4 - HA Project Based Vouchers - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

by the PHA for occupancy of a contract unit. The owner may refer families to the PHA, and recommend selection of such families from the PHA waiting list for occupancy of vacant units. 4. The owner must promptly notify in writing any rejected applicant of the grounds for rejection. 5. The PHA must determine family eligibility in accordance with HUD requirements. 6. The contract unit leased to each family must be appropriate for the size of the family under the PHA's subsidy standards. 7. If a contract unit was occupied by an eligible family at the time the unit was selected by the PHA, or is so occupied on the effective date of the HAP contract, the owner must offer the family the opportunity to lease the same or another appropriately -sized contract unit with assistance under the HAP contract. 8. The owner is responsible for screening and selecting tenants from the families referred by the PHA from its waiting list. b. Vacancies 1. The owner must promptly notify the PHA of any vacancy in a contract unit. After receiving the owner notice, the PHA shall make every reasonable effort to refer a sufficient number of families for owner to fill the vacancy. 2. The owner must rent vacant contract units to eligible families on the PHA waiting list referred by the PHA. 3. The PHA and the owner must make reasonable good faith efforts to minimize the likelihood and length of any vacancy. 4. If any contract units have been vacant for a period of 120 or more days since owner notice of vacancy (and notwithstanding the reasonable good faith efforts of the PHA to fill such vacancies), the PHA may give notice to the owner amending the HAP contract to reduce the number of contract units by subtracting the number of contract units (by number of bedrooms) that have been vacant for such period. Project -based Voucher Program HAP Contract for New Construction or Rehabilitation Previous editions are obsolete HUD 52530A Page - - of Part 2 4-55 (04/2015)