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information regarding income, expenses, and family composition [24 CFR 5.230]. An applicant family must also meet HUD requirements related to current or past criminal activity. SAHA will determine an applicant family's eligibility for the PBV program in accordance with the policies in Chapter 3. 17-VLC. SELECTION FROM THE WAITING LIST [24 CFR 983.251(c)] Applicants who will occupy units with PBV assistance will be selected from SAHA's waiting list. SAHA has established selection criteria or preferences for occupancy of particular PBV units. If SAHA's wait list is closed and it is determined there are not enough eligible families for the PBV units, SAHA will open for applications for the specific population. SAHA will notify the owner of application intake so any project wait lists can be referred to SAHA. Income Targeting [24 CFR 983.251(c)(6)] At least 75 percent of the families admitted to SAHA's tenant-based and project-based voucher programs during SAHA's fiscal year from the waiting list must be extremely-low income families. The income targeting requirement applies to the total of admissions to both programs. Units with Accessibility Features [24 CFR 983.251(c)(7)] When selecting families to occupy PBV units that have special accessibility features for persons with disabilities, SAHA must first refer families who require such features to the owner. Preferences [24 CFR 983.251(d) , FR Notice 11/24/08] SAHA will use the same selection preferences that are used for the tenant-based voucher program, establish selection criteria or preferences for the PBV program as a whole, or for occupancy of particular PBV developments or units. SAHA will provide an absolute selection preference for eligible in-place families as described in Section 17-VI.B. above. Although SAHA is prohibited from granting preferences to persons with a specific disability, SAHA may give preference to disabled families who need services offered at a particular project or site if the preference is limited to families (including individuals): ~ With disabilities that significantly interfere with their ability to obtain and maintain themselves in housing; ~ Who, without appropriate supportive services, will not be able to obtain or maintain themselves in housing; and ~ For whom such services cannot be provided in anon-segregated setting. In advertising such a project, the owner may advertise the project as offering services for a particular type of disability; however, the project must be open to all otherwise eligible disabled persons who may benefit from services provided in the project. In these projects, disabled residents may not be required to accept the particular services offered as a condition of occupancy. If SAHA has projects with more than 25 percent of the units receiving project-based assistance because those projects include "excepted units" (units specifically made available for elderly or disabled families, or families receiving supportive services), SAHA must give preference to such families when referring families to these units [24 CFR 983.261(b)]. iii29iio Page 17-18