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<br /> <br />Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program Interjurisdictional Administration Page 13 of 15 <br />ATTACHMENT II <br /> <br />Additional Terms for Administration of Project Based Vouchers (PBV) for Housing Choice Voucher <br />(HCV) Recipients and/or for Special Purpose Voucher (SPV) Recipients in the Host PHA’s Jurisdiction: <br /> <br />1. Definition of Terms: <br /> <br />“Agreement to enter into Housing Assistance Program contract (AHAP)”: The Agreement is a written <br />contract between the PHA and the owner in the form prescribed by HUD. The Agreement defines <br />requirements for development of housing to be assisted. When development is completed by the <br />owner in accordance with the Agreement, the PHA enters into a HAP contract with the owner. <br />“Environmental review”: The federally required review under the National Environmental Policy Act of <br />1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and related applicable federal laws and authorities in accordance with 24 <br />CFR 58.5 and 58.6. <br />“Family Unification Program (FUP)”: FUP is a SPV program where vouchers are made available to <br />families for whom the lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in the imminent placement of the <br />family’s child, or children, in out-of-home care, or in the delay of discharge of the child, or children, to <br />the family from out-of-home care. FUP vouchers are also made available to youths ages 18 to 25 who <br />left foster care at age 16 or older who lack adequate housing. The FUP is generally administered in <br />partnership with the Social Services Agency (SSA). <br />“Housing Assistance Program (HAP) Contract”: The housing assistance payments contract between <br />the PHA and the owner. <br />“Non-Elderly Disabled (NED)”: Non-Elderly Disabled is a SPV program that is designed to provide <br />assisted housing to families whose head, spouse, or co-head is disabled and under 62 as of the date of <br />signing the HAP contract. NED Category 2 vouchers are specifically for non-elderly people with <br />disabilities transitioning from nursing homes or other health facilities into the community. <br />“Responsible entity (RE)”: The unit of general local government within which the project is located that <br />exercises land use responsibility for purposes of determining to whom the required Environmental <br />Review should be submitted. <br />“Special Purpose Vouchers (SPV)”: Special Purpose Vouchers are specifically provided for by <br />Congress in line item appropriations which distinguish them from regular vouchers. Examples of SPV <br />include but are not limited to Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH), Family Unification Program <br />(FUP), Mainstream Vouchers, Non-Elderly Disabled, and Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs). <br />“Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH)”: VASH is a SPV program that combines HCV rental <br />assistance for homeless veterans with case management and clinical services provided by the <br />Department of Veterans Affairs at its medical centers and in the community. <br />2. Environmental Review and Subsidy Layering Review <br />If the host City has funding or project-based vouchers in a project that triggers the need for an <br />Environmental Review, the host City shall be responsible for the completion of an Environmental <br />Review as outlined in 24 CFR part 50 and 58 for submission to the Responsible Entity(ies). The issuing <br />PHA shall collaborate with and provide general guidance as necessary to the host City. The host City <br />shall provide proof of submission, a copy of the Environmental Review and copy of the HUD form <br />7015.16 – Authority to Use Grant Funds, to the issuing PHA within 3 business days of its submission to <br />the Responsible Entity(ies) and upon receipt of approval. <br />EXHIBIT 1