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

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Administrative Plan 7/1/2025 Page 17-32 New Construction Site and Neighborhood Standards [24 CFR 983.55(e)] In order to be selected for PBV assistance, a site for newly constructed housing must meet the following HUD required site and neighborhood standards:  The site must be adequate in size, exposure, and contour to accommodate the number and type of units proposed;  The site must have adequate utilities and streets available to service the site;  The site must not be located in an area of minority concentration unless the PHA determines that sufficient, comparable opportunities exist for housing for minority families in the income range to be served by the proposed project outside areas of minority concentration or that the project is necessary to meet overriding housing needs that cannot be met in that housing market area;  The site must not be located in a racially mixed area if the project will cause a significant increase in the proportion of minority to non-minority residents in the area.  The site must promote a greater choice of housing opportunities and avoid undue concentration of assisted persons in areas containing a high proportion of low-income persons;  The neighborhood must not be one that is seriously detrimental to family life or in which substandard dwellings or other undesirable conditions predominate, unless there is actively in progress a concerted program to remedy the undesirable conditions;  The housing must be accessible to social, recreational, educational, commercial, and health facilities and services and other municipal facilities and services equivalent to those found in neighborhoods consisting largely of unassisted similar units; and  Except for housing designed for elderly persons, the housing must be located so that travel time and cost via public transportation or private automobile from the neighborhood to places of employment is not excessive. EXHIBIT 1