If HUD awards funding that is targeted for families with specific characteristics or families living in specific units, the Greensboro Housing Authority will use the assistance for those families. PREFERENCES Consistent with the Greensboro Housing Authority Agency Plan, the Greensboro Housing Authority will select families based on the following preferences based on local housing needs and priorities. Applicants who reside or work in GHA’s jurisdiction will receive priority in placement and selection from the waiting list. Disaster Hurricane Matthew victims who are HCV program participants in another jurisdiction impacted by Hurricane Matthew Families with an adult member employed full-time for the past 12 months is at least 30 hours per week for tenant-based vouchers and 15 hours per week for project-based vouchers); and continuing. Graduates must be gainfully employed within a reasonable time frame. Or, enrolled full-time in an accredited non-profit institution of higher education (university, college, or community college); Full-time students must have completed at least the first year of their academic requirements and continuing. Or, enrolled in a job-training program, or a program that prepares someone for a job. Persons on job training or job readiness programs must complete at least 50% of their course work; and college graduates or graduates of job training or job readiness programs must be gainfully employed to receive this preference. Or, if the head and spouse, or sole member is age 62 or older, or is a person with disabilities. Or, families who are current participants in a Continuum of Care (CoC) sponsored homeless program and referred by the CoCor Veterans referred by the Veteran Administration may qualify for this preference. These families must be receiving documented supportive services and have been defined as chronically homeless individuals or families. Displaced person(s): Individuals or families displaced by public; or private action or natural disaster. This Preference includes individuals or families who have received a written condemnation notice from the City of Greensboro indicating condemnation of their rental unit is imminent. Renters who damage the rental home or are otherwise responsible for causing the condemnation are not eligible for this preference. All other applicants. Applicants who satisfy preference criteria but who reside outside of GHA’s jurisdiction. Those working in the GHA’s jurisdiction can get a preference but not those attending school in Greensboro.
operating condition. The system must be able to provide adequate heat (and cooling, if applicable), either directly or indirectly, to each room, in order to assure a healthy living environment appropriate to the climate. The dwelling unit must not contain unvented room heaters that burn gas, oil, or kerosene. Electric heaters are acceptable. Illumination and Electricity Performance Requirement Each room must have adequate natural or artificial illumination to permit normal indoor activities and to support the health and safety of occupants. The dwelling unit must have sufficient electrical sources so occupants can use essential electrical appliances. The electrical fixtures and wiring must ensure safety from fire. Acceptability Criteria There must be at least one window in the living room and in each sleeping room. The kitchen area and the bathroom must have a permanent ceiling or wall light fixture in proper operating condition. The kitchen area must also have at least one electrical outlet in proper operating condition. The living room and each bedroom must have at least two electrical outlets in proper operating condition. Permanent overhead or light fixtures may count as one of the required electrical outlets. Structure and Materials Performance Requirement The dwelling unit must be structurally sound. The structure must not present any threat to the health and safety of the occupants and must protect the occupants from the environment. Acceptability Criteria
A family receiving homeownership assistance may move to a new unit with continued tenant-based assistance. The family may move either with housing choice voucher rental assistance (in accordance with rental assistance program requirements) or with housing choice voucher homeownership assistance (in accordance with homeownership option program requirements). The Greensboro Housing Authority will not commence continued tenant-based assistance for occupancy of the new unit so long as any family member owns any title or other interest in the prior home. No more than one move per year may occur in the program. The Greensboro Housing Authority must be able to determine that all initial requirements have been satisfied if a family that has received homeownership assistance wants to move to a new unit with continued homeownership assistance. However, the following requirements do not apply: The requirement for pre-assistance counseling is not applicable. The requirement that a family must be a first-time homeowner is not applicable. The Greensboro Housing Authority may deny permission to move with continued assistance in the following circumstances: The Greensboro Housing Authority may deny permission to move with continued rental or homeownership assistance if the housing authority determines that it does not have sufficient funding to provide continued assistance. At any time, the Greensboro Housing Authority may deny permission to move with continued rental or homeownership assistance in accordance with the next Section. DENIAL OR TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES At any time, the Greensboro Housing Authority may deny or terminate homeownership assistance in accordance with the same rules as it utilizes for the rental program. The same restrictions on admission or continued assistance in regards to criminal activities shall apply to the homeownership program as the rental program. The Greensboro Housing Authority may deny or terminate assistance for violation of tenant obligations as previously described for the rental program. The PHA shall terminate housing choice voucher homeownership assistance for any member of family receiving homeownership assistance that is dispossessed