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PART VIII: DETERMINATION OF INSUFFICIENT FUNDING 16-VIII.A. OVERVIEW The HCV regulations allow PHAs to deny families permission to move and to terminate Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contracts if funding under the consolidated ACC is insufficient to support continued assistance [24 CFR 982.314(e)(1) and 982.454] .Insufficient funding may also impact the PHA's ability to issue vouchers to families on the waiting list. This part discusses the methodology the PHA will use to determine whether or not the PHA has sufficient funding to issue vouchers, approve moves, and to continue subsidizing all families currently under a HAP contract. 16-VIII.B. METHODOLOGY SARA will determine whether there is adequate funding to issue vouchers, approve moves to higher cost units and areas, and continue subsidizing all current participants by comparing SAHA's annual budget authority to the annual total HAP needs on a monthly basis. The total HAP needs for the calendar year will be proj ected by establishing the actual HAP costs year to date. To that figure, SARA will add anticipated HAP expenditures for the remainder of the calendar year. Projected HAP expenditures will be calculated by multiplying the proj ected number of units leased per remaining months by the most current month's average HAP. The projected number of units leased per month will take into account the average monthly turnover of participant families. If the total annual HAP needs equal or exceed the annual budget authority, or if SARA cannot support the cost of the proposed subsidy commitment (voucher issuance or move) based on the funding analysis, SARA will be considered to have insufficient funding. If for reason of insufficient funding, vouchers must be revoked and HAP contract cancelled, SARA will follow a last in, first out policy. Any families who lose assistance due to insufficient funding will be placed on a list to be offered assistance when funding is available. PART IX: NOTIFICATION REGARDING APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005 (VAWA) The Violence against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005 (VAWA) requires PHAs to inform assisted tenants of their rights under this law, including their right to confidentiality and the limits thereof. Since VAWA provides protections for applicants as well as tenants, PHAs may elect to provide the same information to applicants. VAWA also requires PHAs to inform owners and managers of their obligations under this law [24 CFR 5.2007(3)]. This part describes the steps that the PHA will take to ensure that all actual and potential beneficiaries of its housing choice voucher program are notified about their rights and that owners and managers are notified of their obligations under VAWA. SARA will post the following information regarding VAWA in its offices and on its Web site. It will also make the information readily available to anyone who requests it. A summary of the rights and protections provided by VAWA to housing choice voucher program applicants and participants who are or have been victims of o~ro2~12 Page 16-28