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Gustav or Ike Family's Obligations

A family receiving assistance under the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) must comply with all of the family obligations during their participation in the program. If the family is terminated from the DHAP for failing to comply with the family obligations, you may not return to any FEMA subsidized housing option. The obligations of the family consist of the following:

1) The family must supply any information to the PHA that HUD requires for DHAP assistance. Any information supplied by the family must be true and complete.
2) The family may not commit any serious or repeated violation of the lease, such as damaging the unit or failing to pay their share of the rent in accordance with the lease.
3) During the term of the lease, the family must reside in the DHAP unit. The family must not sublease, let, assign the lease or transfer the unit. The family must not own or have any interest in the unit.
4) The family must notify the PHA before the family moves out of the unit or terminates the lease. If the family terminates the lease on notice to the owner, the family must give the PHA a copy of the notice of termination at the same time. If family must promptly return to the PHA the full amount of any DHAP utility deposit assistance provided to the family by the PHA.
5) The family must allow the PHA to inspect the unit at reasonable times and after reasonable notice.
6) The family must promptly provide any information required by the PHA to determine and verify that the family is eligible for continued DHAP assistance. Any information supplied by the family must be true and complete. (To be eligible for continued DHAP assistance after the earlier for July 31, 2009, or six months from the effective date of the initial DRSC executed on behalf of the family, the family must demostrate that the family's current housing cost exceed 30 percent of the family's current monthly income.)
7) The members of the family must not commit fraud, bribery, or criminal act in connection with the DHAP.
8) The members of the family may not engage in drug-related criminal activity or violent criminal activity.
9) The members of the family may not engage in other criminal activity which may threaten the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents or person residing in the immediate vicinity.
10) The members of the family may not engage in other criminal activity which may threaten the health or safety of the owner, property manament staff, or persons performing a contract administrative function or responsability on behalf of the PHA (including a PHA employee or a PHA contractor, subcontractor or agent).
11) The members of the family may not threaten or engage in abusive or violent behavior toward PHA personnel.

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The family must participate in the required case management services provided by the PHA.
13) A family may not receive the benefit of a duplicate subsidy while receiving DHAP rental assistance
14) For all pre-disaster HUD-assisted families: Upon notice from the PHA that your predisaster HUD-assisted unit or a comparable unit in the project is available for occupancy, the family may opt to return to the pre-disaster project with the understanding that the family's eligibility for DHAP assistance will end as of the date by which the family has to return to the project. It should also be understood that if the family declines the opportunity to return to the project, the PHA or owner will lease the assisted unit to another family. Furthermore, the PHA must terminate the family's participation in the program in accordance with the section 4.r of the DHAP Operating Requirements.
15) The family must comply with any additional requirements specified by HUD or FEMA.

WARNING: Title 18, Section 1001 of the United Sates Code, states that it is unlawful to knowingly and willingly make false statements or misrepresentations to any department or agency of the United States.

 
 
 

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