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10-II.C. RECEIVING PHA ROLE If a family has a right to lease a unit in the receiving PHA's jurisdiction under portability, the receiving PHA must provide assistance for the family [24 CFR 982.355(10)]. The receiving PHA's procedures and preferences for selection among eligible applicants do not apply, and the receiving PHA's waiting list is not used [24 CFR 982.3 55(10)] .However, the family's unit, or voucher, size is determined in accordance with the subsidy standards of the receiving PHA [24 CFR 982.355(7)], and the amount of the family's housing assistance payment is determined in the same manner as for other families in the receiving PHA's voucher program [24 CFR 982.355(e)(2)]. Responding to Initial PHA's Request The receiving PHA must respond via e-mail or other confirmed delivery method to the initial PHA's inquiry to determine whether the family's voucher will be billed or absorbed. If the receiving PHA informs the initial PHA that it will be absorbing the voucher, the receiving PHA cannot reverse its decision at a later date [Notice PIH 2011-3 ] . Initial Contact with Family When a family moves into SAHA's jurisdiction under portability, the family is responsible for promptly contacting SARA and complying with SAHA's procedures for incoming portable families [24 CFR 982.355(c)(3)]. If the voucher issued to the family by the initial PHA has expired, the receiving PHA does not process the family's paperwork but instead refers the family back to the initial PHA [Notice PIH 2011-3]. Within 10 days after receiving the portability document, the receiving PHA will notify the initial PHA whether it intends to bill the receiving PHA on behalf of the portable family or absorb the family into its own program. If for any reason the receiving PHA refuses to process or provide assistance to a family under the portability procedures, the family must be given the opportunity for an informal review or hearing [Notice PIH 2011-3 ] . (For more on this topic, see later under "Denial or Termination of Assistance.") Briefing HUD allows the receiving PHA to require a briefing for an incoming portable family as long as the requirement does not unduly delay the family's search [Notice PIH 2011-3]. SARA will provide the family with a briefing packet (as described in Chapter 5) and, in an individual briefing, will orally inform the family about SAHA's payment and subsidy standards, procedures for requesting approval of a unit, the unit inspection process, and the leasing process. Income Eligibility and Reexamination HUD allows the receiving PHA to conduct its own income reexamination of a portable family [24 CFR 982.355(c)(4)].Rowever, the receiving PHA may not delay voucher issuance or unit approval until the reexamination process is complete unless the reexamination is necessary to Page 10-10 7/02/12