Item HA 03 - Update to the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan

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Administrative Plan 7/1/2025 Page 16-5 The Basic Range [24 CFR 982.503(c) and Notice PIH 2024-34] The PHA may establish a payment standard within the “basic range” established by HUD— between 90 and 110 percent of the published FMR for each unit size—without HUD approval or prior notification to HUD. For each payment standard area, the PHA must establish a payment standard amount for each unit size which may be based on the same percentage of the published FMR (for example, all units at 100 percent of FMR), or the PHA may set different payment standards for different unit sizes (for example, 1-bedrooms at 90 percent and 2-bedrooms at 100 percent of the FMR). Designated Payment Standard Areas [24 CFR 982.503(a)(3) and Notice PIH 2024-34] The PHA may establish designated payment standard areas within each FMR area where the PHA establishes different payment standards, provided each area is no smaller than a census tract block group. If the PHA designates payment standard areas, then it must include the criteria used to determine the designated areas and the payment standard amounts for those areas in the administrative plan. SAHA Policy SAHA has not established any designated payment standard areas. Exception Payment Standards [24 CFR 982.503(d), Notice PIH 2018-01, Notice PIH 2024-34, and FR Notice 9/27/21] There are several options available to increase payment standards above the basic range. These are known as exception payment standards, which are payment standards that exceed 110 percent of the published FMR. The following are types of exception payment standards:  Payment standards based on SAFMRs in ZIP codes where the SAFMR is higher than the applicable metropolitan or non-metropolitan county FMR  Payment standards greater than 110 percent up to 120 percent of the applicable FMR  Payment standards over 120 percent of the applicable FMR  Payment standards up to 120 percent of the FMR for Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH)  Payment standards necessary as a reasonable accommodation Payment Standards based on SAFMRs in ZIP codes where the SAFMR is Higher than the FMR: Upon notification to HUD, a PHA that is not located in a SAFMR area or that has not opted to voluntarily adopt SAFMRs may establish an exception payment standard for a ZIP code area that exceeds the basic range for the metropolitan area or county FMR of up to and including 110 percent of the SAFMR for that ZIP code area. If an exception area crosses one or more FMR boundaries, then the maximum exception payment standard amount that a PHA may adopt for the area without HUD approval is 110 percent of the ZIP code area with the lowest SAFMR amount. A PHA that adopts an exception payment standard pursuant to this authority must apply it to the entire ZIP code area. EXHIBIT 1