If a family moves out of a unit on March 25th, what happens to the April HAP check?

If a family vacates a unit on March 25th, the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) check for April typically becomes invalid since the assistance is tied to the family's occupancy of the unit. When a family leaves a rental property, the housing authority is no longer responsible for covering the rent from the HAP program for that unit starting in the following month. Therefore, the owner is required to return the April HAP payment, as the assistance is intended only for families that are currently residing in the unit. This maintains the integrity of the program, ensuring that subsidies are allocated only when the eligible families occupy approved housing.

In other scenarios, such as keeping the payment regardless or forwarding it to a new tenant, would not align with the regulations governing the program, which clearly dictate that HAP funds are contingent upon active tenancy.