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Administrative Plan 4/1/16 Page 9-2 9-I.A. TENANT SCREENING SAHA has no liability or responsibility to the owner or other persons for the family’s behavior or suitability for tenancy [24 CFR 982.307(a)(1)]. SAHA may elect to screen applicants for family behavior or suitability for tenancy. See Chapter 3 for a discussion of SAHA’s policies with regard to screening applicant families for program eligibility [24 CFR 982.307(a)(1)]. The owner is responsible for screening and selection of the family to occupy the owner’s unit. At or before SAHA approval of the tenancy, SAHA must inform the owner that screening and selection for tenancy is the responsibility of the owner [24 CFR 982.307(a)(2)]. SAHA must also inform the owner or manager or his/her rights and obligations under the Violence against Women Act of 2013 (VAWA) [24 CFR 5.2005(a)(2)]. SAHA must provide the owner with the family’s current and prior address (as shown in SAHA records) and the name and address (if known to SAHA) of the landlord at the family’s current and prior address [24 CFR 982.307(b)(1)]. SAHA is permitted, but not required, to offer the owner other information in SAHA’s possession about the tenancy history or drug trafficking of family members [24 CFR 982.307(b)(2)]. SAHA’s policy on providing information to the owner must be included in the family’s briefing packet [24 CFR 982.307(b)(3)]. SAHA may not disclose to the owner any confidential information provided by the family in response to a SAHA request for documentation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking except at the written request or with the written consent of the individual providing the documentation [24 CFR 5.2007(b)(4)]. SAHA Policy SAHA’s policy on providing information to the owner will be included in the family’s briefing packet [24 CFR 982.307(b) (3)]. 9-I.B. REQUESTING TENANCY APPROVAL [Form HUD-52517] After the family is issued a voucher, the family must locate an eligible unit, with an owner or landlord willing to participate in the voucher program. Once a family finds a suitable unit and the owner is willing to lease the unit under the program, the owner and the family must request SAHA to approve the assisted tenancy in the selected unit. The owner and the family must submit two documents to SAHA: • Completed Request for Tenancy Approval (RTA) – Form HUD-52517 • Copy of the proposed lease, including the HUD-prescribed Tenancy Addendum – Form HUD-52641-A The RTA contains important information about the rental unit selected by the family, including the unit address, number of bedrooms, structure type, year constructed, utilities included in the 3-234