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<br /> <br />8-III.C. HOW COMPARABILITY IS ESTABLISHED <br />Factors to Consider <br />HUD requires PHAs to take into consideration the factors listed below when determining rent <br />comparability. The PHA may use these factors to make upward or downward adjustments to the <br />rents of comparison units when the units are not identical to the HCV-assisted unit. <br />Location and age <br /> <br />Unit size including the number of rooms and square footage of rooms <br /> <br />The type of unit including construction type (e.g., single family, duplex, garden, low-rise, <br /> <br />high-rise) <br />The quality of the units including the quality of the original construction, maintenance and <br /> <br />improvements made. <br />Amenities, services, and utilities included in the rent <br /> <br />Units that Must Not be Used as Comparables <br />Comparable units must represent unrestricted market rents. Therefore, units that receive some <br />form of federal, state, or local assistance that imposes rent restrictions cannot be considered <br />comparable units. These include units assisted by HUD through any of the following programs: <br />Section 8 project-based assistance, Section 236 and Section 221(d)(3) Below Market Interest <br />Rate (BMIR) projects, HOME or Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program- <br />assisted units in which the rents are subsidized; units subsidized through federal, state, or local <br />tax credits; units subsidized by the Department of Agriculture rural housing programs, and units <br />that are rent-controlled by local ordinance. <br />Note: <br />Notice PIH 2011-46, issued August17, 2011, provides further guidance on the issue of <br />what constitutes an assisted unit. <br />Rents Charged for Other Units on the Premises <br />The Request for Tenancy Approval (HUD-52517) requires owners to provide information, on the <br />form itself, about the rent charged for other unassisted comparable units on the premises if the <br />premises include more than 4 units. <br />By accepting the PHA payment each month the owner certifies that the rent is not more than the <br />rent charged for comparable unassisted units on the premises. If asked to do so, the owner must <br />give the PHA information regarding rents charged for other units on the premises. <br /> <br />8-III.D . PHA RENT REASONABLENESS METHODOLOGY <br />How Market Data is Collected <br /> SAHA Policy <br />SAHA will use an outside vendor who specializes in rent reasonable data <br />collection. At anytime SAHA may also collect and maintain data on market rents <br /> <br />04/01/14 <br />Page 8-15 <br /> <br />