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SCOPE OF SERVICES <br /> I . The Grantee agrees to work with the Corporation to locate and assist low income households of the State of <br /> Florida in accordance with the provisions contained in the Federal Act, the State Act, the HOME Program <br /> regulations (24 CFR Part 92) and this Agreement. Preference will be given those households who have been <br /> displaced from their primary residence as a result of natural disaster. Grantee responsibilities include but are not <br /> limited to : <br /> a) Providing Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) , security deposit and utility deposit assistance ; and <br /> b) Counseling of prospective tenants regarding landlord/tenant responsibilities , methods of locating suitable <br /> units and equal housing opportunity laws . <br /> 2 . The Corporation and/or the Corporation ' s monitoring agents will monitor the performance of the Grantee as it <br /> relates to this Agreement on a periodic basis . <br /> 3 . Eligible Households include those households who have incomes at or below 80 percent of area median income , <br /> adjusted for family size , as established by HUD . For each fiscal year, at least 90 percent of Eligible Households <br /> assisted through HOME TBRA must be at or below 60 percent of area median income, adjusted for family size . <br /> a) Eligibility is determined by comparing the household' s anticipated gross annual income for the next twelve <br /> months to the income limits for the appropriate household size . (The definition of annual income as defined <br /> in Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 . ) Verification of income should be completed in <br /> accordance with the rule of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program . A self- affidavit executed by <br /> the household is acceptable if third party verification cannot be obtained . <br /> b) Written certification of income eligibility must be obtained prior to occupancy . If applicants or household <br /> members that are being assisted have given false information, the Grantee must notify the Corporation and <br /> rental assistance must be terminated . <br /> c ) Eligible Households who receive assistance under this Agreement and who are currently on a waiting list <br /> for a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program cannot be removed from that waiting list and must be <br /> transitioned from the HOME TBRA program to the Section 8 program if a Housing Choice Voucher <br /> becomes available to them . <br /> 4 . Rental assistance is limited to an initial twelve month period . No TBRA application shall be accepted by the <br /> Grantee after expiration of this contract unless otherwise extended in writing by the Corporation, but in no event <br /> will the contract be extended beyond an additional one year. <br /> 5 . The Grantee is responsible for obtaining the following documentation for each Eligible Household applying to <br /> receive TBRA : <br /> a) Applicant In-Take Form ( Exhibit 1 ) and Tenant Income Certification (Exhibit 2), or HUD 50058 Form <br /> b) Landlord Agreement to Participate Form (original) , and (Exhibit 3 ) <br /> c) Signed Lease and Lease Addendum (copy) . ( Exhibit 4) <br /> If providing the HUD 50058 Form, Grantee must also provide the amount of security and utility deposit paid to <br /> the tenant (if applicable) . <br /> 6 . The Grantee must provide income verifications for each tenant. <br /> 7 . Rental assistance under this program is portable and is available to Eligible Households to rent the unit of their <br /> choice provided it does not already receive any form of rental assistance . The assistance is conditioned upon the <br /> execution of a Lease Addendum between the landlord and the Eligible Household . <br /> 8 . On the 18th of every month , the Grantee will transmit to the Corporation a Monthly Payment Authorization form <br /> (Attachment B) , authorizing payment for all Eligible Households . Households that are subsequently determined <br /> to be ineligible or who have served notice they have vacated must be removed from the next monthly submittal . <br /> Florida Housing Finance Corporation Page I Attachment A (Rev . 09/05 ) <br />