Tenant wants to end lease early due to bad area

[Chris Bergeron]

Good Morning! 

I have a quick questions and wanted to see if anyone has encountered this before. I have a Section 8 tenant who moved into one of my properties about 4 months ago. She has been an amazing tenant and I really enjoy working with her. She has been complaining about the area, and finally told me today that she wants to move out of the home because she is afraid of the area, and walking her daughters to the bus stop there are kids with guns, and there are shootings in the area every so often (this is a poverty stricken area, so I understand her concerns)

She wants to break her lease and move out early (she signed a year lease and also gave me a $1,100 deposit) Should I require her to wait until we find a new tenant? Give me 30 days notice and then vacate? Return her deposit? Etc. Any advice on this matter would be greatly helpful! Thanks