A person receiving section 8 benefits has an interest in continued receipt of those benefits that is safeguarded by procedural due process. ( Nozzi v. Hous. Auth. (9th Cir. 2015) 806 F.3d 1178, 1192, as amended on denial of rehg. en banc (Jan. 29, 2016), citing Goldberg v. Kelly (1970) 397 U.S. 254, 267, 90 S.Ct. 1011, 25 L.Ed.2d 287 ( Goldberg ).) To terminate section 8 housing assistance, due process requires, among other things, timely and adequate notice of the reasons for the proposed termination and a written decision following a pre-termination hearing that states the reasons for the determination *689and the evidence on which the decision maker relied. ( McCall v. Montgomery Hous. Auth. (M.D. Ala. 2011) 809 F.Supp.2d 1314, 1324, citing Goldberg, supra , at pp. 266-271, 90 S.Ct. 1011.) The purpose of the written notice is "to inform the tenant of the allegations so that he can prepare a defense." ( Edgecomb v. Hous. Auth. (D. Conn. 1993) 824 F.Supp. 312, 314.) In light of that purpose, the notice must be "sufficiently specific ... to enable [the tenant] to prepare rebuttal evidence to introduce at his hearing appearance." ( Id. at p. 315.) At the hearing, the hearing officer must determine whether the termination of benefits is in accordance with the law, federal regulations, and departmental policies and issue a written decision. ( Cole v. Metro. Council HRA (Minn. Ct.App. 2004) 686 N.W.2d 334, 338.) While "due process generally requires the decision-maker to state the reasons for his determination and indicate the evidence upon which he relied ... the decision need not amount to a 'full opinion or even formal findings of fact and conclusions of law.' " ( McCall , supra , at p. 1324.) The purpose of the written decision is, in part, to demonstrate that "the decisionmaker's conclusion as to the recipient's eligibility ... rest[s] solely on the legal rules and evidence adduced at the hearing." ( Goldberg , supra , at p. 271, 90 S.Ct. 1011.)