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

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Administrative Plan 7/1/2025 Page 17-36 Initial Inspection: Existing Housing [24 CFR 983.103(c)] The PHA must inspect and determine that all of the proposed PBV units fully comply with housing quality standards before entering into the HAP contract, unless the PHA has adopted a policy to enter into a HAP contract for units that fail the initial inspection as a result of only non- life-threatening conditions (NLT option), or if the unit passed an alternative inspection, or both. The PHA must establish in its administrative plan the amount of time that may elapse between the initial inspection of existing housing and execution of a HAP contract for that unit. SAHA Policy SAHA will not provide assistance on behalf of the family until the unit fully complies with housing quality standards. SAHA will not rely on alternative inspections for initial inspections. The HAP contract for existing housing must be executed within 60 calendar days of the initial inspection. Turnover Inspections [24 CFR 983.103(d)] Before providing assistance to a new family in a contract unit, the PHA must inspect the unit. The PHA may not provide assistance on behalf of the family until the unit fully complies with housing quality standards. Periodic Inspections [24 CFR 983.103(e); FR Notice 6/25/14] At least once every 24 months during the term of the HAP contract (or at least triennially for small rural PHAs), the PHA must inspect a random sample consisting of at least 20 percent of the contract units in each building to determine if the contract units and the premises are maintained in accordance with housing quality standards. Turnover inspections are not counted toward meeting this inspection requirement. SAHA Policy SAHA will inspect on an annual basis 100 percent of the contract units in each building to determine if the contract units and the premises are maintained in accordance with housing quality standards. For permanent supportive housing projects, SAHA may inspect 100 percent of the contract units in each build twice a year to determine if the contract units and the premises are maintained in accordance with housing quality standards If more than 20 percent of the sample of inspected contract units in a building fail the initial inspection, the PHA must reinspect 100 percent of the contract units in the building. This requirement also applies in the case of a HAP contract that is undergoing development activity after HAP contract execution; however, if the periodic inspection occurs durin g the period of development activity covered by the rider and fewer than 20 percent of contract units in each building are designated in the rider as available for occupancy, the PHA is only required to inspect the units in that building that are designated as available for occupancy. EXHIBIT 1