Q&A: Unit Split

Question:  Mother and Adult Daughter lived in one unit with their kids.  Mother went on our waiting list and is now moving into another unit with her kids next Friday, March 8^th.   We’re not quite sure what to do with the daughter’s rent for March.  Do we charge her the full amount or can we do an interim mid month?  Is this considered a transfer, or do you do a move-out of one and new move-in for another? ~ Ruthie in SC

Answer: There would be a Move-In cert for the mother and her kids, effective March 8 when they move into their new unit.  The adult daughter remaining in the old unit would have an IR with an effective date of either April 1 (if the rent is unchanged or goes down) or May 1 (if the household’s rent will go up).  Move-Outs and Unit Transfers are only done when the entire household moves out, or moves to another unit.  In the TRACS MAT Guide this scenario is known as a “split”.