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EXHIBIT 1 Termination of Assistance A VASH family's PBV assistance must be terminated for failure to participate in case management when required by the VA. However, the PHA may allow the veteran family to receive a regular (non-VASH) tenant -based voucher or PBV unit instead of the family's assistance being terminated. In this case, the PHA may: Substitute the family's unit on the PBV HAP contract for another unit (the PHA may, in conjunction with such substitution, add the original unit to the PBV HAP contract with a non-VASH voucher if it is possible to do so; • Remove the unit from the PBV HAP contract so the family may remain with tenant -based assistance, if the family and the owner agree to use the tenant -based voucher in the unit; or • Change the unit's status in the PBV HAP contract from a unit exclusively made available for VASH to a regular PBV unit, if doing so is allowable under program rules. If the PHA will not allow the veteran to receive a regular (non-VASH) tenant -based voucher or PBV unit instead of the family's assistance being terminated, then upon notification by the VA of the family's failure to participate in VA -required case management, the PHA must provide the family a reasonable period of time (as established by the PHA) to vacate the unit. SAHA Policy If the family fails to participate in case management when required by the VA, SAHA will terminate the family's assistance. The family will have 120 days to vacate the unit, starting from the proposed termination action. SAHA will terminate assistance to the family at the earlier of (1) the time the family vacates or (2) the expiration of the 120-day period. If the family fails to vacate the unit within the established time, the owner may evict the family. If the owner does not evict the family, SAHA will remove the unit from the HAP contract or amend the HAP contract to substitute a different unit in the project if the project is partially assisted. SAHA may add the removed unit back onto the HAP contract after the ineligible family vacates the property. Moves If a VASH family is eligible to move from its PBV unit after a year of PBV assistance, the PHA will generally follow policies in Chapter 17. However, if there is no VASH tenant -based voucher available at the time the family requests to move, the PHA's actions depend on whether the family still requires case management. The PHA may require a family that still requires case management to wait for a VASH tenant -based voucher for a period not to exceed 180 days. If a HUD-VASH tenant -based voucher is still not available after 180 days, the family must be allowed to move using its VASH voucher as tenant -based assistance. Alternatively, the PHA may allow the family to move using its VASH voucher as tenant -based assistance without having to meet this 180- day waiting period. In either case, the PHA may either amend the PBV HAP contract to replace the assistance in the PBV unit with one of its regular vouchers if the unit is eligible for a regular PBV or the PHA and owner may agree to temporarily remove the unit from the HAP contract. - 025 City Council 5 — 884 5 2 25