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Steven, have you tried to take the paperwork to the manager in person. You may be able to get them to sign it and then you could give it to your case worker.

Are you trying to end your lease early? To me it sounds like you are trying to terminate your lease agreement early, and if that’s the case, I don’t blame the landlord. From my experience Housing Authorities require tenants to enter into a yearly contract. So you are probably asking for permission to terminate your agreement early, in which case your landlord has right not to. When is your lease term up? If you signed and agreement to live there for a specific time-frame, then you are required by section 8 guidelines to remain through the end of the agreement.

Fair Housing– That only applies to discrimination. Since they rented to you in the first place, they haven’t violated Fair Housing Laws. It seems they are wanting you to stay, so how is that violating any type of Fair Housing Law? As was mentioned earlier, if you are trying to end your lease early, why should the landlord agree to let you out of a contract you signed? Although, hind sight, never agree to rent a place until you know what is happening with the current one. If your agreement is month to month, which isn’t how Section 8 works, then yes, you should be able to move. But ending your term early, that’s a different story.