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maintenance, utilities, and other services in accordance with the HAP <br />contract. The PHA must take into account complaints and any other <br />information that comes to its attention in scheduling inspections. <br />1. If the PHA determines a contract unit is not in accordance with the HQS, <br />the PHA may exercise any of its remedies under the HAP contract for all <br />or any contract units. Such remedies include termination, suspension or <br />reduction of housing assistance payments, and termination of the HAP <br />contract. <br />2. The PHA may exercise any such contractual remedy respecting a contract <br />unit even if the family continues to occupy the unit. <br />3. The PHA shall not make any housing assistance for a dwelling unit that <br />fails to meet the HQS, unless the owner corrects the defect within the <br />period specified by the PHA and the PHA verifies the correction. If a <br />defect is life threatening, the owner must correct the defect within no more <br />than 24 hours. For other defects, the owner must correct the defect within <br />no more than 30 calendar days (or any PHA-approved extension). <br />Maintenance and replacement (including redecoration) must be in accordance <br />with the standard practice for the building concerned as established by the owner. <br />1. During the term of the HAP contract, the owner must lease all contract <br />units to eligible families selected and referred by the PHA from the PHA <br />waiting list. (See 24 CFR 983.251.) <br />2. The owner is responsible for adopting written tenant selection procedures <br />that are consistent with the purpose of improving housing opportunities for <br />very low-income families and reasonably related to program eligibility <br />and an applicant’s ability to perform the lease obligations. <br />3. Consistent with HUD requirements, the owner may apply its own <br />admission procedures in determining whether to admit a family referred <br />ÛÈØ×Þ×Ì î <br /> <br />