHA.
    (b) Payments due under the lease. (1) Tenant rent. (i) The tenant 
shall pay the amount of the monthly tenant rent determined by the PHA in 
accordance with HUD regulations and other requirements. The amount of 
the tenant rent is subject to change in accordance with HUD 
requirements.
    (ii) The lease shall specify the initial amount of the tenant rent 
at the beginning of the initial lease term. The PHA shall give the 
tenant written notice stating any change in the amount of tenant rent, 
and when the change is effective.
    (2) PHA charges. The lease shall provide for charges to the tenant 
for maintenance and repair beyond normal wear and tear and for 
consumption of excess utilities. The lease shall state the basis for the 
determination of such charges (e.g., by a posted schedule of charges for 
repair, amounts charged for utility consumption in excess of the 
allowance stated in the lease, etc.). The imposition of charges for 
consumption of excess utilities is permissible only if such charges are 
determined by an individual check meter servicing the leased unit or 
result from the use of major tenant-supplied appliances.
    (3) Late payment penalties. At the option of the PHA, the lease may 
provide for payment of penalties for late payment.
    (4) When charges are due. The lease shall provide that charges 
assessed under paragraph (b) (2) and (3) of this section shall not be 
due and collectible until two weeks after the PHA gives written notice 
of the charges. Such notice constitutes a notice of adverse action, and 
must meet the requirements governing a notice of adverse action (see 
Sec. 966.4(e)(8)).
    (5) Security deposits. At the option of the PHA, the lease may 
provide for security deposits which shall not exceed one month's rent or 
such reasonable fixed amount as may be required by the PHA. Provision 
may be made for gradual accumulation of the security deposit by the 
tenant. Subject to applicable laws, interest earned on security deposits 
may be refunded to the tenant on vacation of the dwelling unit or used 
for tenant services or activities.
    (c) Redetermination of rent and family composition. The lease shall 
provide for redetermination of rent and family composition which shall 
include:
    (1) The frequency of regular rental redetermination and the basis 
for interim redetermination.
    (2) An agreement by the tenant to furnish such information and 
certifications regarding family composition and income as may be 
necessary for the PHA to make determinations with respect to rent, 
eligibility, and the appropriateness of dwelling size.

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    (3) An agreement by the tenant to transfer to an appropriate size 
dwelling unit based on family composition, upon appropriate notice by 
the PHA that such a dwelling unit is available.
    (4) When the PHA redetermines the amount of rent (Total Tenant 
Payment or Tenant Rent) payable by the tenant, not including 
determination of the PHA's schedule of Utility Allowances for families 
in the PHA's Public Housing Program, or determines that the tenant must 
transfer to another unit based on family composition, the PHA shall 
notify the tenant that the tenant may ask for an explanation stating the 
specific grounds of the PHA determination, and that if the tenant does 
not agree with the determination, the tenant shall have the right to 
request a hearing under the PHA grievance procedure.
    (d) Tenant's right to use and occupancy. (1) The lease shall provide 
that the tenant shall have the right to exclusive use and occupancy of 
the leased unit by the members of the household authorized to reside in 
the unit in accordance with the lease, including reasonable 
accommodation of their guests. The term guest is defined in 24 CFR 
5.100.
    (2) With the consent of the PHA, members of the household may engage 
in legal profitmaking activities in the dwelling unit, where the PHA 
determines that such activities are incidental to primary use of the 
leased unit for residence by members of the household.
    (3)(i) With the consent of the PHA, a foster child or a live-in aide 
may reside in the unit. The PHA may adopt reasonable policies concerning 
residence by a foster child or a live-in-aide, and defining the 
circumstances in which PHA consent will be given or denied. Under such 
policies, the factors considered by the PHA may include:
    (A) Whether the addition of a new occupant may necessitate a 
transfer of the family to another unit, and whether such units are 
available.
    (B) The PHA's obligation to make reasonable accommodation for 
handicapped persons.
    (ii) Live-in aide means a person who resides with an elderly, 
disabled or handicapped person and who:
    (A) Is determined to be essential to the care and well-being of the 
person;
    (B) Is not obligated for the support of the person; and
    (C) Would not be living in the unit except to provide the necessary 
supportive services.
    (e) The PHA's obligations. The lease shall set forth the PHA's 
obligations under the lease which shall include the following:
    (1) To maintain the dwelling unit and the project in decent, safe 
and sanitary condition;
    (2) To comply with requirements of applicable building codes, 
housing codes, and HUD regulations materially affecting health and 
safety;
    (3) To make necessary repairs to the dwelling unit;
    (4) To keep project buildings, facilities and common areas, not 
otherwise assigned to the tenant for maintenance and upkeep, in a clean 
and safe condition;
    (5) To maintain in good and safe working order and condition 
electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, and other 
facilities and appliances, including elevators, supplied or required to 
be supplied by the PHA;
    (6) To provide and maintain appropriate receptacles and facilities 
(except containers for the exclusive use of an individual tenant family) 
for the deposit of ashes, garbage, rubbish and other waste removed from 
the dwelling unit by the tenant in accordance with paragraph (f)(7) of 
this section;
    (7) To supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water and 
reasonable amounts of heat at appropriate times of the year (according 
to local custom and usage) except where the building that includes the 
dwelling unit is not required by law to be equipped for that purpose, or 
where heat or hot water is generated by an installation within the 
exclusive control of the tenant and supplied by a direct utility 
connection; and
    (8)(i) To notify the tenant of the specific grounds for any proposed 
adverse action by the PHA. (Such adverse action includes, but is not 
limited to, a proposed lease termination, transfer of

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the tenant to another unit, or imposition of charges for maintenance and 
repair, or for excess consumption of utilities.)
    (ii) When the PHA is required to afford the tenant the opportunity 
for a hearing under the PHA grievance procedure for a grievance 
concerning a proposed adverse action:
    (A) The notice of proposed adverse action shall inform the tenant of 
the right to request such hearing. In the case of a lease termination, a 
notice of lease termination in accordance with paragraph (l)(3) of this 
section, shall constitute adequate notice of proposed adverse action.
    (B) In the case of a proposed adverse action other than a proposed 
lease termination, the PHA shall not take the proposed action until the 
time for the tenant to request a grievance hearing has expired, and (if 
a hearing was timely requested by the tenant) the grievance process has 
been completed.
    (f) Tenant's obligations. The lease shall provide that the tenant 
shall be obligated:
    (1) Not to assign the lease or to sublease the dwelling unit;
    (2) Not to provide accommodations for boarders or lodgers;
    (3) To use the dwelling unit solely as a private dwelling for the 
tenant and the tenant's household as identified in the lease, and not to 
use or permit its use for any other purpose;
    (4) To abide by necessary and reasonable regulations promulgated by 
the PHA for the benefit and well-being of the housing project and the 
tenants which shall be posted in the project office and incorporated by 
reference in the lease;
    (5) To comply with all obligations imposed upon tenants by 
applicable provisions of building and housing codes materially affecting 
health and safety;
    (6) To keep the dwelling unit and such other areas as may be 
assigned to the tenant for the tenant's exclusive use in a clean and 
safe condition;
    (7) To dispose of all ashes, garbage, rubbish, and other waste from 
the dwelling unit in a sanitary and safe manner;
    (8) To use only in a reasonable manner all electrical, plumbing, 
sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and other facilities 
and appurtenances including elevators;
    (9) To refrain from, and to cause the household and guests to 
refrain from destroying, defacing, damaging, or removing any part of the 
dwelling unit or project;
    (10) To pay reasonable charges (other than for wear and tear) for 
the repair of damages to the dwelling unit, or to the project (including 
damages to project buildings, facilities or common areas) caused by the 
tenant, a member of the household or a guest.
    (11) To act, and cause household members or guests to act, in a 
manner which will not disturb other residents' peaceful enjoyment of 
their accommodations and will be conducive to maintaining the project in 
a decent, safe and sanitary condition;
    (12) (i) To assure that no tenant, member of the tenant's household, 
or guest engages in:
    (A) Any criminal activity that threatens the health, safety or right 
to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents; or
    (B) Any drug-related criminal activity on or off the premises;
    (ii) To assure that no other person under the tenant's control 
engages in:
    (A) Any criminal activity that threatens the health, safety or right 
to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents; or
    (B) Any drug-related criminal activity on the premises;
    (iii) To assure that no member of the household engages in an abuse 
or pattern of abuse of alcohol that affects the health, safety, or right 
to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents.
    (g) Tenant maintenance. The lease may provide that the tenant shall 
perform seasonal maintenance or other maintenance tasks, as specified in 
the lease, where performance of such tasks by tenants of dwellings units 
of a similar design and construction is customary: Provided, That such 
provision is included in the lease in good faith and not for the purpose 
of evading the obligations of the PHA. The PHA shall exempt tenants who 
are unable to perform such tasks because of age or disability.

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    (h) Defects hazardous to life, health, or safety. The lease shall 
set forth the rights and obligations of the tenant and the PHA if the 
dwelling unit is damaged to the extent that conditions are created which 
are hazardous to life, health, or safety of the occupants and shall 
provide that:
    (1) The tenant shall immediately notify project management of the 
damage;
    (2) The PHA shall be responsible for repair of the unit within a 
reasonable time: Provided, That if the damage was caused by the tenant, 
tenant's household or guests, the reasonable cost of the repairs shall 
be charged to the tenant;
    (3) The PHA shall offer standard alternative accommodations, if 
available, where necessary repairs cannot be made within a reasonable 
time; and
    (4) Provisions shall be made for abatement of rent in proportion to 
the seriousness of the damage and loss in value as a dwelling if repairs 
are not made in accordance with paragraph (h)(2) of this section or 
alternative accommodations not provided in accordance with paragraph 
(h)(3) of this section, except that no abatement of rent shall occur if 
the tenant rejects the alternative accommodation or if the damage was 
caused by the tenant, tenant's household or guests.
    (i) Pre-occupancy and pre-termination inspections. The lease shall 
provide that the PHA and the tenant or representative shall be obligated 
to inspect the dwelling unit prior to commencement of occupancy by the 
tenant. The PHA will furnish the tenant with a written statement of the 
condition of the dwelling unit, and the equipment provided with the 
unit. The statement shall be signed by the PHA and the tenant, and a 
copy of the statement shall be retained by the PHA in the tenant's 
folder. The PHA shall be further obligated to inspect the unit at the 
time the tenant vacates the unit and to furnish the tenant a statement 
of any charges to be made in accordance with paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section. Provision shall be made for the tenant's participation in the 
latter inspection, unless the tenant vacates without notice to the PHA.
    (j) Entry of dwelling unit during tenancy. The lease shall set forth 
the circumstances under which the PHA may enter the dwelling unit during 
the tenant's possession thereof, which shall include provision that:
    (1) The PHA shall, upon reasonable advance notification to the 
tenant, be permitted to enter the dwelling unit during reasonable hours 
for the purpose of performing routine inspections and maintenance, for 
making improvement or repairs, or to show the dwelling unit for re-
leasing. A written statement specifying the purpose of the PHA entry 
delivered to the dwelling unit at least two days before such entry shall 
be considered reasonable advance notification;
    (2) The PHA may enter the dwelling unit at any time without advance 
notification when there is reasonable cause to believe that an emergency 
exists; and
    (3) If the tenant and all adult members of the household are absent 
from the dwelling unit at the time of entry, the PHA shall leave in the 
dwelling unit a written statement specifying the date, time and purpose 
of entry prior to leaving the dwelling unit.
    (k) Notice procedures. (1) The lease shall provide procedures to be 
followed by the PHA and the tenant in giving notice one to the other 
which shall require that:
    (i) Except as provided in paragraph (j) of this section, notice to a 
tenant shall be in writing and delivered to the tenant or to an adult 
member of the tenant's household residing in the dwelling or sent by 
prepaid first-class mail properly addressed to the tenant; and
    (ii) Notice to the PHA shall be in writing, delivered to the project 
office or the PHA central office or sent by prepaid first-class mail 
properly addressed.
    (2) If the tenant is visually impaired, all notices must be in an 
accessible format.
    (l) Termination of tenancy and eviction.--(1) Procedures. The lease 
shall state the procedures to be followed by the PHA and by the tenant 
to terminate the tenancy.

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    (2) Grounds for termination of tenancy. The PHA may terminate the 
tenancy only for:
    (i) Serious or repeated violation of material terms of the lease, 
such as the following:
    (A) Failure to make payments due under the lease;
    (B) Failure to fulfill household obligations, as described in 
paragraph (f) of this section;
    (ii) Other good cause. Other good cause includes, but is not limited 
to, the following:
    (A) Criminal activity or alcohol abuse as provided in paragraph 
(1)(5) of this section;
    (B) Discovery after admission of facts that made the tenant 
ineligible;
    (C) Discovery of material false statements or fraud by the tenant in 
connection with an application for assistance or with reexamination of 
income;
    (D) Failure of a family member to comply with service requirement 
provisions of part 960, subpart F, of this chapter--as grounds only for 
non-renewal of the lease and termination of tenancy at the end of the 
twelve-month lease term; and
    (E) Failure to accept the PHA's offer of a lease revision to an 
existing lease: that is on a form adopted by the PHA in accordance with 
Sec. 966.3; with written notice of the offer of the revision at least 
60 calendar days before the lease revision is scheduled to take effect; 
and with the offer specifying a reasonable time limit within that period 
for acceptance by the family.
    (3) Lease termination notice. (i) The PHA must give written notice 
of lease termination of:
    (A) 14 days in the case of failure to pay rent;
    (B) A reasonable period of time considering the seriousness of the 
situation (but not to exceed 30 days):
    (1) If the health or safety of other residents, PHA employees, or 
persons residing in the immediate vicinity of the premises is 
threatened; or
    (2) If any member of the household has engaged in any drug-related 
criminal activity or violent criminal activity; or
    (3) If any member of the household has been convicted of a felony;
    (C) 30 days in any other case, except that if a State or local law 
allows a shorter notice period, such shorter period shall apply.
    (ii) The notice of lease termination to the tenant shall state 
specific grounds for termination, and shall inform the tenant of the 
tenant's right to make such reply as the tenant may wish. The notice 
shall also inform the tenant of the right (pursuant to Sec. 966.4(m)) 
to examine PHA documents directly relevant to the termination or 
eviction. When the PHA is required to afford the tenant the opportunity 
for a grievance hearing, the notice shall also inform the tenant of the 
tenant's right to request a hearing in accordance with the PHA's 
grievance procedure.
    (iii) A notice to vacate which is required by State or local law may 
be combined with, or run concurrently with, a notice of lease 
termination under paragraph (l)(3)(i) of this section.
    (iv) When the PHA is required to afford the tenant the opportunity 
for a hearing under the PHA grievance procedure for a grievance 
concerning the lease termination (see Sec. 966.51(a)(1)), the tenancy 
shall not terminate (even if any notice to vacate under State or local 
law has expired) until the time for the tenant to request a grievance 
hearing has expired, and (if a hearing was timely requested by the 
tenant) the grievance process has been completed.
    (v) When the PHA is not required to afford the tenant the 
opportunity for a hearing under the PHA administrative grievance 
procedure for a grievance concerning the lease termination (see Sec. 
966.51(a)(2)), and the PHA has decided to exclude such grievance from 
the PHA grievance procedure, the notice of lease termination under 
paragraph (l)(3)(i) of this section shall:
    (A) State that the tenant is not entitled to a grievance hearing on 
the termination.
    (B) Specify the judicial eviction procedure to be used by the PHA 
for eviction of the tenant, and state that HUD has determined that this 
eviction procedure provides the opportunity for a hearing in court that 
contains the basic elements of due process as defined in HUD 
regulations.

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    (C) State whether the eviction is for a criminal activity as 
described in Sec. 966.51(a)(2)(i)(A) or for a drug-related criminal 
activity as described in Sec. 966.51(a)(2)(i)(B).
    (4) How tenant is evicted. The PHA may evict the tenant from the 
unit either:
    (i) By bringing a court action or;
    (ii) By bringing an administrative action if law of the jurisdiction 
permits eviction by administrative action, after a due process 
administrative hearing, and without a court determination of the rights 
and liabilities of the parties. In order to evict without bringing a 
court action, the PHA must afford the tenant the opportunity for a pre-
eviction hearing in accordance with the PHA grievance procedure.
    (5) PHA termination of tenancy for criminal activity or alcohol 
abuse.
    (i) Evicting drug criminals. (A) Methamphetamine conviction. The PHA 
must immediately terminate the tenancy if the PHA determines that any 
member of the household has ever been convicted of drug-related criminal 
activity for manufacture or production of methamphetamine on the 
premises of federally assisted housing.
    (B) Drug crime on or off the premises. The lease must provide that 
drug-related criminal activity engaged in on or off the premises by any 
tenant, member of the tenant's household or guest, and any such activity 
engaged in on the premises by any other person under the tenant's 
control, is grounds for the PHA to terminate tenancy. In addition, the 
lease must provide that a PHA may evict a family when the PHA determines 
that a household member is illegally using a drug or when the PHA 
determines that a pattern of illegal use of a drug interferes with the 
health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other 
residents.
    (ii) Evicting other criminals. (A) Threat to other residents. The 
lease must provide that any criminal activity by a covered person that 
threatens the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the 
premises by other residents (including PHA management staff residing on 
the premises) or threatens the health, safety, or right to peaceful 
enjoyment of their residences by persons residing in the immediate 
vicinity of the premises is grounds for termination of tenancy.
    (B) Fugitive felon or parole violator. The PHA may terminate the 
tenancy if a tenant is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or 
confinement after conviction, for a crime, or attempt to commit a crime, 
that is a felony under the laws of the place from which the individual 
flees, or that, in the case of the State of New Jersey, is a high 
misdemeanor; or violating a condition of probation or parole imposed 
under Federal or State law.
    (iii) Eviction for criminal activity. (A) Evidence. The PHA may 
evict the tenant by judicial action for criminal activity in accordance 
with this section if the PHA determines that the covered person has 
engaged in the criminal activity, regardless of whether the covered 
person has been arrested or convicted for such activity and without 
satisfying the standard of proof used for a criminal conviction.
    (B) Notice to Post Office. When a PHA evicts an individual or family 
for criminal activity, the PHA must notify the local post office serving 
the dwelling unit that the individual or family is no longer residing in 
the unit.
    (iv) Use of criminal record. If the PHA seeks to terminate the 
tenancy for criminal activity as shown by a criminal record, the PHA 
must notify the household of the proposed action to be based on the 
information and must provide the subject of the record and the tenant 
with a copy of the criminal record before a PHA grievance hearing or 
court trial concerning the termination of tenancy or eviction. The 
tenant must be given an opportunity to dispute the accuracy and 
relevance of that record in the grievance hearing or court trial.
    (v) Cost of obtaining criminal record. The PHA may not pass along to 
the tenant the costs of a criminal records check.
    (vi) Evicting alcohol abusers. The PHA must establish standards that 
allow termination of tenancy if the PHA determines that a household 
member has:
    (A) Engaged in abuse or pattern of abuse of alcohol that threatens 
the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by 
other residents; or

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    (B) Furnished false or misleading information concerning illegal 
drug use, alcohol abuse, or rehabilitation of illegal drug users or 
alcohol abusers.
    (vii) PHA action, generally. (A) Assessment under PHAS. Under the 
Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS), PHAs that have adopted 
policies, implemented procedures and can document that they 
appropriately evict any public housing residents who engage in certain 
activity detrimental to the public housing community receive points. 
(See 24 CFR 902.43(a)(5).) This policy takes into account the importance 
of eviction of such residents to public housing communities and program 
integrity, and the demand for assisted housing by families who will 
adhere to lease responsibilities.
    (B) Consideration of circumstances. In a manner consistent with such 
policies, procedures and practices, the PHA may consider all 
circumstances relevant to a particular case such as the seriousness of 
the offending action, the extent of participation by the leaseholder in 
the offending action, the effects that the eviction would have on family 
members not involved in the offending activity and the extent to which 
the leaseholder has shown personal responsibility and has taken all 
reasonable steps to prevent or mitigate the offending action.
    (C) Exclusion of culpable household member. The PHA may require a 
tenant to exclude a household member in order to continue to reside in 
the assisted unit, where that household member has participated in or 
been culpable for action or failure to act that warrants termination.
    (D) Consideration of rehabilitation. In determining whether to 
terminate tenancy for illegal drug use or a pattern of illegal drug use 
by a household member who is no longer engaging in such use, or for 
abuse or a pattern of abuse of alcohol by a household member who is no 
longer engaging in such abuse, the PHA may consider whether such 
household member is participating in or has successfully completed a 
supervised drug or alcohol rehabilitation program, or has otherwise been 
rehabilitated successfully (42 U.S.C. 13662). For this purpose, the PHA 
may require the tenant to submit evidence of the household member's 
current participation in, or successful completion of, a supervised drug 
or alcohol rehabilitation program or evidence of otherwise having been 
rehabilitated successfully.
    (E) Length of period of mandatory prohibition on admission. If a 
statute requires that the PHA prohibit admission of persons for a 
prescribed period of time after some disqualifying behavior or event, 
the PHA may apply that prohibition for a longer period of time.
    (F) Nondiscrimination limitation. The PHA's eviction actions must be 
consistent with fair housing and equal opportunity provisions of Sec. 
5.105 of this title.
    (m) Eviction: Right to examine PHA documents before hearing or 
trial. The PHA shall provide the tenant a reasonable opportunity to 
examine, at the tenant's request, before a PHA grievance hearing or 
court trial concerning a termination of tenancy or eviction, any 
documents, including records and regulations, which are in the 
possession of the PHA, and which are directly relevant to the 
termination of tenancy or eviction. The tenant shall be allowed to copy 
any such document at the tenant's expense. A notice of lease termination 
pursuant to Sec. 966.4(l) (3) shall inform the tenant of the tenant's 
right to examine PHA documents concerning the termination of tenancy or 
eviction. If the PHA does not make documents available for examination 
upon request by the tenant (in accordance with this Sec. 966.4(m)), the 
PHA may not proceed with the eviction.
    (n) Grievance procedures. The lease shall provide that all disputes 
concerning the obligations of the tenant or the PHA shall (except as 
provided in Sec. 966.51(a)(2)) be resolved in accordance with the PHA 
grievance procedures. The grievance procedures shall comply with subpart 
B of this part.
    (o) Provision for modifications. The lease shall provide that 
modification of the lease must be accomplished by a written rider to the 
lease executed by both parties, except for paragraph (c) of this section 
and Sec. 966.5.
    (p) Signature clause. The lease shall provide a signature clause 
attesting

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that the lease has been executed by the parties.

[56 FR 51576, Oct. 11, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 13273, Mar. 26, 1996; 
65 FR 16730, Mar. 29, 2000; 66 FR 28802, May 24, 2001; 66 FR 32875, June 
18, 2001; 66 FR 33134, June 20, 2001]