For those that need clarification of extended apartment unit absences per HUD regulations and Lease Agreements signed yearly.
This is an excerpt from your Lease Agreement and HUD regulations:
The Lease Agreement and HUD regulations assume you will be physically present and occupying your apartment unit in a regular and consistent manner. The provisions of the Lease Agreement state that you must live in the apartment and the apartment unit must be your only residence. If for any reason you will be absent from your apartment for a period of ten (10) or more days, you must immediately contact the site manager and advise the manager of the circumstances of your absence and the amount of time you expect to be absent from your apartment unit. An "extended absence" is grounds for termination of the Lease Agreement. An extended absence is defined as the tenant being absent from the unit for longer than sixty (60) consecutive days, for any reason whether voluntary or involuntary in nature, including, but not limited to, imprisonment, vacation, bereavement or illness. Any extended absence will be considered an abandonment of the apartment unit and a material and substantial violation of the Lease Agreement, subject to legal action to pursue termination of tenancy.
In the event your absence is either voluntary or involuntary in nature, such as bereavement or incarceration, and your absence from the apartment unit exceeds sixty(60) days, then your Lease Agreement will terminate as you are no longer living in your apartment unit. In the event you are hospitalized for more than sixty (60) continuous days and you submit written verification of your hospitalization, then management will review your situation in making a determination concerning the termination of your Lease Agreement, however, if your hospitalization is longer than one hundred eighty (180) continuous days, such hospitalization will be considered and extended absence subjecting your Lease Agreement to termination. During any absence, rental payments must be made in a timely manner.
