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Administrative Plan 4/1/2016 Page 12-5 <br />• Any household member’s abuse or pattern of abuse of alcohol may threaten the health, <br />safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents <br />• Any household member has violated the family’s obligation not to engage in any drug- <br />related criminal activity <br />• Any household member has violated the family’s obligation not to engage in violent criminal <br />activity <br />Use of Illegal Drugs and Alcohol Abuse <br />SAHA Policy <br />SAHA will terminate a family’s assistance if any household member is currently engaged <br />in any illegal use of a drug, or has a pattern of illegal drug use that interferes with the <br />health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents. <br />SAHA will terminate assistance if any household member’s abuse or pattern of abuse of <br />alcohol threatens the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by <br />other residents. <br />Currently engaged in is defined as any use of illegal drugs in the assisted-unit. <br />SAHA will consider all credible evidence, including but not limited to, any record of <br />arrests, convictions, or eviction of household members related to the use of illegal drugs <br />or abuse of alcohol. <br />In making its decision to terminate assistance, SAHA will consider alternatives as <br />described in Section 12-II.C and other factors described in Section 12-II.D. Upon <br />consideration of such alternatives and factors, SAHA may, on a case-by-case basis, <br />choose not to terminate assistance. <br />Drug-Related and Violent Criminal Activity [24 CFR 5.100] <br />Drug means a controlled substance as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act <br />(21 U.S.C. 802). <br />Drug-related criminal activity is defined by HUD as the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution, or <br />use of a drug, or the possession of a drug with intent to manufacture, sell, distribute or use the <br />drug. <br />Violent criminal activity means any criminal activity that has as one of its elements the use, <br />attempted use, or threatened use of physical force substantial enough to cause, or be reasonably <br />likely to cause, serious bodily injury or property damage. <br />SAHA Policy <br />SAHA will terminate a family’s assistance if any household member has violated the <br />family’s obligation not to engage in any drug-related or violent criminal activity during <br />participation in the HCV program. <br />SAHA will consider all credible evidence, including but not limited to, any record of <br />arrests and/or convictions of household members related to drug-related or violent <br />criminal activity, and any eviction or notice to evict based on drug-related or violent <br />criminal activity. <br />3-281