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

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Administrative Plan 7/1/2025 Page 17-61 17-VI.C. ORGANIZATION OF THE WAITING LIST [24 CFR 983.251(c)] Applicants who will occupy units with PBV assistance must be selected from the waiting list for the PBV program. The PHA or owner (as applicable) may establish selection criteria or preferences for occupancy of particular PBV units. The PHA may place families referred by the PBV owner on its PBV waiting list. The PHA must establish in the administrative plan the options it will use to structure the PBV waiting list. The PHA may:  Use a separate, central, waiting list comprised of more than one or all PBV projects;  Use the same waiting list for both tenant-based and some or all PBV projects;  Use a separate waiting list for PBV units in individual projects or buildings (or for sets of such units) (which may be used in combination with either of the above options and may be maintained by the owner); or  Merge the PBV waiting list with a waiting list for other assisted housing programs offered by the PHA. If the PHA chooses to offer a separate waiting list for PBV assistance, the PHA must offer to place applicants who are listed on the tenant-based waiting list on the waiting list for PBV assistance. The PHA must specify the name of the PBV projects in its administrative plan. SAHA Policy SAHA will use separate, site-based waiting lists for all projects or buildings that are receiving PBV assistance, except for the projects or buildings where the permanent supportive housing units require referrals from the Orange County Coordinated Entry System. While some waiting lists will be maintained by the owner as described below, SAHA will maintain waiting lists for the following PBV projects: Andalucia Crossroads at Washington This list of PBV projects above may be expanded without the need for an amendment to the HCV Administrative Plan. PHA Waiting List Preferences [24 CFR 983.251(c)(3)] The PHA may establish in its administrative plan any preferences for occupancy of particular units including the name of the projects and the specific preferences that are to be used b y project. Criteria for occupancy of units (e.g., elderly families) may also be established, however, selection of families must be done through admission preference. The PHA may use the same selection preferences that are used for the tenant-based voucher program, establish selection criteria or preferences for the PBV program as a whole, or for occupancy of particular PBV developments or units. The PHA must provide an absolute selection preference for eligible in- place families as described in Section 17-VI.B. above. For both excepted units and units under the increased program cap, 24 CFR 983.262(b)(2) requires that the PHA must select families from the waiting list though an admission preference for these types of units. SAHA Policy EXHIBIT 1