Seems kind of simple to me. Do you expect appreciation in excessive of the assistance benefit 3 years down the road. If yes, keep the house and use the rental income to rent in this far away city. If not then sell now. The over 1.4-1.5 million market is pretty slow but things are pretty good in the 1.1 million dollar range so you can probably expect some appreciation but I wouldn’t expect 10-20% per year meaning you’d get priced out.