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Offering payments or other incentives to the owner or a third party as an inducement for the third party to make false or misleading statements to SARA on the family's behalf Use of a false name or the use of falsified, forged, or altered documents Intentional misreporting of family information or circumstances (e.g. income, family composition) Omitted facts that were obviously known by a family member (e. g., not reporting employment income) Admission of program abuse by an adult family member SARA may determine other actions to be program abuse based upon a preponderance of the evidence, as defined earlier in this chapter. Penalties for Program Abuse In the case of program abuse caused by a family SARA may, at its discretion, impose any of the following remedies. • SARA may require the family to repay excess subsidy amounts paid by SARA, as described earlier in this section. • SARA may require, as a condition of receiving or continuing assistance, that a culpable family member not reside in the unit. See policies in Chapter 3 (for applicants) and Chapter 12 (for participants). • SARA may deny or terminate the family's assistance following the policies set forth in Chapter 3 and Chapter 12 respectively. • SARA may refer the family for state or federal criminal prosecution as described in section 14-II.E. 14-II.C. OWNER-CAUSED ERROR OR PROGRAM ABUSE Owner requirements that are part of the regular process of offering, leasing, and maintaining a unit (e.g., HQS compliance, fair housing) are addressed in the appropriate chapters of this plan. This section focuses on errors and program abuse by owners. An incorrect subsidy determination caused by an owner generally would be the result of an incorrect owner statement about the characteristics ofthe assisted unit (e.g., the number of bedrooms, which utilities are paid by the family). It also includes accepting duplicate housing assistance payments for the same unit in the same month, or after a family no longer resides in t e unit. Owner Reimbursement to SAHA In all cases of overpayment of subsidy caused by the owner, the owner must repay to SARA any excess subsidy received. SAHA may recover overpaid amounts by withholding housing assistance payments due for subsequent months, or if the debt is large, SARA may allow the owner to pay in installments over a period of time [HCV GB p. 22-13 ] . Incases where the owner has received excess subsidy, SARA will require the owner to repay the amount owed in accordance with the policies in Section 16-IV.B. ~~02~12 Page 14-6