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Corrections to the RTA/proposed lease will only be accepted as hard copies, in-person, by mail, or by fax. SAHA will not accept corrections over the phone. If SAHA determines that the tenancy cannot be approved for any reason, the owner and the family will be notified by telephone or in writing and given the opportunity to address any reasons for disapproval. SAHA will instruct the owner and family of the steps that are necessary to approve the tenancy. Where the tenancy is not approvable because the unit is not approvable, the family must continue to search for eligible housing within the timeframe of the issued voucher. If the tenancy is not approvable due to rent affordability (including rent burden and rent reasonableness), SAHA will attempt to negotiate the rent with the owner. If a new, approvable rent is negotiated, the tenancy will be approved. If the owner is not willing to negotiate an approvable rent, the family must continue to search for eligible housing within the timeframe of the issued voucher. 9-LG. HAP CONTRACT EXECUTION [24 CFR 982.305] The HAP contract is a written agreement between SAHA and the owner of the dwelling unit occupied by a housing choice voucher assisted family. Under the HAP contract, SAHA agrees to make housing assistance payments to the owner on behalf of a specific family occupying a specific unit and obliges the owner to comply with all program requirements. The HAP contract format is prescribed by HUD. If SAHA has given approval for the family to enter into a lease for the assisted tenancy, the owner and SAHA execute the HAP contract. The term of the HAP contract must be the same as the term of the lease [24 CFR 982.451(a)(2)]. SAHA is permitted to execute a HAP contract even if the funding currently available does not extend for the full term of the HAP contract. SAHA must make a best effort to ensure that the HAP contract is executed before the beginning of the lease term. Regardless, the HAP contract must be executed no later than 60 calendar days from the beginning of the lease term. SAHA may not pay any housing assistance payment to the owner until the HAP contract has been executed. If the HAP contract is executed during the period of 60 calendar days from the beginning of the lease term, SAHA will pay housing assistance payments after execution of the HAP contract (in accordance with the terms of the HAP contract), to cover the portion of the lease term before execution of the HAP contract (a maximum of 60 days). Any HAP contract executed after the 60-day period is void, and SAHA may not pay any housing assistance payment to the owner. The owner and the assisted family will execute the dwelling lease and the owner must provide a copy to SAHA. SAHA will ensure that both the owner and the assisted family receive copies of the dwelling lease. The owner and SAHA will execute the HAP contract. SAHA will not execute the HAP contract until the owner has submitted IRS form W-9. SAHA will ensure that the owner receives a copy of the executed HAP contract. 11/29/10 Page 9-8