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maintenance, utilities, and other services in accordance with the HAP contract. The PHA must take into account complaints and any other information that comes to its attention in scheduling inspections. C. Violation of the housing quality standards If the PHA determines a contract unit is not in accordance with the HQS, the PHA may exercise any of its remedies under the HAP contract for all or any contract units. Such remedies include termination, suspension or reduction of housing assistance payments, and termination of the HAP contract. 2. The PHA may exercise any such contractual remedy respecting a contract unit even if the family continues to occupy the unit. 3. The PHA shall not make any housing assistance for a dwelling unit that fails to meet the HQS, unless the owner corrects the defect within the period specified by the PHA and the PHA verifies the correction. If a defect is life threatening, the owner must correct the defect within no more than 24 hours. For other defects, the owner must correct the defect within no more than 30 calendar days (or any PHA -approved extension). d. Maintenance and replacement—owner's standard practice Maintenance and replacement (including redecoration) must be in accordance with the standard practice for the building concerned as established by the owner. 9. LEASING CONTRACT UNITS a. Selection of tenants During the term of the HAP contract, the owner must lease all contract units to eligible families selected and referred by the PHA from the PHA waiting list. (See 24 CFR 983.251.) 2. The owner is responsible for adopting written tenant selection procedures that are consistent with the purpose of improving housing opportunities for very low-income families and reasonably related to program eligibility and an applicant's ability to perform the lease obligations. Consistent with HUD requirements, the owner may apply its own admission procedures in determining whether to admit a family referred Project -based Voucher Program HAP Contract for New Construction or Rehabilitation Previous editions are obsolete HUD 52530A Page - 8 - of Part 2 4-54 (04/2015)