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2. Mover Briefings
Briefings are conducted for families currently participating in the HCVP Program who wish to
move. The purpose of these briefings is to update families on changes in the program and to
assist families at successfully moving with assistance.
The PHA will complete a criminal background check on all adult family members age 18 and
over at the time a move is requested. The PHA may deny assistance to move or terminate
program assistance if any family member engaged in criminal or drug related activity as
described in 982.551, 982.552 or 982.553; or has engaged in other related program violations. In
conducting criminal background checks on families who move, checks will only be conducted
from the date of the family’s admission to the program or after. The PHA will not consider the
time period previously reviewed in its admission determination for the household. In addition, in
conducting the criminal background check, the PHA will not consider a time period in excess of
three years for:
a) Drug related criminal activity;
b) Other criminal activity which may threaten the health, safety, or right to peaceful
enjoyment of the premises by other residents or persons residing in the immediate
vicinity;
c) Other criminal activity which may threaten the health or safety of the owner, property
management staff, or persons performing a contract administration function or
responsibility on behalf of the PHA, including a PHA employee or PHA contractor,
subcontractor or agent; or
d) For three years for violent criminal activity. The PHA only considers felony level
criminal activity unless otherwise required by the CFR.
Briefing Packet [24 CFR 982.301(b)]
The documents and information provided in the briefing packet for the voucher program will
comply with all HUD requirements.
When the PHA selects a family to participate in a tenant-based or project-based program, the
PHA must give the family an oral briefing.
The briefing must include information on the following subjects:
A description of how the program works;
Family and owner responsibilities; and
Where the family may lease a unit, including renting a dwelling unit inside or outside the
PHA jurisdiction.
For a family that qualifies to lease a unit outside the PHA jurisdiction under portability
procedures, the briefing must include an explanation of how portability works. The PHA
may not discourage the family from choosing to live anywhere in the PHA jurisdiction,
or outside the PHA jurisdiction under portability procedures.
If the family is currently living in a high poverty census tract in the PHA's jurisdiction,
the briefing must also explain the advantages of moving to an area that does not have a
high concentration of poor families.
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Approved by CMHA Board of Commissioners
October 3, 2012
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