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

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Administrative Plan 7/1/2025 Page 17-3 17-I.B. PBV DEFINITIONS [24 CFR 983.3] The following terms apply to the PBV program and are used throughout this chapter: Excepted units are units in a project not counted toward the project cap because they exclusively serve or are made available to certain families in accordance with 24 CFR 983.54(c)(2). Excluded units are units in a project not counted toward the program cap or project cap because they meet certain criteria in accordance with 24 CFR 983.59. Existing housing is a project that meets the following criteria:  All the proposed contract units in the project either fully comply or substantially comply with HQS on the proposal or project selection date, as determined per 24 CFR 983.103(a). (The units must fully comply with HQS at the time required by 24 CFR 983.103(c). The units substantially comply with HQS if: - The units only require repairs to current components or replacement of equipment and/or materials by items of substantially the same kind to correct deficiencies; and - The PHA determines all deficiencies can reasonably be corrected within a 30-day period, taking into consideration the totality of the deficiencies in the project.  The PHA determines the project is not reasonably expected to require substantial improvement and the owner certifies it has no plans to undertake substantial improvement from the proposal submission date (for projects subject to competitive selection) or the project selection date (for projects excepted from competitive selection) through the first two years of the HAP contract.  The following units do not qualify as existing housing: - Units for which rehabilitation or new construction began after proposal submission or the date of board resolution but prior to the effective date of an AHAP (if applicable); and - Units that were newly constructed or rehabilitated in violation of program requirements. An independent entity is either:  The unit of general local government; however, if the PHA itself is the unit of general local government or an agency of such government, then only the next level of general local government (or an agency of such government) or higher may serve as the independent entity; or  A HUD-approved entity that is autonomous and recognized under state law as a separate legal entity from the PHA. The entity must not be connected financially (except regarding compensation for services performed for PHA-owned units) or in any other manner that could result in the PHA improperly influencing the entity. An in-place family is a family residing in a proposed contract unit on the proposal or project selection date. Newly constructed housing is a project containing housing units that do not exist on the proposal or project selection date and are developed after the date of selection for use under the PBV program. EXHIBIT 1