HUD HCV Guidebook § 8

Once a family finds a suitable unit and the owner is willing to lease the unit under the program, the family
must51 submit two documents to the PHA no later than the expiration date stated on the Housing Choice
Voucher:
     •   A request for tenancy approval, and
     •   An unexecuted copy of the lease, including the HUD-prescribed tenancy addendum.
The PHA has the discretion to specify the procedure for requesting tenancy approval, and the family must52
submit the request for tenancy approval in the form and manner required by the PHA. PHAs must53 collect the
information on the Form HUD-52517, Request for Tenancy Approval. The Form HUD-52517 contains basic
information about the rental unit selected by the family, including the unit address, number of bedrooms,
structure type, year constructed, utilities included in the rent, and the requested beginning date of the lease.
Owners must54 certify that they are not the parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, sister, or brother of any
member of the family, unless the PHA has granted a request for reasonable accommodation for a person with
disabilities who is a member of the household.55 For units constructed prior to January 1, 1978, owners
must56 either: (1) certify that the unit, common areas, and exterior have been found to be free of lead-based
paint by a certified lead-based paint inspector; or (2) disclose to the lessee the presence of any known lead-
based paint and/or lead-based paint hazards as required by the Lead Disclosure Rule (24 CFR 35, subpart A),

50
   24 CFR 982.301(b)(12)
51
   24 CFR 982.302(c)
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   24 CFR 982.302(d)
53
   Form HUD-52517
54
   Form HUD-52517
55
   Form HUD-52517, line 12b
56
   Form HUD-52517, line 12c

as described in Section 10.2 of this chapter. Finally, owners of projects with more than four units must57
provide rent amounts for recently leased comparable units within the premises for purposes of the PHA’s
determining whether the requested rent is reasonable (see the Rent Reasonableness chapter).
The PHA has the discretion to permit a family to submit more than one request for tenancy approval at a time.
When determining whether to allow submission of more than one request for tenancy approval at a time,
PHAs may want to consider whether such a practice will be confusing to owners, and whether staff time allows
for such a practice.