Understanding Unit Maintenance

If the area of a unit changes, or if a landlord plans to reallocate unit space at a future date, you can divide existing units into multiple units by reabsorbing them in the AREF Unit Maintenance program (P15L101). When you reabsorb a unit, for audit purposes, the system assigns the original unit number to the new units that result. The system also automatically updates the unit end date of the original unit with a date that is one day prior to the begin date of the first reabsorbed unit, if entered.

You can create as many new units as necessary using the reabsorb process as long as the area of the new units equals the area of the original unit.