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<br />PART IX: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Act (VAWA): NOTIFICATION, <br />DOCUMENTATION, CONFIDENTIALITY <br /> <br />16-IX.A. OVERVIEW <br />The Violence against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA) provides special protections for victims of <br />domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking who are applying for or receiving assistance <br />under the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. If your state or local laws provide greater <br />protection for such victims, those laws take precedence over VAWA. <br />In addition to definitions of key terms used in VAWA, this part contains general VAWA <br />requirements and PHA policies in three areas: notification, documentation, and confidentiality. <br />Specific VAWA requirements and PHA policies are located primarily in the following sections: <br />3-- <br />10--- <br />- <br /> <br />16-IX.B. DEFINITIONS \[24CFR 5.2003\] <br />As used in VAWA: <br /> <br />The term bifurcate means, with respect to a public housing or Section 8 lease, to divide a <br />lease as matter of law such that certain tenants can be evicted or removed while the <br />and occupancy rights are allowed to remain intact. <br /> <br />The term dating violence means violence committed by a person who is or has been in a <br />social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim; and where the <br />existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on a consideration of the <br />following factors: <br /> <br />The length of the relationship <br />o <br /> <br />The type of relationship <br />o <br /> <br />The frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship <br />o <br /> <br /> <br />The term domestic violence includes felony or misdemeanor crimes of violence <br />committed by a current or former spouse of the victim, by a person with whom the <br />victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has <br />cohabitated with the victim as a spouse, by a person similarly situated to a spouse of <br />the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction receiving <br />grant monies, or by any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected <br /> <br /> <br />The term immediate family member means, with respect to a person: <br /> <br />A spouse, parent, brother or sister, or child of that person, or an individual to <br />o <br />whom that person stands in the position or place of a parent; or <br /> <br />Any other person living in the household of that person and related to that <br />o <br />person by blood or marriage. <br />04/01/14 <br />Page 16-31 <br /> <br />