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. Administrative Plan 4/1/16 Page 5-10 <br />5-II.D. VOUCHER ISSUANCE [24 CFR 982.302] <br />When a family is selected from the waiting list (or as a special admission as described in Chapter <br />4), or when a participant family wants to move to another unit, SAHA issues a Housing Choice <br />Voucher, form HUD-52646. This chapter deals only with voucher issuance for applicants. For <br />voucher issuance associated with moves of program participants, please refer to Chapter 10. <br />The voucher is the family’s authorization to search for housing. It specifies the unit size for <br />which the family qualifies, and includes both the date of voucher issuance and date of expiration. <br />It contains a brief description of how the program works and explains the family obligations <br />under the program. The voucher is evidence that SAHA has determined the family to be eligible <br />for the program, and that SAHA expects to have money available to subsidize the family if the <br />family finds an approvable unit. However, SAHA does not have any liability to any party by the <br />issuance of the voucher, and the voucher does not give the family any right to participate in <br />SAHA’s housing choice voucher program [Voucher, form HUD-52646] <br />A voucher can be issued to an applicant family only after SAHA has determined that the family <br />is eligible for the program based on verification of information received within the 60 days prior <br />to issuance [24 CFR 982.201(e)] and after the family has attended an oral briefing [HCV 8-1]. <br />SAHA Policy <br />Vouchers will be issued to eligible applicants immediately following the mandatory <br />voucher briefing. <br />SAHA should have sufficient funds to house an applicant before issuing a voucher. If funds are <br />insufficient to house the family at the top of the waiting list, SAHA must wait until it has <br />adequate funds before it calls another family from the list [HCV GB p. 8-10]. <br />SAHA Policy <br />Prior to issuing any vouchers, SAHA will determine whether it has sufficient funding in <br />accordance with the policies in Part VIII of Chapter 16. <br />If SAHA determines that there is insufficient funding after a voucher has been issued, SAHA <br />may rescind the voucher and place the affected family back on the Waiting List. <br />3-126