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

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Administrative Plan 7/1/2025 Page 17-50 Remedies for Housing Quality Standards Deficiencies [24 CFR 983.208] The following is applicable to HAP contracts executed or renewed June 5, 2024, or earlier: The PHA may not make any HAP payment to the owner for a contract unit during any period in which the unit does not comply with housing quality standards. If the PHA determines that a contract does not comply with housing quality standards, the PHA may exercise any of its remedies under the HAP contract, for any or all of the contract units. Available remedies include termination of housing assistance payments, abatement or reduction of housing assistance payments, reduction of contract units, and termination of the HAP contract. SAHA Policy SAHA will abate and terminate PBV HAP contracts for noncompliance with housing quality standards in accordance with the policies used in the tenant-based voucher program. These policies are contained in Section 8-II.G., Enforcing Owner Compliance. The following is applicable to HAP contracts executed or renewed June 6, 2024, or later. Enforcement of Housing Quality Standards [24 CFR 983.208(b)] The PHA must vigorously enforce the owner’s obligation to maintain contract units in accordance with housing quality standards. If the owner fails to maintain the dwelling unit in accordance with housing quality standards, the PHA must take enforcement action. The unit is in noncompliance with housing quality standards if:  The PHA or other inspector authorized by the state or local government determines the unit has housing quality standards deficiencies based upon an inspection;  The agency or inspector notifies the owner in writing of the unit housing quality standards deficiencies; and  The deficiencies are not remedied within the following timeframes: - For life-threatening deficiencies, the owner must correct the deficiency within 24 hours of notification; - For other deficiencies, the owner must correct the deficiency within 30 calendar days of notification (or any reasonable PHA-approved extension). In the case of a housing quality standards deficiency that the PHA determines is caused by the tenant, any member of the household, or any guest or other person under the tenant’s control, other than any damage resulting from ordinary use, the PHA may waive the owner’s responsibility to remedy the violation. Housing assistance payments to the owner may not be withheld or abated if the owner responsibility has been waived. However, the PHA may terminate assistance to a family because of a housing quality standards breach beyond damage resulting from ordinary use caused by any member of the household or any guest or other person under the tenant’s control, which may result in removing the unit from the HAP contract. EXHIBIT 1