; and (2) in subsection (b)(3)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking No person and inserting the following: (i) In general No person ; and (ii) by adding at the end the following: (ii) Limitation on termination No person may terminate assistance, tenancy, or occupancy rights to housing assisted under a covered housing program to a tenant solely on the basis of criminal activity, including drug-related criminal activity, engaged in by the perpetrator of the domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, if the tenant or an affiliated individual of the tenant seeks an emergency transfer, bifurcation, or pursues other means to exclude the perpetrator from the assisted housing. ; (B) in subparagraph (B)— (i) in clause (i), by inserting after a public housing agency the following: , participating jurisdictions, Continuums of Care, grantees, ; (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting after public housing agency each place it appears the following: , participating jurisdictions, Continuums of Care, grantees, ; (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (E); and (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: (C) Victim housing protection If a family break-up results from an occurrence of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, the covered housing provider must ensure that the victim retains the assistance. (D) Early termination A public housing agency, participating jurisdictions, Continuums of Care, grantees, or owner or manager of housing assisted under a covered housing program must permit a tenant assisted under a covered housing program to terminate the lease early, without penalty, if the tenant has been a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and the tenant— (i) expressly sends notice of the early lease termination in writing; and (ii) (I) the tenant reasonably believes that the tenant is threatened with imminent harm from further violence if the tenant remains within the same dwelling unit subject to the lease