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

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Administrative Plan 7/1/2025 Page 17-80 While the family will not be required to attend a standard HCV briefing in order to receive a voucher, SAHA will promptly schedule a meeting with each family at the time of voucher issuance. Families exercising their right to move are not required to vacate their units before a lease has been entered into using their tenant-based voucher so long as the resident has not yet provided notice to vacate to the owner. At the time SAHA issues the tenant-based voucher, SAHA will notify the family of their right to remain in their unit if they are unable find a rental unit using the tenant-based voucher. If family’s search term (and any extensions) expires, SAHA must issue the voucher to the next eligible family. The family’s name will be removed from the priority list, and the family will be able to resubmit a request at a later time. Emergency Transfers under VAWA [Notice PIH 2017-08 and 24 CFR 983.261(f) and (g)] In the case of a move due to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, PHAs must describe policies for facilitating emergency transfers for families with PBV assistance in their Emergency Transfer Plan, including when a victim has been living in a unit for less than a year or when a victim seeks to move sooner than a tenant-based voucher is available. When the family or a member of the family is or has been the victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, and the move is needed to protect the health or safety of the family or family member, the family is not required to give the owner advance written notice or contact the PHA before moving from the unit. Additionally, when an y family member has been the victim of a sexual assault that occurred on the premises during the 90-calendar-day period preceding the family’s request to move, the family is not required to give the owner advance written notice or contact the PHA before moving from the unit. A PHA may not terminate the assistance of a family due to a move occurring under these circumstances and must offer the family the opportunity for continued tenant-based assistance if the family had received at least one year of PBV assistance prior to moving. If a family break-up results from an occurrence of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking or human trafficking, the PHA must ensure that the victim retains assistance. EXHIBIT 1