ATTACHMENT 4-1
SECTION 8 ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN
PROPOSED 2022 UPDATES
Burbank Housing Authority (BHA) Proposed Updates
Chapter 5 – Income, Assets and Allowances
1. Income – pages 5-1 to 5-2
Revised “Regular contributions, Peer -to-Peer payments, gifts or loans received from persons not residing in the household.”
Added “For fully excluded income, the PHA is not required to follow the verification hierarchy, document why third-party verification is not available, or report the income on the 50058. Fully excluded income is defined as income that is entirely excluded from the annual income determination (for example, food stamps, earned income of a minor, or foster care funds) [Notice PIH 2013- 04]. PHAs may accept a family’s signed application or reex amination form as self -certification of fully excluded income. They do not have to require additional documentation.”
Chapter 17 – Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV) - pages 17-1 to 17-9
2. This chapter was adopted on December 15, 2021, and outlines policies and procedures of the new Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program made available through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which was signed into law on March 11, 2021. Through EHV, HUD is providing approximately 70,000 housing choice vouchers to local Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to assist individuals and families who are homeless , at risk of homelessness , fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking or human trafficking , or were recently homeless or having high risk of housing instability. Locally, HUD has provided a total of 67 vouchers distributed to the Burbank Housing Authority (BHA).
Glossary – page 7
3. Added definition of PEER-TO-PEER
A payment application (e.g., Apple Pay, Venmo, Cash App, Pay Pal, Zelle, etc.) can receive funds from anyone, including employers and buyers of goods. The Peer-to-Peer payment app can be used to receive income or hold assets (money).