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Administrative Plan 4/1/2016 Page 10-15 SAHA Policy SAHA will issue a voucher with the same expiration date as the initial PHA’s voucher. However, SAHA’s voucher will not expire before 30 calendar days from the expiration of the initial PHA’s voucher. Voucher Extensions [24 CFR 982.355(c)(14), Notice 2012-42] Once the receiving PHA issues the portable family a voucher, the receiving PHA’s policies on extensions of the voucher term apply. The receiving PHA must inform the initial PHA of any extension granted to the term of the voucher. It must also bear in mind the billing deadline provided by the initial PHA. Unless willing and able to absorb the family, the receiving PHA should ensure that any voucher expiration date would leave sufficient time to process a request for tenancy approval, execute a HAP contract, and deliver the initial billing to the initial PHA. SAHA Policy SAHA generally will not extend the term of the voucher that it issues to an incoming portable family unless SAHA plans to absorb the family into SAHA’s program, in which case it will follow the policies on voucher extension set forth in section 5-II.E. SAHA will consider an exception to this policy as a reasonable accommodation upon request from a person with disabilities (see Chapter 2). Voucher Suspensions [24 CFR 982.303, 24 CFR 982.355(c)(15)] If the family submits a request for tenancy approval during the term of the receiving PHA’s voucher, the PHA must suspend the term of that voucher. The term of the voucher stops from the date that the family submits a request for PHA approval of the tenancy until the date the PHA notifies the family in writing whether the request has been approved or denied [24 CFR 982.4(b)] (see Section 5-II.E). Notifying the Initial PHA The receiving PHA must promptly notify the initial PHA if the family has leased an eligible unit under the program or if the family fails to submit a request for tenancy approval for an eligible unit within the term of the receiving PHA’s voucher [24 CFR 982.355(c)(16)]. The receiving PHA is required to use Part II of form HUD-52665, Family Portability Information, for this purpose [Notice PIH 2012-42]. (For more on this topic and the deadline for notification, see below under “Administering a Portable Family’s Voucher.”) If an incoming portable family ultimately decides not to lease in the jurisdiction of the receiving PHA but instead wishes to return to the initial PHA’s jurisdiction or to search in another jurisdiction, the receiving PHA must refer the family back to the initial PHA. In such a case the voucher of record for the family is once again the voucher originally issued by the initial PHA. Any extension of search time provided by the receiving PHA’s voucher is only valid for the family’s search in the receiving PHA’s jurisdiction [Notice PIH 2012-42]. 3-259