Form: HUD-5380 VAWA Notice of Occupancy Rights

  • Guidance Document

Guidance Document


A covered housing provider must provide a copy of the Notice of Occupancy Rights Under The Violence Against Women Act (Form HUD-5380) when someone is admitted as a tenant, when they receive an eviction or termination notice and prior to termination of tenancy, or when they are denied as an applicant. A covered housing provider may provide these forms at additional times. 

If the tenant speaks or reads in a language other than English, their covered housing provider must give them language assistance regarding their VAWA protections (for example, oral interpretation and/or written translation). 

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