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. Administrative Plan 4/1/16 Page 5-4 • Materials (e.g., brochures) on how to select a unit and any additional information on selecting a unit that HUD provides. • The HUD pamphlet on lead-based paint entitled Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home. • Information on federal, state and local equal opportunity laws and a copy of the housing discrimination complaint form. • A list of landlords known to SAHA who may be willing to lease a unit to the family or other resources (e.g., newspapers, organizations, online search tools) known to SAHA that may assist the family in locating a unit. PHAs must ensure that the list of landlords or other resources covers areas outside of poverty or minority concentration. • Notice that if the family includes a person with disabilities, the family may request a list of available accessible units known to SAHA. • The family obligations under the program, including any obligations of a welfare-to-work family. • The grounds on which SAHA may terminate assistance for a participant family because of family action or failure to act. • SAHA informal hearing procedures including when SAHA is required to offer a participant family the opportunity for an informal hearing, and how to request the hearing. If the PHA is located in a metropolitan area, the following additional information must be included in the briefing packet in order to receive full points under SEMAP Indicator 7, Expanding Housing Opportunities [24 CFR 985.3(g)]: • Maps showing areas with housing opportunities outside areas of poverty or minority concentration, both within its jurisdiction and its neighboring jurisdiction • Information about the characteristics of these areas including job opportunities, schools, transportation, and other services • An explanation of how portability works, including a list of portability contact persons for neighboring PHAs with names, addresses, and telephone numbers Additional Items to Be Included in the Briefing Packet In addition to items required by the regulations, PHAs may wish to include supplemental materials to help explain the program to both participants and owners [HCV GB p. 8-7, Notice PIH 2010-19]. SAHA Policy SAHA will provide the following additional materials in the briefing packet: Information on how to fill out and file a housing discrimination complaint form Information about the protections afforded by the Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA) to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see section 16-IX.C) 3-120