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3/10/2021 Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR) housing program", as defined in 24 CFR 5.2003, the agreement may provide that the owner's obligations under 24 CFR part 5, subpart L (Protection for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking), expire at the end of the rental assistance period. (f) Late payments. The recipient or subrecipient must make timely payments to each owner in accordance with the rental assistance agreement. The rental assistance agreement must contain the same payment due date, grace period, and late payment penalty requirements as the program participant's lease. The recipient or subrecipient is solely responsible for paying late payment penalties that it incurs with non-ESG funds. (g) Lease. Each program participant receiving rental assistance must have a legally binding, written lease for the rental unit, unless the assistance is solely for rental arrears. The lease must be between the owner and the program participant. Where the assistance is solely for rental arrears, an oral agreement may be accepted in place of a written lease, if the agreement gives the program participant an enforceable leasehold interest under state law and the agreement and rent owed are sufficiently documented by the owner's financial records, rent ledgers, or canceled checks. For program participants living in housing with project -based rental assistance under paragraph (i) of this section, the lease must have an initial term of 1 year. Each lease executed on or after December 16, 2016 must include a lease provision or incorporate a lease addendum that includes all requirements that apply to tenants, the owner or lease under 24 CFR part 5, subpart L (Protection for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking), as supplemented by 24 CFR 576.409, including the prohibited bases for eviction and restrictions on construing lease terms under 24 CFR 5.2005(b) and (c). If the housing is not assisted under another "covered housing program," as defined in 24.CFR 5.2003, the lease provision or lease addendum may be written to expire at the end of the rental assistance period. (h) Tenant -based rental assistance. (1) A program participant who receives tenant -based rental assistance may select a housing unit in which to live and may move to another unit or building and continue to receive rental assistance, as long as the program participant continues to meet the program requirements. (2) The recipient may require that all program participants live within a particular area for the period in which the rental assistance is provided. (3) The rental assistance agreement with the owner must terminate and no further rental assistance payments under that agreement may be made if: (i) The program participant moves out of the housing unit for which the program participant has a lease; (ii) The lease terminates and is not renewed; or (iii) The program participant becomes ineligible to receive ESG rental assistance. (i) Project -based rental assistance. If the recipient or subrecipient identifies a permanent housina unit that meets ESG reauirements and becomes available before a oroaram https:llw .ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?node=pt24.3.576&rgn=div5 20/58