Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1) The owner of the units must select tenants from the VHA’s waiting list. 2) VHA will establish a separate waiting list for the public housing project. 3) When an owner refers an applicant to the waitlist, the applicants must go through VHA eligibility process. Referrals will be placed on the waiting list in accordance with local waiting list policies and selection preferences. 4) Owners may subject prospective tenants referred from the waiting list to the same selection criteria used for other tenants in their development. 5) Owners may reject tenants pulled from the waiting list; however, valid reasons based on the generally applied selection criteria must be given for such rejections. Selection criteria must be written and follow the appeal process described in the VHA ACOP.;
