---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 578.91"
title: "24"
number: "578.91"
heading: "Termination of assistance to program participants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/578.91"
---

# §578.91. Termination of assistance to program participants.

- (a) **Termination of assistance.** The recipient or subrecipient may terminate assistance to a program participant who violates program requirements or conditions of occupancy. Termination under this section does not bar the recipient or subrecipient from providing further assistance at a later date to the same individual or family.
- (b) **Due process.** In terminating assistance to a program participant, the recipient or subrecipient must provide a formal process that recognizes the rights of individuals receiving assistance under the due process of law. This process, at a minimum, must consist of:
  - (1) Providing the program participant with a written copy of the program rules and the termination process before the participant begins to receive assistance;
  - (2) Written notice to the program participant containing a clear statement of the reasons for termination;
  - (3) A review of the decision, in which the program participant is given the opportunity to present written or oral objections before a person other than the person (or a subordinate of that person) who made or approved the termination decision; and
  - (4) **Prompt written notice of the final decision to the program participant.**
- (c) **Hard-to-house populations.** Recipients and subrecipients that are providing permanent supportive housing for hard-to-house populations of homeless persons must exercise judgment and examine all extenuating circumstances in determining when violations are serious enough to warrant termination so that a program participant's assistance is terminated only in the most severe cases.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1701x, 1701 x-1; 42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 77 FR 45442, July 31, 2012, unless otherwise noted.