A new federal law passed Jan. 30 may displace some student tenants of University Village, which provides government-subsidized housing.

The law, which falls under the Department of Housing and Urban Development and is titled Eligibility of Students for Assisted Housing Under Section 8 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, restructures the qualifications for eligibility.

Among the six new qualifications, students must be under 24 years of age and unmarried without a dependent child.

Students will be re-evaluated for eligibility, although no current tenants will be evicted regardless of their new status under the law, said Keith Eal, property supervisor at the apartment complex.

“They may lose their apartment, but eviction is an illegal action,” Eal said. “We’re doing it at the time of renewal and people will be re-assessed.”

However, some tenants have expressed concern about their current lease.

According to one tenant, who wished to remain anonymous, tenants received a flier in their mailboxes regarding the new requirements.

“My lease is not over until December and for everything they have listed, I don’t qualify,” the source said. “A lot of people don’t know if [the flier] is for current tenants or new applicants.”

Though University Village must follow all new laws, no one’s lease will be voided, Eal said.

“Initially they wanted us to do it all at once and we told them it would be a hardship for us and the people who live there,” he said.

Lynn Richards, assistant director of Student Legal Assistance, said the office is in the process of researching the law and is available to help any students who may be affected by it.

“Our goal is to help students stay in the housing they are entitled,” Eal said. “This has to do with federal housing under the federal and urban development law.”