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. Administrative Plan 7/1/2025 <br /> <br />Page 3-29 <br />3-III.E. SCREENING <br />Screening for Eligibility <br />PHAs are authorized to obtain criminal conviction records from law enforcement agencies to <br />screen applicants for admission to the HCV program. This authority assists the PHA in <br />complying with HUD requirements and PHA policies to deny assistance to applicants who are <br />engaging in or have engaged in certain criminal activities. In order to obtain access to the records <br />the PHA must require every applicant family to submit a consent form signed by each adult <br />household member [24 CFR 5.903]. <br />SAHA Policy <br />SAHA will perform a criminal background check through local law enforcement for <br />every adult household member. <br />While a PHA has regulatory authority to use criminal conviction records for the purpose of <br />applicant screening for admission, there is no corresponding authority to use these records to <br />check for criminal and illegal drug activity by participants, and therefore, PHAs may not use <br />records for this purpose. <br />PHAs are required to perform criminal background checks necessary to determine whether any <br />household member is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a state sex offender <br />program in the state where the housing is located, as well as in any other state where a household <br />member is known to have resided [24 CFR 982.553(a)(2)(i)]. <br />SAHA Policy <br />SAHA will use the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender database to screen applicants <br />for admission. <br />Additionally, PHAs must ask whether the applicant, or any member of the applicant’s household, <br />is subject to a lifetime registered sex offender registration requirement in any state [Notice <br />PIH 2012-28]. <br />If the PHA proposes to deny assistance based on a criminal record or on lifetime sex offender <br />registration information, the PHA must notify the household of the proposed action and must <br />provide the subject of the record and the applicant a copy of the record and an opportunity to <br />dispute the accuracy and relevance of the information prior to a denial of admission. [24 CFR <br />5.903(f) and 5.905(d)]. <br />EXHIBIT 1