Take Action: Submit a Comment to Require Timely Eviction Notices

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What’s happening?

In late 2024, HUD changed the rules for public housing, RAD, and Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance tenants to provide more protection before eviction for nonpayment of rent. The 2024 rule:

      1. Requires that tenants receive 30 days’ notice before an eviction can be filed for nonpayment.
      2. Requires that tenants are given an “opportunity to cure” (pay the money owed) before an eviction can be filed.
      3. Requires that the notice provide an itemized statement of charges, and information about how the tenant can lower their rent if they have lost income.
      4. Allows tenants to see the ledger which tracks their rent.

Now, the Trump administration is seeking to throw out these protections because of pressure from the real estate industry. The protections have provided tenants with critical time and information so that they can correct errors on their ledgers, recover from one-time emergencies, and access rental assistance to avoid eviction.

Without the protections, more HUD tenants will be evicted for balances they do not owe, or for temporary problems that can be solved.

What are we doing?

Right now HUD is accepting comments on its plan to get rid of the 2024 eviction protections. After reviewing the comments, HUD will publish a final rule. In order to challenge the final rule, we need to make sure the comments include as many stories and as much data as possible showing why the eviction protections are important and effective, and why the revocation of the rule will hurt tenants.

How do I submit a comment?

HUD will be accepting comments on this rule until April 27, 2026. They are required by law to read and consider the comments they receive. Any person, group, or organization can submit a comment. Comments can even be anonymous but must be submitted in English.

    1. Draft your comment using the guidance below.
    2. Complete the comment form at https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/HUD-2026-0265-0001.
    3. Send your comment to info@massunion.org so we can aggregate all the comments from Massachusetts tenants and their supporters, and potentially share your perspective (with your permission).

Comment Guidance

    1. Begin by stating your opposition: “I strongly oppose HUD’s interim final rule revoking eviction protections.”
    2. Name your demand: “HUD should immediately withdraw its current proposal and keep the 30 day notice rule intact.”
    3. Share why this is important to you. How will it affect you and your community?
      • What effect would it have on you and your community if it was easier to be evicted from federal public housing, even for small errors?
      • If you live in federal public housing:
        • What impact has having a subsidized apartment had on your life? What would you and your family face if you no longer had stable housing? What impact would this have on your employment, education, or access to medical care?
        • Have you ever experienced management making an error in recertification, calculating rent, or calculating your balance? How would you feel if you no longer had time to resolve these issues before eviction proceedings started? What impact would that have on your family?
        • Have you ever experienced an emergency that made you get behind on rent? How would you feel if you no longer had time to access rental assistance or wait for your next paycheck before eviction proceedings started? What impact would that have on your family?
      • If your housing authority has any federal housing: What effect would it have on your community if your neighbors faced unnecessary evictions and were displaced?

4. Tell HUD what you want them to do instead, like “work to keep tenants like me housed, rather than making it easier to evict us.”