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• The family has not committed any serious or repeated lease violations within the last 3 years. <br />• For elderly or disabled families, welfare assistance payments for adult family members who <br />will own the home will be included in determining whether the family meets the minimum <br />income requirement. It will not be included for other families. <br />• The family must satisfy the employment requirements by demonstrating that one or more <br />adult members of the family who will own the home at commencement of homeownership <br />assistance is currently employed on afull-time basis (the term 'full-time employment' means <br />not less than an average of 30 hours per week); and has been continuously so employed <br />during the year before commencement of homeownership assistance for the family. <br />• The employment requirement does not apply to elderly and disabled families. In addition, if a <br />family, other than an elderly or disabled family includes a person with disabilities, SARA <br />must grant an exemption from the employment requirement if SARA determines that it is <br />needed as a reasonable accommodation. <br />• The family has not defaulted on a mortgage securing debt to purchase a home under the <br />homeownership option <br />• Except for cooperative members who have acquired cooperative membership shares prior to <br />commencement of homeownership assistance, no family member has a present ownership <br />interest in a residence at the commencement of homeownership assistance for the purchase of <br />any home. <br />• Except for cooperative members who have acquired cooperative membership shares prior to <br />the commencement of homeownership assistance, the family has entered a contract of sale in <br />accordance with 24 CFR 982.631(c). <br />15-VII.C. SELECTION OF FAMILIES [24 CFR 982.626] <br />SARA limits the number of families that may participate in the homeownership option to 1 o per <br />year. If more than 1 o families are determined eligible, a wait list will be established. <br />15-VII.D. ELIGIBLE UNITS [24 CFR 982.628] <br />In order for a unit to be eligible, SARA must determine that the unit satisfies all of the following <br />requirements: <br />The unit must meet HUD's "eligible housing" requirements. The unit may not be any of the <br />following: <br />- A public housing or Indian housing unit; <br />- A unit receiving Section 8 project-based assistance; <br />- A nursing home, board and care home, or facility providing continual psychiatric, <br />medical or nursing services; <br />- A college or other school dormitory; <br />- On the grounds of penal, reformatory, medical, mental, or similar public or private <br />institutions. <br />7/02/12 Page 15-13 <br />