Special admission is admission of an applicant or issuance of a voucher to a participant not on a waiting list or admission of an applicant without any consideration as to the applicant’s placement on a waiting list. In the categories listed below, applicant/participants will not go on a waiting list and will be offered an available voucher before a voucher is issued to the next applicant on a THDA waiting list:

1. (1) Participating families relocating to a new housing unit;
2. (2) Families absorbed under portability;
3. (3) Families included in project-based opt outs and conversion actions; and
4. (4) Families assisted through HUD disaster programs.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 13-23-104 and 13-23-115(18), 42 U.S.C. § 1437, and 24 C.F.R., Part 982. Administrative History: Original rule filed May 16, 1980; effective June 30, 1980. Repeal and new rule filed September 28, 2004; effective December 12, 2004. Repeal and new rule filed June 4, 2015; effective September 2, 2015.