3 - PUBLIC HEARING ANNUAL ACTION PLAN

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Administrative Plan 4/1/2016 Page 13-3 Coordinating inspection and leasing activities between SAHA, the owner, and the family. Initiating telephone contact with owners to explain the inspection process, and provide an inspection booklet and other resource materials about HUD Housing Quality Standards. Providing other written information about how the program operates, including answers to frequently asked questions. Providing monthly electronic newsletters via email to update owners when changes occur to the HCV program by HUD or SAHA Additional services may be undertaken on an as-needed basis, and as resources permit. 13-I.B. BASIC HCV PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS HUD requires SAHA to assist families in their housing search by providing the family with a list of landlords or other parties known to SAHA who may be willing to lease a unit to the family, or to help the family find a unit. Although SAHA cannot maintain a list of owners that are pre- qualified to participate in the program, owners may indicate to SAHA their willingness to lease a unit to an eligible HCV family, or to help the HCV family find a unit [24 CFR 982.301(b)(11)]. SAHA Policy SAHA will provide an online software module at www.Gosection8.com for owners and property managers to list their properties and allow families to search for available units. When a family approaches an owner to apply for tenancy, the owner is responsible for screening the family and deciding whether to lease to the family, just as the owner would with any potential unassisted tenant. SAHA has no liability or responsibility to the owner or other persons for the family’s behavior or suitability for tenancy. See chapters 3 and 9 for more detail on tenant family screening policies and process. If the owner is willing, the family and the owner must jointly complete a Request for Tenancy Approval (RTA, Form HUD 52517), which constitutes the family's request for assistance in the specified unit, and which documents the owner’s willingness to lease to the family and to follow the program’s requirements. When submitted to SAHA, this document is the first step in the process of obtaining approval for the family to receive the financial assistance it will need in order to occupy the unit. Also submitted with the RTA is a copy of the owner’s proposed dwelling lease, including the HUD-required Tenancy Addendum (Form HUD-52641-A). See Chapter 9 for more detail on request for tenancy approval policies and process. HUD regulations stipulate requirements for the approval of an assisted tenancy. The owner must be qualified to participate in the program [24 CFR 982.306]. Some owners are precluded from participating in the program, or from renting to a particular family, either because of their past history with this or another federal housing program, or because of certain conflicts of interest. Owner qualifications are discussed later in this chapter. 3-299