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SCOPE OF SERVICES 1 . The Grantee agrees to work with the Corporation to locate and assist low income households of the State of Florida in accordance with the provisions contained in the Federal Act, the State Act, the HOME Program regulations (24 CFR Part 92) and this Agreement. Preference will be given those households who have been displaced from their primary residence as a result of natural disaster. Grantee responsibilities include but are not limited to : a) Providing Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA), security deposit and utility deposit assistance; and b) Counseling of prospective tenants regarding landlord/tenant responsibilities, methods of locating suitable units and equal housing opportunity laws . 2 . The Corporation and/or the Corporation' s monitoring agents will monitor the performance of the Grantee as it relates to this Agreement on a periodic basis. 3 . Eligible Households include those households who have incomes at or below 80 percent of area median income, adjusted for family size, as established by HUD. For each fiscal year, at least 90 percent of Eligible Households assisted through HOME TBRA must be at or below 60 percent of area median income, adjusted for family size . a) Eligibility is determined by comparing the household' s anticipated gross annual income for the next twelve months to the income limits for the appropriate household size. (The definition of annual income as defined in Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 .) Verification of income should be completed in accordance with the rule of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. A self-affidavit executed by the household is acceptable if third party verification cannot be obtained. b) Written certification of income eligibility must be obtained prior to occupancy. If applicants or household members that are being assisted have given false information, the Grantee must notify the Corporation and rental assistance must be terminated. c) Eligible Households who receive assistance under this Agreement and who are currently on a waiting list for a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program cannot be removed from that waiting list and must be transitioned from the HOME TBRA program to the Section 8 program if a Housing Choice Voucher becomes available to them . 4 . Rental assistance is limited to an initial twelve month period. No TBRA application shall be accepted by the Grantee after expiration of this contract unless otherwise extended in writing by the Corporation, but in no event will the contract be extended beyond an additional one year. 5 . The Grantee is responsible for obtaining the following documentation for each Eligible Household applying to receive TBRA : a) Applicant In-Take Form (Exhibit 1 ) and Tenant Income Certification (Exhibit 2), or HUD 50058 Form b) Landlord Agreement to Participate Form (original), and (Exhibit 3) c) Signed Lease and Lease Addendum (copy). (Exhibit 4) If providing the HUD 50058 Form, Grantee must also provide the amount of security and utility deposit paid to the tenant (if applicable) . 6 . The Grantee must provide income verifications for each tenant. 7 . Rental assistance under this program is portable and is available to Eligible Households to rent the unit of their choice provided it does not already receive any form of rental assistance. The assistance is conditioned upon the execution of a Lease Addendum between the landlord and the Eligible Household. 8 . On the 18`x' of every month, the Grantee will transmit to the Corporation a Monthly Payment Authorization form (Attachment B), authorizing payment for all Eligible Households . Households that are subsequently determined to be ineligible or who have served notice they have vacated must be removed from the next monthly submittal . Florida Housing Finance Corporation Page 1 Attachment A (Rev . 09/06)