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Administrative Plan 4/1/2016 Page 17-17 17-V.A. OVERVIEW SAHA must enter into a HAP contract with an owner for units that are receiving PBV assistance. The purpose of the HAP contract is to provide housing assistance payments for eligible families. Housing assistance is paid for contract units leased and occupied by eligible families during the HAP contract term. With the exception of single-family scattered-site projects, a HAP contract shall cover a single project. If multiple projects exist, each project is covered by a separate HAP contract. The HAP contract must be in the form required by HUD [24 CFR 983.202(a)]. 17-V.B. HAP CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS Contract Information [24 CFR 983.203] The HAP contract must specify the following information: • The total number of contract units by number of bedrooms; • The project’s name, street address, city or county, state and zip code, block and lot number (if known), and any other information necessary to clearly identify the site and the building; • The number of contract units in each building, the location of each contract unit, the area of each contract unit, and the number of bedrooms and bathrooms in each contract unit; • Services, maintenance, and equipment to be supplied by the owner and included in the rent to owner; • Utilities available to the contract units, including a specification of utility services to be paid by the owner (included in rent) and utility services to be paid by the tenant; • Features provided to comply with program accessibility requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and implementing regulations at 24 CFR part 8; • The HAP contract term; • The number of units in any project that will exceed the 25 percent per project cap, which will be set aside for occupancy by qualifying families (elderly and/or disabled families and families receiving supportive services); and • The initial rent to owner for the first 12 months of the HAP contract term. Execution of the HAP Contract [24 CFR 983.204] SAHA may not enter into a HAP contract until each contract unit has been inspected and SAHA has determined that the unit complies with the Housing Quality Standards (HQS). For existing housing, the HAP contract must be executed promptly after SAHA selects the owner proposal and inspects the housing units. For newly constructed or rehabilitated housing the HAP contract must be executed after SAHA has inspected the completed units and has determined that the units have been completed in accordance with the agreement to enter into HAP, and the owner furnishes all required evidence of completion. SAHA Policy 3-405