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. Administrative Plan 4/1/16 Page 5-3 Oral Briefing [24 CFR 982.301(a)] Each briefing must provide information on the following subjects: • How the Housing Choice Voucher program works; • Family and owner responsibilities; • Where the family can lease a unit, including renting a unit inside or outside SAHA’s jurisdiction; • An explanation of how portability works. SAHA may not discourage the family from choosing to live anywhere in SAHA jurisdiction or outside SAHA jurisdiction under portability, unless otherwise expressly authorized by statute, regulation, PIH Notice, or court order; • SAHA must inform the family of how portability may affect the family’s assistance through screening, subsidy standards, payment standards, and any other elements of the portability process which may affect the family’s assistance; • The advantages of areas that do not have a high concentration of low-income families; and • For families receiving welfare-to-work vouchers, a description of any local obligations of a welfare-to-work family and an explanation that failure to meet the obligations is grounds for denial of admission or termination of assistance. Briefing Packet [24 CFR 982.301(b)] Documents and information provided in the briefing packet must include the following: • The term of the voucher, voucher suspensions, and SAHA’s policies on any extensions of the term. If SAHA allows extensions, the packet must explain how the family can request an extension. • A description of the method used to calculate the housing assistance payment for a family, including how SAHA determines the payment standard for a family, how SAHA determines total tenant payment for a family, and information on the payment standard and utility allowance schedule. • An explanation of how SAHA determines the maximum allowable rent for an assisted unit. • Where the family may lease a unit and an explanation of how portability works, including information on how portability may affect the family’s assistance through screening, subsidy standards, payment standards, and any other elements of the portability process that may affect the family’s assistance. • The HUD-required tenancy addendum, which must be included in the lease. • The form the family must use to request approval of tenancy, and a description of the procedure for requesting approval for a tenancy. • A statement of SAHA policy on providing information about families to prospective owners. • SAHA subsidy standards including when and how exceptions are made. 3-119