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<br />admission or terminating assistance based on criminal activity or alcohol abuse in accordance <br />with 982.553 (Chapters 3 and 12); <br /> <br />Encouraging participation by owners of suitable units located outside areas of low income or <br />minority concentration (Chapter 13); <br /> <br />Assisting a family that claims that illegal discrimination has prevented the family from <br />leasing a suitable unit (Chapter 2); <br /> <br />Providing information about a family to prospective owners (Chapters 3 and 9); <br /> <br />Disapproval of owners (Chapter 13); <br /> <br />Subsidy standards (Chapter 5); <br /> <br />Family absence from the dwelling unit (Chapter 12) ; <br /> <br />How to determine who remains in the program if a family breaks up (Chapter 3); <br /> <br />Informal review procedures for applicants (Chapter 16); <br /> <br />Informal hearing procedures for participants (Chapter 16); <br /> <br />The process for establishing and revising voucher payment standards (Chapter 16); <br /> <br />The method of determining that rent to owner is a reasonable rent (initially and during the <br />term of a HAP contract) (Chapter 8); <br /> <br />Special policies concerning special housing types in the program (e.g., use of shared housing) <br />(Chapter 15); <br /> <br />Policies concerning payment by a family to SAHA of amounts the family owes SAHA <br />(Chapter 16); <br /> <br />Interim redeterminations of family income and composition (Chapter 11); <br /> <br />Restrictions, if any, on the number of moves by a participant family (Chapter 10); <br /> <br />Approval by the board of commissioners or other authorized officials to charge the <br />administrative fee reserve (Chapter 16); <br /> <br />Procedural guidelines and performance standards for conducting required housing quality <br />standards inspections (Chapter 8); and <br /> <br />Screening of applicants for family behavior or suitability for tenancy (Chapter 3). <br />Mandatory vs. Discretionary Policy <br />HUD makes a distinction between: <br /> <br />Mandatory policies: those driven by legislation, regulations, current handbooks, <br />notices, and legal opinions, and <br /> <br />Optional, non-binding guidance, including guidebooks, notices that have expired and <br />recommendations from individual HUD staff. <br />HUD expects PHAs to develop policies and procedures that are consistent with mandatory <br />policies and to make clear the optional policies the PHA has adopted. SAHA's Administrative <br />Page 1-9 <br /> <br />04/01/14 <br /> <br />