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active Housing Choice Voucher issued by the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana or any other Public Housing Authority. 4.9.3 Prior to the rental or lease of an Affordable Unit to a tenant(s), Developer shall require the tenant(s) or cause for the tenant(s) to be required to execute a written lease and to complete a Tenant Income Verification Form (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B) certifying that the tenant(s) occupying the Affordable Unit is/are an Eligible Household and otherwise meet(s) the eligibility requirements established for the Affordable Unit. Developer shall verify the income of the tenant(s) as set forth herein. Developer and City shall be entitled to rely on the Tenant Income Verification Form and supporting documentation provided by tenant(s) unless Developer or City has knowledge of, or a reasonable basis for belief as to, the inaccuracy or falsehood of any of the supporting documentation. 4.10 Income Verification and Certification. Developer covenants to City that it will at all times abide by all specific compliance standards set forth in the regulatory agreements entered into between the Developer and all public funding sources including but not limited to No Place Like Home ("NPLH"), Housing and Urban Development -Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing ("HUD-VASH") and Special Needs Housing Program (SNHP"), as applicable. Developer will abide by all standards including but not limited to number of extremely -low and very -low and low-income affordable units by number of bedrooms, standards for qualifying household incomes and other qualifying criteria. Developer shall provide City with a certified copy of each of the recorded Regulatory Agreements applicable to the Project. The compliance standards set forth in said Regulatory Agreements are hereby incorporated by reference as fully set forth herein. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the Regulatory Agreements: (1) the more stringent requirement shall prevail if such interpretation eliminates the relevant conflict; or (2) Regulatory Agreements, or any of them, shall prevail. Developer shall be entitled to rely on the Tenant Income Verification Form and supporting documentation provided by tenant(s) unless Developer has knowledge of, or a reasonable basis for belief as to, the inaccuracy or falsehood of any of the supporting documentation. Developer shall make reasonable efforts to verify or cause to be verified that the income and asset statement provided by an applicant in an income certification is accurate by taking, at a minimum, at least one of the following steps as a part of the verification process: (1) obtain three months consecutive pay stubs for the most recent pay period, (2) obtain an income tax return for the most recent tax year, (3) obtain an income verification form from the applicant's current employer, (4) obtain an income verification form from the Social Security Administration and/or the California Department of Social Services if the applicant receives assistance from either of such agencies, or (5) if the applicant is unemployed and has no such tax return, obtain another form of independent verification. 4.10.1 Gross Household Income. Gross household income means all income from whatever source from all adult Household members, which is anticipated to be received during the 12-month period following the date of the determination of Gross Household Income. 13 9138-126780\1517029.2