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regulations, and Executive Orders, and that the site meets the HQS site and neighborhood standards at 24 CFR 982.401(1). It is SAHA's goal to select sites for PBV housing that provide for deconcentratingpnverty and expanding housing and economic opportunities. In complying with this goal SARA will limit approval of sites for PBV housing in census tracts that have poverty concentrations of 20 percent or less. However, SARA will grant exceptions to the 20 percent standard where SARA determines that the PBV assistance will complement other local redevelopment activities designed to deconcentrate poverty and expand housing and economic opportunities in census tracts with poverty concentrations greater than 20 percent, such as sites in: A census tract in which the proposed PBV development will be located in aHUD- designated Enterprise Zone, Economic Community, or Renewal Community; A census tract where the concentration of assisted units will be or has decreased as a result of public housing demolition and HOPE VI redevelopment; A census tract in which the proposed PBV development will be located is undergoing significant revitalization as a result of state, local, or federal dollars invested in the area; A census tract where new market rate units are being developed where such market rate units will positively impact the poverty rate in the area; A census tract where there has been an overall decline in the poverty rate within the past five years; or A census tract where there are meaningful opportunities for educational and economic advancement. Existing and Rehabilitated Housing Site and Neighborhood Standards [24 CFR 983.57(4)] SARA may not enter into an agreement to enter into a HAP contract nor enter into a HAP contract for existing or rehabilitated housing until it has determined that the site complies with the HUD required site and neighborhood standards. The site must: • Be adequate in size, exposure, and contour to accommodate the number and type of units proposed; • Have adequate utilities and streets available to service the site; • Promote a greater choice of housing opportunities and avoid undue concentration of assisted persons in areas containing a high proportion of low-income persons; • Be accessible to social, recreational, educational, commercial, and health facilities and services and other municipal facilities and services equivalent to those found in neighborhoods consisting largely of unassisted similar units; and • Be located so that travel time and cost via public transportation or private automobile from the neighborhood to places of employment is not excessive. o~ro2~12 Page 17-8