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Non-Compliance with Supportive Services Requirement [24 CFR 983.257(c), FR Notice ll/24/08] If a family is living in a project-based unit that is excepted from the 25 percent per project cap on project-basing because of participation in a supportive services program (e.g., Family Self- Sufficiency), and the family fails to complete its supportive services requirement without good cause, such failure is grounds for lease termination by the owner. Tenant Absence from the Unit [24 CFR 983.256(g) and 982.312(a)] The owner may specify in the lease a maximum period of tenant absence from the unit that is shorter than the maximum period permitted by SAHA policy. According to program requirements, the family's assistance must be terminated if they are absent from the unit for more than 180 consecutive days. Security Deposits [24 CFR 983.258] The owner may collect a security deposit from the tenant. SAHA may prohibit security deposits in excess of private market practice, or in excess of amounts charged by the owner to unassisted tenants. When the tenant moves out of a contract unit, the owner, subject to state and local law, may use the security deposit, including any interest on the deposit, in accordance with the lease, as reimbursement for any unpaid tenant rent, damages to the unit, or other amounts owed by the tenant under the lease. The owner must give the tenant a written list of al items charged against the security deposit and the amount of each item. After deducting the amount used to reimburse the owner, the owner must promptly refund the full amount of the balance to the tenant. If the security deposit does not cover the amount owed by the tenant under the lease, the owner may seek to collect the balance form the tenant. SAHA has no liability or responsibility for payment of any amount owed by the family to the owner. 17-VILC. MOVES Overcrowded, Under-Occupied, and Accessible Units [24 CFR 983.259] If SAHA determines that a family is occupying a wrong size unit, based on SAHA's subsidy standards, or a unit with accessibility features that the family does not require, and the unit is needed by a family that does require the features, SAHA will notify the family and the owner of this determination within 14 days, and SAHA will offer the family the following types of continued assistance in the following order, based on the availability of assistance: PBV assistance in the same building or project; PBV assistance in another project; and Tenant-based voucher assistance. If SAHA offers the family atenant-based voucher, SAHA must terminate the housing assistance payments for awrong-sized or accessible unit at expiration of the term of the family's voucher (including any extension granted by SAHA). ii/29/io Page 17-23