Lease Violations

The Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis will not renew the lease of any family that is not in compliance with the community service requirement or an approved Agreement to Cure. If they do not voluntarily leave the property, eviction proceedings will begin. 

The Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis will terminate the lease for serious or repeated violations of material lease terms. Such violations include but are not limited to the following: 

A. Nonpayment of rent or other charges; 
B. Repeated late payment, which shall be defined as failure to pay the amount of rent or other charges due by the sixth (6th) of the month.  Four such late payments within a 12 month period shall constitute a repeated late payment; 
C. Failure to provide timely and accurate information regarding family composition, income circumstances, or other information related to eligibility or rent; 
D. Failure to allow inspection of the unit; 
E. Failure to maintain the unit in a safe and sanitary manner; 
F. Assignment or subletting of the premises;
G. Use of the premises for purposes other than as a dwelling unit (other than for housing authority approved resident businesses); 
H. Destruction of property; 
I. Acts of destruction, to include but not limited to defacement, tenant or guest caused fires, removal of any part of the premises, and failure to cause guests to refrain from such acts;
J. Any criminal activity on the property or drug-related criminal activity on or off the premises. This includes but is not limited to the manufacture of methamphetamine on the premises of The Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis; 
K. Non-compliance with Non-Citizen Rule requirements;
L. Permitting persons not on the lease to reside in the unit more than fourteen (14) days each year without the prior written approval of the Housing Authority; and 
M. Other good cause. 

The Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis will take immediate action to evict any household that includes an individual who is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a State sex offender registration program.