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<br />Notification to Program Applicants and Participants \[24 CFR 5.2005(a)(1)\] <br />PHAs are required to inform program participants of their rights under VAWA, including their <br />right to confidentiality and the limits thereof. Since VAWA provides protections for applicants <br />as participants, PHAs may elect to provide the same information to applicants. <br />SAHA Policy <br /> <br />SAHA will provide all applicants with information about VAWA at the time they request <br />an application for housing assistance, SAHA will also include information About <br />VAWA in all notices of denial of assistance (see section 3-III.G). <br />SAHA will provide all participants with information about VAWA at the time of <br />admission (see section5-I.B.) and at annual reexamination. SAHA will also include <br />information about VAWA in notices of termination of assistance, as provided in section <br />12-II.F. <br />The VAWA information provided to applicants and participants will consist of the notice <br />in Exhibit 16-1 and a copy of form HUD-50066, Certification of Domestic Violence, <br />Dating Violence, and Stalking. <br />Notification to Owners and Managers \[24CFR5.2005(a)(2)\] <br />PHAs are required to notify owners and managers participating in the HCV program of their <br />rights and obligations under VAWA. <br />SAHA Policy <br /> <br />SAHA will provide owners and managers with information about their rights and <br />obligations under VAWA when they begin their participation in the HCV program and at <br />least annually thereafter. <br />The VAWA information provided to owners will consist of the notice in Exhibit 16-2 and <br />a copy of form HUD-500066, Certification of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and <br />Stalking. <br /> <br /> <br />16-IX.D. DOCUMENTATION \[24 CFR 5.2007\] <br /> <br />A PHA presented with a claim for initial or continued assistance based on status as a victim of <br />domestic violence, dating violence, staling, or criminal activity related to any of these forms of <br />abuse may-but is not required to- request that the individual making the claim document the <br />abuse. Any request for documentation must be in writing, and the individual must be allowed at <br />least 14 business days after receipt of the request to submit the documentation. The PHA may <br />extend this time period at its discretion. {24 CDR 5.2007(a)\] <br />f the following three forms <br />of documentation \[24CFR 5.2007(b)\]: <br /> <br />1)A completed and signed HUD-approved certification form (HUD-50066, Certification of <br />Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, or Stalking), which must include the name of the <br />perpetrator <br />04/01/14 <br />Page 16-33 <br /> <br />