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Administrative Plan 7/1/2025 Page 17-53 <br />HAP Withholding [24 CFR 983.208(d)(1) <br />A PHA may withhold assistance payments for units that have housing quality standards <br />deficiencies once the PHA has notified the owner in writing of the deficiencies. The PHA’s <br />administrative plan must identify the conditions under which the PHA will withhold HAP. In this <br />case, if the unit is brought into compliance during the applicable cure period, the PHA resumes <br />assistance payments and provides assistance payments to cover the time period for which the <br />payments were withheld. <br />SAHA Policy <br />SAHA will not withhold assistance payments upon notification to the owner of the <br />deficiencies. <br />HAP Abatement [24 CFR 983.208(d)(2)] <br />The PHA must abate the HAP, including amounts that had been withheld, if the owner fails to <br />make the repairs within the applicable cure period. The PHA may choose to abate payments for <br />all units covered by the HAP contract due to a contract unit’s noncompliance with the housing <br />quality standards, even if some of the contract units continue to meet housing quality standards. <br />In this case, the PHA must notify the family and the owner that it is abating payments and, if the <br />unit does not meet housing quality standards within 60 days (or a reasonable longer period <br />established by the PHA), the PHA will either terminate the HAP contract or remove the unit with <br />deficiencies from the HAP contract, and any family residing in a unit that does not comply with <br />housing quality standards will have to move if the family wishes to receive continued assistance. <br />The owner may not terminate the tenancy of any family due to the withholding or abatement of <br />assistance. <br />SAHA Policy <br />SAHA will make all HAP abatements effective the first of the month following the <br />expiration of SAHA-specified correction period (including any extension). <br />SAHA will abate payments only for those contract units that do not meet housing quality <br />standards. <br />SAHA will inspect abated units within five business days of the owner’s notification that <br />the work has been completed. Payment will resume effective on the day the unit passes <br />inspection. <br />During any abatement period the family continues to be responsible for its share of the rent. <br />EXHIBIT 1