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total tenant payment for a family, and information on the payment standard and utility <br />allowance schedule. <br />• An explanation of how SARA determines the maximum allowable rent for an assisted unit. <br />• Where the family may lease a unit. For a family that qualifies to lease a unit outside SARA <br />jurisdiction under portability procedures, the information must include an explanation of how <br />portability works. <br />• The HUD-required tenancy addendum, which must be included in the lease. <br />• The form the family must use to request approval of tenancy, and a description of the <br />procedure for requesting approval for a tenancy. <br />• A statement of SARA policy on providing information about families to prospective owners. <br />• SARA subsidy standards including when and how exceptions are made. <br />• The HUD brochure on how to select a unit. <br />• The HUD pamphlet onlead-based paint entitled Protect Your Family from Lead in Your <br />Home. <br />• Information on federal, state and local equal opportunity laws and a copy of the housing <br />discrimination complaint form. <br />• A list of landlords or other parties willing to lease to assisted families or help families find <br />units, especially outside areas of poverty or minority concentration. <br />• Notice that if the family includes a person with disabilities, the family may request a list of <br />available accessible units known to SARA. <br />• The family obligations under the program, including any obligations of a welfare-to-work <br />ami y. <br />• The grounds on which SARA may terminate assistance for a participant family because of <br />family action or failure to act. <br />• SARA informal hearing procedures including when SARA is required to offer a participant <br />family the opportunity for an informal hearing, and how to request the hearing. <br />If PHA is located in a metropolitan FMR area, the following additional information must be <br />included in the briefing packet in order to receive full points under SEMAP Indicator 7, <br />Expanding Housing Opportunities [24 CFR 985.3(g)]: <br />• Maps showing areas with housing opportunities outside areas of poverty or minority <br />concentration, both within its jurisdiction and its neighboring jurisdiction <br />• Information about the characteristics ofthese areas including j ob opportunities, schools, <br />transportation, and other services <br />• An explanation of how portability works, including a list of portability contact persons for <br />neighboring PHAs with names, addresses, and telephone numbers <br />Additional Items to Be Included in the Briefing Packet <br />SARA will provide the following additional materials in the briefing packet: <br />Page 5-3 <br />~~02~ 12 <br />