3 - PUBLIC HEARING ANNUAL ACTION PLAN

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Administrative Plan 4/1/2016 Page 17-30 • The composition of the household as approved by SAHA (the names of family members and any SAHA-approved live-in aide); • All provisions in the HUD-required tenancy addendum must be included in the lease. The terms of the tenancy addendum prevail over other provisions of the lease. Initial Term and Lease Renewal [24 CFR 983.256(f)] The initial lease term must be for at least one year. The lease must provide for automatic renewal after the initial term of the lease in either successive definitive terms (e.g. month-to-month or year-to-year) or an automatic indefinite extension of the lease term. For automatic indefinite extension of the lease term, the lease terminates if any of the following occur: • The owner terminates the lease for good cause • The tenant terminates the lease • The owner and tenant agree to terminate the lease • SAHA terminates the HAP contract • SAHA terminates assistance for the family Changes in the Lease [24 CFR 983.256(e)] If the tenant and owner agree to any change in the lease, the change must be in writing, and the owner must immediately give SAHA a copy of all changes. The owner must notify SAHA in advance of any proposed change in the lease regarding the allocation of tenant and owner responsibilities for utilities. Such changes may only be made if approved by SAHA and in accordance with the terms of the lease relating to its amendment. SAHA must redetermine reasonable rent, in accordance with program requirements, based on any change in the allocation of the responsibility for utilities between the owner and the tenant. The redetermined reasonable rent will be used in calculation of the rent to owner from the effective date of the change. Owner Termination of Tenancy [24 CFR 983.257] With two exceptions, the owner of a PBV unit may terminate tenancy for the same reasons an owner may in the tenant-based voucher program (see Section 12-III.B. and 24 CFR 982.310). In the PBV program, terminating tenancy for “good cause” does not include doing so for a business or economic reason, or a desire to use the unit for personal or family use or other non-residential purpose. Non-Compliance with Supportive Services Requirement [24 CFR 983.257(c), FR Notice 11/24/08] If a family is living in a project-based unit that is excepted from the 25 percent per project cap on project-basing because of participation in a supportive services program (e.g., Family Self- Sufficiency), and the family fails to complete its supportive services requirement without good cause, such failure is grounds for lease termination by the owner. Tenant Absence from the Unit [24 CFR 983.256(g) and 982.312(a)] The lease may specify a maximum period of family absence from the unit that may be shorter than the maximum period permitted by SAHA policy. According to program requirements, the 3-418