Torrance City Council
November 4, 2025

confidentiality policies provided in Chapter 16. In addition to the general requirements that govern all verification efforts, the following requirements apply when verifying a disability:
 Third-party verification must be obtained from an individual identified by the family who is competent to make the determination. A doctor or other medical professional, a peer support group, a non-medical service agency, or a reliable third party who is in a position to know about the individual’s disability may provide verification of a disability [Joint Statement of the Departments of HUD and Justice: Reasonable Accommodations under the Fair Housing Act]
 The PHA must request only information that is necessary to evaluate the disability-related need for the accommodation. The PHA will not inquire about the nature or extent of any disability.
 Medical records will not be accepted or retained in the participant file.  In the event that the PHA does receive confidential information about a person’s specific diagnosis, treatment, or the nature or severity of the disability, the PHA will dispose of it. In place of the information, the PHA will note in the file that the disability and other requested information have been verified, the date the verification was received, and the name and address of the knowledgeable professional who sent the information [Notice PIH 2010-26]. 2-II.E. APPROVAL/DENIAL OF A REQUESTED ACCOMMODATION [Joint Statement of the Departments of HUD and Justice: Reasonable Accommodations under the Fair Housing Act, Notice PIH 2010-26].

The PHA must approve a request for an accommodation if the following three conditions are met:
 The request was made by or on behalf of a person with a disability.  There is a disability-related need for the accommodation.  The requested accommodation is reasonable, meaning it would not impose an undue financial and administrative burden on the PHA, or fundamentally alter the nature of the PHA’s HCV operations (including the obligation to comply with HUD requirements and regulations).

Requests for accommodations must be assessed on a case-by-case basis, taking into account factors such as the overall size of the PHA’s program with respect to the number of employees, type of facilities and size of budget, type of operation including composition and structure of workforce, the nature and cost of the requested accommodation, and the availability of alternative accommodations that would effectively meet the family’s disability-related needs.

Before making a determination whether to approve the request, the PHA may enter into discussion and negotiation with the family, request more information from the family, or may require the family to sign a consent form so that the PHA may verify the need for the requested accommodation.

PHA Policy
After a request for an accommodation is presented, the PHA will respond in writing within 10 business days.
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If the PHA denies a request for an accommodation because there is no relationship, or nexus, found between the disability and the requested accommodation, the notice will inform the family of the right to appeal the PHA’s decision through an informal review (if applicable) or informal hearing (see Chapter 16).

If the PHA denies a request for an accommodation because it is not reasonable (it would impose an undue financial and administrative burden or fundamentally alter the nature of the PHA’s operations), the PHA will discuss with the family whether an alternative accommodation could effectively address the family’s disability-related needs without a fundamental alteration to the HCV program and without imposing an undue financial and administrative burden.

If the PHA believes that the family has failed to identify a reasonable alternative accommodation after interactive discussion and negotiation, the PHA will notify the family in writing of its determination within 10 business days from the date of the most recent discussion or communication with the family.
2-II.F. PROGRAM ACCESSIBILITY FOR PERSONS WITH HEARING OR VISION

IMPAIRMENTS
HUD regulations require the PHA to ensure that persons with disabilities related to hearing and vision have reasonable access to the PHA's programs and services [24 CFR 8.6].

At the initial point of contact with each applicant, the PHA shall inform all applicants of alternative forms of communication that can be used other than plain language paperwork.

PHA Policy
To meet the needs of persons with hearing impairments, TTD/TTY (text telephone display / teletype) communication will be available.

To meet the needs of persons with vision impairments, large-print and audio versions of key program documents will be made available upon request. When visual aids are used in public meetings or presentations, or in meetings with PHA staff, one-on-one assistance will be provided upon request.

Additional examples of alternative forms of communication are sign language interpretation; having material explained orally by staff; or having a third party representative (a friend, relative or advocate, named by the applicant) to receive, interpret and explain housing materials and be present at all meetings. 2-II.G. PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY
The PHA must comply with a variety of regulations pertaining to physical accessibility, including the following:
 Notice PIH 2010-26
 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
 The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
 The Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
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 The Fair Housing Act of 1988
The PHA’s policies concerning physical accessibility must be readily available to applicants and participants. They can be found in three key documents:
 This plan describes the key policies that govern the PHA’s responsibilities with regard to physical accessibility.
 Notice PIH 2010-26 summarizes information about pertinent laws and implementing regulations related to nondiscrimination and accessibility in federally-funded housing programs.
 The PHA Plan provides information about self-evaluation, needs assessment, and transition plans.

The design, construction, or alteration of PHA facilities must conform to the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS). Newly-constructed facilities must be designed to be readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities. Alterations to existing facilities must be accessible to the maximum extent feasible, defined as not imposing an undue financial and administrative burden on the operations of the HCV program.

When issuing a voucher to a family that includes an individual with disabilities, the PHA will include a current list of available accessible units known to the PHA and will assist the family in locating an available accessible unit, if necessary.

In general, owners must permit the family to make reasonable modifications to the unit.

However, the owner is not required to pay for the modification and may require that the unit be restored to its original state at the family’s expense when the family moves. 2-II.H. DENIAL OR TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE
A PHA’s decision to deny or terminate the assistance of a family that includes a person with disabilities is subject to consideration of reasonable accommodation [24 CFR 982.552 (2)(iv)].

When applicants with disabilities are denied assistance, the notice of denial must inform them of the PHA’s informal review process and their right to request an informal review. In addition, the notice must inform applicants with disabilities of their right to request reasonable accommodations to participate in the informal review process.

When a participant family’s assistance is terminated, the notice of termination must inform them of the PHA’s informal hearing process and their right to request a hearing and reasonable accommodation.

When reviewing reasonable accommodation requests, the PHA must consider whether any mitigating circumstances can be verified to explain and overcome the problem that led to the PHA’s decision to deny or terminate assistance. If a reasonable accommodation will allow the family to meet the requirements, the PHA must make the accommodation. 240
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PART III: IMPROVING ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH LIMITED

ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (LEP)
2-III.A. OVERVIEW
Language for Limited English Proficiency Persons (LEP) can be a barrier to accessing important benefits or services, understanding and exercising important rights, complying with applicable responsibilities, or understanding other information provided by the HCV program. In certain circumstances, failure to ensure that LEP persons can effectively participate in or benefit from federally-assisted programs and activities may violate the prohibition under Title VI against discrimination on the basis of national origin. This part incorporates the Final Guidance to Federal Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI Prohibition against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons, published January 22, 2007, in the Federal Register.

The PHA will take affirmative steps to communicate with people who need services or information in a language other than English. These persons will be referred to as Persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP).

LEP is defined as persons who do not speak English as their primary language and who have a limited ability to read, write, speak or understand English. For the purposes of this administrative plan, LEP persons are HCV applicants and participants, and parents and family members of applicants and participants.

In order to determine the level of access needed by LEP persons, the PHA will balance the following four factors: (1) the number or proportion of LEP persons eligible to be served or likely to be encountered by the Housing Choice Voucher program; (2) the frequency with which LEP persons come into contact with the program; (3) the nature and importance of the program, activity, or service provided by the program to people’s lives; and (4) the resources available to the PHA and costs. Balancing these four factors will ensure meaningful access by LEP persons to critical services while not imposing undue burdens on the PHA. 2-III.B. ORAL INTERPRETATION
The PHA will offer competent interpretation services free of charge, upon request, to the LEP person.

PHA Policy
The PHA will utilize a language line for telephone interpreter services.

Where LEP persons desire, they will be permitted to use, at their own expense, an interpreter of their own choosing, in place of or as a supplement to the free language services offered by the PHA. The PHA, at its discretion, may choose to use the language services even when LEP persons desire to use an interpreter of their choosing. The interpreter may be a family member or friend. If the interpreter chosen by the family is a minor, the PHA will not rely on the minor to serve as the interpreter.

The PHA will analyze the various kinds of contacts it has with the public, to assess language needs and decide what reasonable steps should be taken. “Reasonable steps” may not be reasonable where the costs imposed substantially exceed the benefits. 241
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Where feasible and possible, according to its language assistance plan (LAP), the PHA will train and hire bilingual staff to be available to act as interpreters and translators, will pool resources with other PHAs, and will standardize documents. 2-III.C. WRITTEN TRANSLATION
Translation is the replacement of a written text from one language into an equivalent written text in another language.

PHA Policy
In order to comply with written-translation obligations, the PHA will take the following steps:

The PHA will provide written translations of vital documents for each eligible LEP language group that constitutes 5 percent or 1,000 persons, whichever is less, of the population of persons eligible to be served or likely to be affected or encountered. Translation of other documents, if needed, can be provided orally; or If there are fewer than 50 persons in a language group that reaches the 5 percent trigger, the PHA does not translate vital written materials, but provides written notice in the primary language of the LEP language group of the right to receive competent oral interpretation of those written materials, free of cost. 2-III.D. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
After completing the four-factor analysis and deciding what language assistance services are appropriate, the PHA shall determine whether it is necessary to develop a written implementation plan to address the identified needs of the LEP populations it serves.

If the PHA determines that it is not necessary to develop a written implementation plan, the absence of a written plan does not obviate the underlying obligation to ensure meaningful access by LEP persons to the PHA’s Housing Choice Voucher program and services.

PHA Policy
If it is determined that the PHA serves very few LEP persons, and the PHA has very limited resources, the PHA will not develop a written LEP plan, but will consider alternative ways to articulate in a reasonable manner a plan for providing meaningful access. Entities having significant contact with LEP persons, such as schools, grassroots and faith-based organizations, community groups, and groups working with new immigrants will be contacted for input into the process.

If the PHA determines it is appropriate to develop a written LEP plan, the following five steps will be taken: (1) Identifying LEP individuals who need language assistance; (2) identifying language assistance measures; (3) training staff; (4) providing notice to LEP persons; and (5) monitoring and updating the LEP plan.
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EXHIBIT 2-1: DEFINITION OF A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY UNDER FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS [24 CFR Parts 8.3 and 100.201] A person with a disability, as defined under federal civil rights laws, is any person who:
 Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of an individual, or
 Has a record of such impairment, or
 Is regarded as having such impairment
The phrase “physical or mental impairment” includes:
 Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic or disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems: neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory, including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive; genito-urinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; or  Any mental or psychological disorder, such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities. The term “physical or mental impairment” includes, but is not limited to: such diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, drug addiction and alcoholism.
“Major life activities” includes, but is not limited to, caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, breathing, learning, and/or working. “Has a record of such impairment” means has a history of, or has been misclassified as having, a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. “Is regarded as having an impairment” is defined as having a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit one or more major life activities but is treated by a public entity (such as the PHA) as constituting such a limitation; has none of the impairments defined in this section but is treated by a public entity as having such an impairment; or has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, only as a result of the attitudes of others toward that impairment.

The definition of a person with disabilities does not include:
 Current illegal drug users
 People whose alcohol use interferes with the rights of others  Persons who objectively pose a direct threat or substantial risk of harm to others that cannot be controlled with a reasonable accommodation under the HCV program The above definition of disability determines whether an applicant or participant is entitled to any of the protections of federal disability civil rights laws. Thus, a person who does not meet this disability is not entitled to a reasonable accommodation under federal civil rights and fair housing laws and regulations.
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The HUD definition of a person with a disability is much narrower than the civil rights definition of disability. The HUD definition of a person with a disability is used for purposes of receiving the disabled family preference, the $400 elderly/disabled household deduction, the $480 dependent deduction, the allowance for medical expenses, or the allowance for disability assistance expenses.

The definition of a person with a disability for purposes of granting a reasonable accommodation request is much broader than the HUD definition of disability. Many people will not qualify as a disabled person under the HCV program, yet an accommodation is needed to provide equal opportunity.
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Chapter 3

ELIGIBILITY
PART I: DEFINITIONS OF FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
3-I.A. OVERVIEW
Some eligibility criteria and program rules vary depending upon the composition of the family requesting assistance. In addition, some requirements apply to the family as a whole and others apply to individual persons who will live in the assisted unit. This part provides information that is needed to correctly identify family and household members, and to apply HUD's eligibility rules.
3-I.B. FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD [24 CFR 5.403; FR Notice 02/03/12; Notice PIH 2014-20; and FR Notice 2/14/23]
The terms family and household have different meanings in the HCV program.

Family
To be eligible for assistance, an applicant must qualify as a family. Family as defined by HUD includes, but is not limited to the following, regardless of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status, a single person, who may be an elderly person, displaced person, disabled person, near-elderly person, or any other single person.

Such group includes but is not limited to a family with or without children (a child who is temporarily away from the home because of placement in foster care is considered a member of the family), an elderly family, a near-elderly family, a disabled family, a displaced family, and the remaining member of a tenant family. The PHA has the discretion to determine if any other group of persons qualifies as a family.

Gender Identity means actual or perceived gender characteristics.

Sexual orientation means homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.

PHA Policy
A family also includes two or more individuals who are not related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other operation of law but who either can demonstrate that they have lived together previously or certify that each individual’s income and other resources will be available to meet the needs of the family.

Each family must identify the individuals to be included in the family at the time of application and must notify the PHA if the family’s composition changes.

Upon the PHA’s HOTMA 102/104 compliance date, the above definition of family will be amended to include: An otherwise eligible youth who has attained at least 18 years of age and not more than 24 years of age and who has left foster care, or will leave foster care within 90 days, in accordance with a transition plan described in section 475(5)(H) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 675(5)(H)), and is homeless or is at risk of becoming homeless at age 16 or older; or a group of persons residing together.
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Household
Household is a broader term that includes additional people who, with the PHA’s permission, live in an assisted unit, such as live-in aides, foster children, and foster adults. 3-I.C. FAMILY BREAKUP AND REMAINING MEMBER OF TENANT FAMILY Family Breakup [24 CFR 982.315; Notice PIH 2017-08]
Except under the following conditions, the PHA has discretion to determine which members of an assisted family continue to receive assistance if the family breaks up:
 If the family breakup results from an occurrence of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, the PHA must ensure that the victim retains assistance. (For documentation requirements and policies related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking, see section 16-IX.D of this plan.)  In accordance with Notice PIH 2017-08, for HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers, when the veteran is the perpetrator of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, the victim must continue to be assisted. Upon termination of the perpetrator’s HUD–VASH voucher, the victim should be given a regular HCV if one is available, and the perpetrator’s HUD–VASH voucher should be used to serve another eligible family. If a regular HCV is not available, the victim will continue to use the HUD–VASH voucher, which must be issued to another eligible family upon the voucher’s turnover.
 If a court determines the disposition of property between members of the assisted family, the PHA is bound by the court’s determination of which family members continue to receive assistance.

PHA Policy
When a family on the waiting list breaks up into two otherwise eligible families, only one of the new families may retain the original application date. Other former family members may make a new application with a new application date if the waiting list is open.

If a family breaks up into two otherwise eligible families while receiving assistance, only one of the new families will continue to be assisted.

In the absence of a judicial decision or an agreement among the original family members, the PHA will determine which family will retain their placement on the waiting list or continue to receive assistance. In making its determination, the PHA will take into consideration the following factors: (1) the interest of any minor children, including custody arrangements; (2) the interest of any ill, elderly, or disabled family members; (3) the interest of any family member who is the victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, including a family member who was forced to leave an assisted unit as a result of such actual or threatened abuse; (4) any possible risks to family members as a result of criminal activity; and (5) the recommendations of social service professionals
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Remaining Member of a Tenant Family [24 CFR 5.403]
The HUD definition of family includes the remaining member of a tenant family, which is a member of an assisted family who remains in the unit when other members of the family have left the unit. Household members such as live-in aides, foster children, and foster adults do not qualify as remaining members of a family.

If dependents are the only “remaining members of a tenant family” and there is no family member able to assume the responsibilities of the head of household, see Chapter 6, Section 6- I.B, for the policy on “Caretakers for a Child.”
3-I.D. HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD [24 CFR 5.504(b)]
Head of household means the adult member of the family who is considered the head for purposes of determining income eligibility and rent. The head of household is responsible for ensuring that the family fulfills all of its responsibilities under the program, alone or in conjunction with a cohead or spouse.

PHA Policy
The family may designate any qualified family member as the head of household.

The head of household must have the legal capacity to enter into a lease under state and local law. A minor who is emancipated under state law may be designated as head of household.
3-I.E. SPOUSE, COHEAD, AND OTHER ADULT
A family may have a spouse or cohead, but not both [HUD-50058 IB, p. 13].

Spouse means the marriage partner of the head of household.

PHA Policy
A marriage partner includes the partner in a "common law" marriage as defined in state law. The term “spouse” does not apply to friends, roommates, or significant others who are not marriage partners. A minor who is emancipated under state law may be designated as a spouse.

A cohead is an individual in the household who is equally responsible with the head of household for ensuring that the family fulfills all of its responsibilities under the program, but who is not a spouse. A family can have only one cohead.

PHA Policy
Minors who are emancipated under state law may be designated as a cohead.

Other adult means a family member, other than the head, spouse, or cohead, who is 18 years of age or older. Foster adults and live-in aides are not considered other adults. 247
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3-I.F. DEPENDENTS AND MINORS [24 CFR 5.603]
A minor is a member of the family, other than the head of family or spouse, who is under 18 years of age.

A dependent is a family member who is under 18 years of age or a person of any age who is a person with a disability or a full-time student, except that the following persons can never be dependents: the head of household, spouse, cohead, foster children/adults and live-in aides.

Identifying each dependent in the family is important because each dependent qualifies the family for a dependent allowance as described in Chapter 6.

Joint Custody of Dependents
PHA Policy
Dependents that are subject to a joint custody arrangement will be considered a member of the family, if they live with the applicant or participant family 50 percent or more of the time.

When more than one applicant or participant family is claiming the same dependents as family members, the family with primary custody at the time of the initial examination or reexamination will be able to claim the dependents. If there is a dispute about which family should claim them, the PHA will make the determination based on available documents such as court orders, or an IRS return showing which family has claimed the child for income tax purposes.
3-I.G. FULL-TIME STUDENT [24 CFR 5.603; HCV GB, p. 5-29] A full-time student (FTS) is a person who is attending school or vocational training on a full-time basis. The time commitment or subject load that is needed to be full-time is defined by the educational institution.

Identifying each FTS is important because: (1) each family member that is an FTS, other than the head, spouse, or cohead, qualifies the family for a dependent allowance, and (2) the earned income of such an FTS is treated differently from the income of other family members. 3-I.H. ELDERLY AND NEAR-ELDERLY PERSONS, AND ELDERLY FAMILY [24 CFR 5.100 and 5.403, FR Notice 02/03/12]
Elderly Persons
An elderly person is a person who is at least 62 years of age.

Near-Elderly Persons
A near-elderly person is a person who is 50-61 years of age.

Elderly Family
An elderly family is one in which the head, spouse, cohead, or sole member is an elderly person.

Identifying elderly families is important because elderly families qualify for the elderly family allowance as described in Chapter 6.
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3-I.I. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND DISABLED FAMILY [24 CFR 5.403, FR Notice 02/03/12]
Persons with Disabilities
Under the HCV program, special rules apply to persons with disabilities and to any family whose head, spouse, or cohead is a person with disabilities. The technical definitions of individual with handicaps and persons with disabilities are provided in Exhibit 3-1 at the end of this chapter.

These definitions are used for a number of purposes including ensuring that persons with disabilities are not discriminated against based upon disability.

As discussed in Chapter 2, the PHA must make all aspects of the HCV program accessible to persons with disabilities and consider reasonable accommodations requested based upon a person’s disability.

Disabled Family
A disabled family is one in which the head, spouse, or cohead is a person with disabilities.

Identifying disabled families is important because these families qualify for the disabled family allowance as described in Chapter 6.

Even though persons with drug or alcohol dependencies are considered persons with disabilities, this does not prevent the PHA from denying assistance for reasons related to alcohol and drug abuse in accordance with the policies found in Part III of this chapter, or from terminating assistance in accordance with the policies in Chapter 12. 3-I.J. GUESTS [24 CFR 5.100]
A guest is a person temporarily staying in the unit with the consent of a member of the household who has expressed or implied authority to so consent.

PHA Policy
A guest can remain in the assisted unit no longer than 30 consecutive days or a total of 90 cumulative calendar days during any 12-month period.

Children who are subject to a joint custody arrangement or for whom a family has visitation privileges, that are not included as a family member because they live outside of the assisted household more than 50 percent of the time, are not subject to the time limitations of guests as described above.

A family may request an exception to this policy for valid reasons (e.g., care of a relative recovering from a medical procedure is expected to last 40 consecutive days). An exception will not be made unless the family can identify and provide documentation of the residence to which the guest will return.
3-I.K. FOSTER CHILDREN AND FOSTER ADULTS [24 CFR 5.603] Prior to the PHA’s HOTMA 102/104 compliance date, the following policy on foster children and foster adults will be used:

Foster adults are usually persons with disabilities, unrelated to the tenant family, who are unable to live alone [24 CFR 5.609].

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Foster children and foster adults who are living with an applicant or who have been approved by the PHA to live with a participant family are considered household members but not family members. The income of foster children/adults is not counted in family annual income, and foster children/adults do not qualify for a dependent deduction [24 CFR 5.603; HUD-50058 IB, p. 13].

PHA Policy
A foster child is a child that is in the legal guardianship or custody of a state, county, or private adoption or foster care agency, yet is cared for by foster parents in their own homes, under some kind of short-term or long-term foster care arrangement with the custodial agency.

A foster child or foster adult may be allowed to reside in the unit if their presence would not result in a violation of HQS space standards according to 24 CFR 982.401.

Children that are temporarily absent from the home as a result of placement in foster care are discussed in Section 3-I.L.

Upon the PHA’s HOTMA 102/104 compliance date, the following will replace the above section on foster children and foster adults:

A foster adult is a member of the household who is 18 years of age or older and meets the definition of a foster adult under state law. In general, a foster adult is a person who is 18 years of age or older, is unable to live independently due to a debilitating physical or mental condition, and is placed with the family by an authorized placement agency or by judgment, decree, or other order of any court of competent jurisdiction.

A foster child is a member of the household who meets the definition of a foster child under state law. In general, a foster child is placed with the family by an authorized placement agency (e.g., public child welfare agency) or by judgment, decree, or other order of any court of competent jurisdiction.

Foster children and foster adults who are living with an applicant or who have been approved by the PHA to live with a participant family are considered household members but not family members. The income of foster children/adults is not counted in family annual income, and foster children/adults do not qualify for a dependent deduction [24 CFR 5.603; HUD-50058 IB, p. 13].

PHA Policy
A foster child or foster adult may be allowed to reside in the unit if their presence would not result in a violation of space standards as described in Section 8-I.F. of this policy.

Children that are temporarily absent from the home as a result of placement in foster care are discussed in Section 3-I.L.
3-I.L. ABSENT FAMILY MEMBERS
Individuals may be absent from the family, either temporarily or permanently, for a variety of reasons including educational activities, placement in foster care, employment, illness, incarceration, and court order.
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Definitions of Temporarily and Permanently Absent
PHA Policy
Generally, an individual who is or is expected to be absent from the assisted unit for 180 consecutive days or less is considered temporarily absent and continues to be considered a family member. Generally, an individual who is or is expected to be absent from the assisted unit for more than 180 consecutive days is considered permanently absent and no longer a family member. Exceptions to this general policy are discussed below.

Absent Students
PHA Policy
When someone who has been considered a family member attends school away from home, the person will continue to be considered a family member unless information becomes available to the PHA indicating that the student has established a separate household or the family declares that the student has established a separate household.

Absences Due to Placement in Foster Care [24 CFR 5.403] Children temporarily absent from the home as a result of placement in foster care are considered members of the family.

PHA Policy
If a child has been placed in foster care, the PHA will verify with the appropriate agency whether and when the child is expected to be returned to the home. Unless the agency confirms that the child has been permanently removed from the home, the child will be counted as a family member.

Absent Head, Spouse, or Cohead
PHA Policy
An employed head, spouse, or cohead absent from the unit more than 180 consecutive days due to employment will continue to be considered a family member.

Family Members Permanently Confined for Medical Reasons [HCV GB, p. 5-22] If a family member is confined to a nursing home or hospital on a permanent basis, that person is no longer considered a family member and the income of that person is not counted [HCV GB, p. 5-22].

PHA Policy
An individual confined to a nursing home or hospital on a permanent basis is not considered a family member.

The PHA will request verification of the family member’s permanent absence from a responsible medical professional. If the responsible medical professional cannot provide a determination, the person will be considered temporarily absent. If the family certifies that the family member is confined on a permanent basis, they may present, and the PHA will consider, any additional documentation or evidence. 251
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Return of Permanently Absent Family Members
PHA Policy
The family must request PHA approval for the return of any adult family members that the PHA previously determined to be permanently absent. The individual is subject to the eligibility and screening requirements discussed elsewhere in this chapter. 3-I.M. LIVE-IN AIDE
A live-in aide is a person who resides with one or more elderly persons, or near-elderly persons, or persons with disabilities, and who: (1) is determined to be essential to the care and well-being of the persons, (2) is not obligated for the support of the persons, and (3) would not be living in the unit except to provide the necessary supportive services [24 CFR 5.403].

The PHA must approve a live-in aide if needed as a reasonable accommodation in accordance with 24 CFR 8, to make the program accessible to and usable by the family member with disabilities.

The income of a live-in aide is not counted in the calculation of annual income for the family [24 CFR 5.609(b)]. Relatives may be approved as live-in aides if they meet all of the criteria defining a live-in aide. Because live-in aides are not family members, a relative who serves as a live-in aide would not be considered a remaining member of a tenant family.

PHA Policy
A family’s request for a live-in aide may be made either orally or in writing. The PHA will verify the need for a live-in aide with a reliable, knowledgeable professional, such as a doctor, social worker, or case worker, unless the disability-related need is apparent or known to the PHA. For continued approval, the family may be required to submit a new, written request-subject to PHA verification at each annual reexamination.

In addition, the family and live-in aide will be required to submit a certification stating that the live-in aide is (1) not obligated for the support of the person(s) needing the care, and (2) would not be living in the unit except to provide the necessary supportive services.

The PHA will not approve a particular person as a live-in aide, and may withdraw such approval if [24 CFR 982.316(b)]:

The person commits fraud, bribery or any other corrupt or criminal act in connection with any federal housing program;
The person commits drug-related criminal activity or violent criminal activity; or The person currently owes rent or other amounts to the PHA or to another PHA in connection with Section 8 or public housing assistance under the 1937 Act.

The PHA will notify the family of its decision in writing within 10 business days of receiving a request for a live-in aide, including all required documentation related to the request.
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PART II: BASIC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
3-II.A. INCOME ELIGIBILITY AND TARGETING
Income Limits
HUD establishes income limits for all areas of the country and publishes them annually in the Federal Register. They are based upon estimates of median family income with adjustments for family size. The income limits are used to determine eligibility for the program and for income targeting purposes as discussed in this section.

Definitions of the Income Limits [24 CFR 5.603(b)]
Low-income family. A family whose annual income does not exceed 80 percent of the median income for the area, adjusted for family size.

Very low-income family. A family whose annual income does not exceed 50 percent of the median income for the area, adjusted for family size.

Extremely low-income family. A family whose annual income does not exceed the federal poverty level or 30 percent of the median income for the area, whichever number is higher.

Area median income is determined by HUD, with adjustments for smaller and larger families. HUD may establish income ceilings higher or lower than 30, 50, or 80 percent of the median income for an area if HUD finds that such variations are necessary because of unusually high or low family incomes.

Using Income Limits for Eligibility [24 CFR 982.201 and Notice PIH 2023-27] Income limits are used for eligibility only at admission. Income eligibility is determined by comparing the annual income of an applicant to the applicable income limit for their family size.

Income and net family assets of household members are excluded when determining income eligibility; however, household members are considered for purposes of unit size and subsidy standards. In order to be income eligible, an applicant family must be one of the following:
 A very low-income family
 A low-income family that has been “continuously assisted” under the 1937 Housing Act. A family is considered to be continuously assisted if the family is already receiving assistance under any 1937 Housing Act program at the time the family is admitted to the HCV program [24 CFR 982.4; 24 CFR 982.201(b)]
PHA Policy
The PHA will consider a family to be continuously assisted if the family was leasing a unit under any 1937 Housing Act program at the time they were selected from the PHA’s waiting list.
 A low-income family that qualifies for voucher assistance as a non-purchasing household living in HOPE 1 (public housing homeownership), HOPE 2 (multifamily housing homeownership) developments, or other HUD-assisted multifamily homeownership programs covered by 24 CFR 248.173
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 A low-income or moderate-income family that is displaced as a result of the prepayment of a mortgage or voluntary termination of a mortgage insurance contract on eligible low-income housing as defined in 24 CFR 248.101.
 A low-income family is eligible for assistance under VASH [FR Notice 8/13/24]. See Chapter 19 of this policy for more information.

HUD permits the PHA to establish additional categories of low-income families that may be determined eligible. The additional categories must be consistent with the PHA plan and the consolidated plans for local governments within the PHA’s jurisdiction.

PHA Policy
The PHA has not established any additional categories of eligible low-income families.

Using Income Limits for Targeting [24 CFR 982.201]
At least 75 percent of the families admitted to the PHA's program during a PHA fiscal year must be extremely low-income families. HUD may approve exceptions to this requirement if the PHA demonstrates that it has made all required efforts but has been unable to attract an adequate number of qualified extremely low-income families.

Families continuously assisted under the 1937 Housing Act and families living in eligible low- income housing that are displaced as a result of prepayment of a mortgage or voluntary termination of a mortgage insurance contract are not counted for income targeting purposes. 3-II.B. CITIZENSHIP OR ELIGIBLE IMMIGRATION STATUS [24 CFR 5, Subpart E] Housing assistance is available only to individuals who are U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals (herein referred to as citizens and nationals), or noncitizens that have eligible immigration status. At least one family member must be a citizen, national, or noncitizen with eligible immigration status in order for the family to qualify for any level of assistance.

All applicant families must be notified of the requirement to submit evidence of their citizenship status when they apply. Where feasible, and in accordance with the PHA’s Limited English Proficiency Plan, the notice must be in a language that is understood by the individual if the individual is not proficient in English.

Declaration [24 CFR 5.508]
HUD requires each family member to declare whether the individual is a citizen, a national, or an eligible noncitizen, except those members who elect not to contend that they have eligible immigration status. Those who elect not to contend their status are considered to be ineligible noncitizens. For citizens, nationals and eligible noncitizens the declaration must be signed personally by the head, spouse, cohead, and any other family member 18 or older, and by a parent or guardian for minors. The family must identify in writing any family members who elect not to contend their immigration status (see Ineligible Noncitizens below). No declaration is required for live-in aides, foster children, or foster adults. 254
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U.S. Citizens and Nationals
In general, citizens and nationals are required to submit only a signed declaration as verification of their status. However, HUD regulations permit the PHA to request additional documentation of their status, such as a passport.

PHA Policy
Family members who declare citizenship or national status will not be required to provide additional documentation unless the PHA receives information indicating that an individual’s declaration may not be accurate.

Eligible Noncitizens
In addition to providing a signed declaration, those declaring eligible noncitizen status must sign a verification consent form and cooperate with PHA efforts to verify their immigration status as described in Chapter 7. The documentation required for establishing eligible noncitizen status varies depending upon factors such as the date the person entered the U.S., the conditions under which eligible immigration status has been granted, the person’s age, and the date on which the family began receiving HUD-funded assistance.

Lawful residents of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau, together known as the Freely Associated States, or FAS, are eligible for housing assistance under section 141 of the Compacts of Free Association between the U.S. Government and the Governments of the FAS [Public Law 106-504].

Ineligible Noncitizens
Those noncitizens who do not wish to contend their immigration status are required to have their names listed on a noncontending family members listing, signed by the head, spouse, or cohead (regardless of citizenship status), indicating their ineligible immigration status. The PHA is not required to verify a family member’s ineligible status and is not required to report an individual’s unlawful presence in the U.S. to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Providing housing assistance to noncitizen students is prohibited [24 CFR 5.522]. This prohibition extends to the noncitizen spouse of a noncitizen student as well as to minor children who accompany or follow to join the noncitizen student. Such prohibition does not extend to the citizen spouse of a noncitizen student or to the children of the citizen spouse and noncitizen student. Such a family is eligible for prorated assistance as a mixed family.

Mixed Families
A family is eligible for assistance as long as at least one member is a citizen, national, or eligible noncitizen. Families that include eligible and ineligible individuals are considered mixed families. Such families will be given notice that their assistance will be prorated, and that they may request a hearing if they contest this determination. See Chapter 6 for a discussion of how rents are prorated, and Chapter 16 for a discussion of informal hearing procedures.

Ineligible Families [24 CFR 5.514(d), (e), and (f)]
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assisted prior to the affirmative establishment by the PHA that the individual or at least one family member is eligible. Verification of eligibility for this purpose occurs when the individual or family members have submitted documentation to the PHA in accordance with program requirements [24 CFR 5.512(a)].

PHA Policy
The PHA will not provide assistance to a family before the verification of at least one family member.

When a PHA determines that an applicant family does not include any citizens, nationals, or eligible noncitizens, following the verification process, the family will be sent a written notice within 10 business days of the determination.

The notice will explain the reasons for the denial of assistance, that the family may be eligible for proration of assistance, and will advise the family of its right to request an appeal to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) or to request an informal hearing with the PHA. The informal hearing with the PHA may be requested in lieu of the USCIS appeal, or at the conclusion of the USCIS appeal process. The notice must also inform the applicant family that assistance may not be delayed until the conclusion of the USCIS appeal process, but that it may be delayed pending the completion of the informal hearing process.

Informal hearing procedures are contained in Chapter 16.

Timeframe for Determination of Citizenship Status [24 CFR 5.508(g)] For new occupants joining the assisted family, the PHA must verify status at the first interim or regular reexamination following the person’s occupancy, whichever comes first.

If an individual qualifies for a time extension for the submission of required documents, the PHA must grant such an extension for no more than 30 days [24 CFR 5.508(h)].

Each family member is required to submit evidence of eligible status only one time during continuous occupancy.

PHA Policy
The PHA will verify the citizenship status of applicants at the time other eligibility factors are determined.
3-II.C. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS [24 CFR 5.216 and 5.218, Notice PIH 2018-24] The applicant and all members of the applicant’s household must disclose the complete and accurate social security number (SSN) assigned to each household member, and the documentation necessary to verify each SSN. If a child under age 6 has been added to an applicant family within 6 months prior to voucher issuance, an otherwise eligible family may be admitted to the program and must disclose and document the child’s SSN within 90 days of the effective date of the initial HAP contract. A detailed discussion of acceptable documentation is provided in Chapter 7.

Note: These requirements do not apply to noncitizens who do not contend eligible immigration status.
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The PHA must deny assistance to an applicant family if they do not meet the SSN disclosure and documentation requirements contained in 24 CFR 5.216.
3-II.D. FAMILY CONSENT TO RELEASE OF INFORMATION [24 CFR 5.230, 24 CFR 5.232, and HCV GB, p. 5-13]
HUD requires that each adult family member, and the head of household, spouse, or cohead, regardless of age, sign form HUD-9886-A, Authorization for the Release of Information/Privacy Act Notice, the form HUD-52675 Debts Owed to Public Housing Agencies and Terminations, and other consent forms as needed to collect information relevant to the family’s eligibility and level of assistance. Chapter 7 provides detailed information concerning the consent forms and verification requirements. The consent form remains effective until the family is denied assistance, assistance is terminated, or the family provides written notification to revoke consent.

The PHA must deny admission to the program if any member of the applicant family fails to sign and submit the consent forms for obtaining information in accordance with 24 CFR 5, Subparts B and F [24 CFR 982.552(b)(3) and 24 CFR 5.232(a)].

Upon the PHA’s HOTMA 102/104 compliance date, the following on revocation of consent is added:

However, this does not apply if the applicant or participant, or any member of their family, revokes their consent with respect to the ability of the PHA to access financial records from financial institutions, unless the PHA establishes a policy that revocation of consent to access financial records will result in denial of admission or termination of assistance [24 CFR 5.232(c)].

PHA Policy
The PHA has established a policy that revocation of consent to access financial records will result in denial of admission.
3-II.E. STUDENTS ENROLLED IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION [24 CFR 5.612, FR Notice 4/10/06, FR Notice 9/21/16]
Section 327 of Public Law 109-115 and the implementing regulation at 24 CFR 5.612 established new restrictions on the eligibility of certain students (both part- and full-time) who are enrolled in institutions of higher education.

If a student enrolled at an institution of higher education is under the age of 24, is not a veteran, is not married, does not have a dependent child, and is not a person with disabilities receiving HCV assistance as of November 30, 2005, the student’s eligibility must be examined along with the income eligibility of the student’s parents. In these cases, both the student and the student’s parents must be income eligible for the student to receive HCV assistance. If, however, a student in these circumstances is determined independent from their parents in accordance with PHA policy, the income of the student’s parents will not be considered in determining the student’s eligibility.
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The new law does not apply to students who reside with parents who are applying to receive HCV assistance. It is limited to students who are seeking assistance on their own, separately from their parents.

Definitions
In determining whether and how the new eligibility restrictions apply to a student, the PHA will rely on the following definitions [FR Notice 4/10/06, FR Notice 9/21/16].

Dependent Child
In the context of the student eligibility restrictions, dependent child means a dependent child of a student enrolled in an institution of higher education. The dependent child must also meet the definition of dependent in 24 CFR 5.603, which states that the dependent must be a member of the assisted family, other than the head of household or spouse, who is under 18 years of age, or is a person with a disability, or is a full-time student. Foster children and foster adults are not considered dependents.

Independent Student
PHA Policy
The PHA will consider a student “independent” from their parents and the parents’ income will not be considered when determining the student’s eligibility if the following four criteria are all met:

The individual is of legal contract age under state law.

The individual has established a household separate from their parents for at least one year prior to application for occupancy or the individual meets the U.S.

Department of Education’s definition of independent student.

To be considered an independent student according to the Department of Education, a student must meet one or more of the following criteria:

The individual is at least 24 years old by December 31 of the award year for which aid is sought
The individual is an orphan, in foster care, or a ward of the court, or was an orphan, in foster care, or ward of the court at any time when the individual was 13 years of age or older
The individual is, or was immediately prior to attaining the age of majority, an emancipated minor or in legal guardianship as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in the individual’s state of legal residence
The individual is a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces or is currently serving on active duty in the Armed Forces for other than training purposes
The individual is a graduate or professional student
The individual is married
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The individual has one or more legal dependents other than a spouse (for example, dependent children or an elderly dependent parent)
The individual has been verified during the school year in which the application is submitted as either an unaccompanied youth who is a homeless child or youth, or as unaccompanied, at risk of homelessness, and self-supporting by:

A local educational agency homeless liaison
The director of a program funded under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act or a
designee of the director
A financial aid administrator
The individual is a student for whom a financial aid administrator makes a documented determination of independence by reason of other unusual circumstances
The individual was not claimed as a dependent by their parents pursuant to IRS regulations, as demonstrated on the parents’ most recent tax forms.

The individual provides a certification of the amount of financial assistance that will be provided by their parents. This certification must be signed by the individual providing the support and must be submitted even if no assistance is being provided.

If the PHA determines that an individual meets the definition of a vulnerable youth such a determination is all that is necessary to determine that the person is an independent student for the purposes of using only the student’s income for determining eligibility for assistance.

The PHA will verify that a student meets the above criteria in accordance with the policies in Section 7-II.E.

Institution of Higher Education
The PHA will use the statutory definition under section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to determine whether a student is attending an institution of higher education (see Exhibit 3-2).

Parents
PHA Policy
For purposes of student eligibility restrictions, the definition of parents includes biological or adoptive parents, stepparents (as long as they are currently married to the biological or adoptive parent), and guardians (e.g., grandparents, aunt/uncle, godparents, etc).

Person with Disabilities
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Veteran
PHA Policy
A veteran is a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service and who was discharged or released from such service under conditions other than dishonorable.

Vulnerable Youth
PHA Policy
A vulnerable youth is an individual who meets the U.S. Department of Education’s definition of independent student in paragraphs (b), (c), or (h), as adopted in Section II of FR Notice 9/21/16:

The individual is an orphan, in foster care, or a ward of the court, or was an orphan, in foster care, or ward of the court at any time when the individual was 13 years of age or older
The individual is, or was immediately prior to attaining the age of majority, an emancipated minor or in legal guardianship as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in the individual’s state of legal residence The individual has been verified during the school year in which the application is submitted as either an unaccompanied youth who is a homeless child or youth, or as unaccompanied, at risk of homelessness, and self-supporting by:

A local educational agency homeless liaison
The director of a program funded under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act or a designee of the director A financial aid administrator
Determining Student Eligibility
If a student is applying for assistance on their own, apart from their parents, the PHA must determine whether the student is subject to the eligibility restrictions contained in 24 CFR 5.612.

If the student is subject to those restrictions, the PHA must ensure that: (1) the student is individually eligible for the program, (2) either the student is independent from their parents or the student’s parents are income eligible for the program, and (3) the “family” with which the student is applying is collectively eligible for the program.

PHA Policy
For any student who is subject to the 5.612 restrictions, the PHA will:

Follow its usual policies in determining whether the student individually and the student’s “family” collectively are eligible for the program Determine whether the student is independent from their parents in accordance with the definition of independent student in this section Follow the policies below, if applicable, in determining whether the student’s parents are income eligible for the program
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If the PHA determines that the student, the student’s parents (if applicable), or the student’s “family” is not eligible, the PHA will send a notice of denial in accordance with the policies in Section 3-III.F, and the applicant family will have the right to request an informal review in accordance with the policies in Section 16-III.B.

Determining Parental Income Eligibility
PHA Policy
For any student who is subject to the 5.612 restrictions and who does not satisfy the definition of independent student in this section, the PHA will determine the income eligibility of the student’s parents as follows:

If the student’s parents are married and living together, the PHA will obtain a joint income declaration and certification of joint income from the parents.

If the student’s parent is widowed or single, the PHA will obtain an income declaration and certification of income from that parent.

If the student’s parents are divorced or separated, the PHA will obtain an income declaration and certification of income from each parent.

If the student has been living with one of their parents and has not had contact with or does not know where to contact their other parent, the PHA will require the student to submit a certification under penalty of perjury describing the circumstances and stating that the student does not receive financial assistance from the other parent. The PHA will then obtain an income declaration and certification of income from the parent with whom the student has been living or had contact.

In determining the income eligibility of the student’s parents, the PHA will use the income limits for the jurisdiction in which the parents live. 3-II.F. EIV SYSTEM SEARCHES [EIV FAQs; EIV System Training 9/30/20; and Notice PIH 2023-27]
Existing Tenant Search
Prior to admission to the program, the PHA must search for all household members using the EIV Existing Tenant Search module. The PHA must review the reports for any SSA matches involving another PHA or a multifamily entity and follow up on any issues identified. The PHA must provide the family with a copy of the Existing Tenant Search results if requested. At no time may any family member receive duplicative assistance.

If the tenant is a new admission to the PHA, and a match is identified at a multifamily property, the PHA must report the program admission date to the multifamily property and document the notification in the tenant file. The family must provide documentation of move-out from the assisted unit, as applicable.

PHA Policy
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including a form HUD-50058 or 50059, as applicable, showing an end of participation.

The PHA will only approve assistance contingent upon the move-out from the currently occupied assisted unit.

Debts Owed to PHAs and Terminations
All adult household members must sign the form HUD-52675 Debts Owed to Public Housing and Terminations. Prior to admission to the program, the PHA must search for each adult family member in the Debts Owed to PHAs and Terminations module.

If a current or former tenant disputes the information in the module, the tenant should contact the PHA directly in writing to dispute the information and provide any documentation that supports the dispute. If the PHA determines that the disputed information is incorrect, the PHA will update or delete the record from EIV. Former tenants may dispute debt and termination information for a period of up to three years from the end of participation date in the program.

PHA Policy
The PHA will require each adult household member to sign the form HUD-52675 once at the eligibility determination. Any new members added to the household after admission will be required to sign the form HUD-52675 prior to being added to the household.

The PHA will search the Debts Owed to PHAs and Terminations module as part of the eligibility determination for new households and as part of the screening process for any household members added after the household is admitted to the program. If any information on debts or terminations is returned by the search, the PHA will determine if this information warrants a denial in accordance with the policies in Part III of this chapter.

EIV Income Report
For each new admission, the PHA is required to review income information in EIV to confirm and validate family reported income within 120 days after the admission information is transmitted to HUD. The PHA must print and maintain copies of the reports in the tenant file and resolve any discrepancies with the family.
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PART III: DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE
3-III.A. OVERVIEW
A family that does not meet the eligibility criteria discussed in Parts I and II, must be denied assistance. A PHA may deny assistance for an applicant because of the family’s action or failure to act as described in 24 CFR 982.552 or 982.553. In this section we will discuss other situations and circumstances in which denial of assistance is mandatory for the PHA, and those in which denial of assistance is optional for the PHA.

While the regulations state that the PHA must prohibit admission for certain types of criminal activity and give the PHA the option to deny for other types of previous criminal history, more recent HUD rules and OGC guidance must also be taken into consideration when determining whether a particular individual’s criminal history merits denial of admission.

When considering any denial of admission, PHAs may not use arrest records as the basis for the denial. Further, HUD does not require the adoption of “One Strike” policies and reminds PHAs of their obligation to safeguard the due process rights of applicants and tenants [Notice PIH 2015-19].

HUD’s Office of General Counsel issued a memo on April 4, 2016, regarding the application of Fair Housing Act standards to the use of criminal records. This memo states that a PHA violates the Fair Housing Act when their policy or practice has an unjustified discriminatory effect, even when the PHA had no intention to discriminate. Where a policy or practice that restricts admission based on criminal history has a disparate impact on a particular race, national origin, or other protected class, that policy or practice is in violation of the Fair Housing Act if it is not necessary to serve a substantial, legitimate, nondiscriminatory interest of the PHA, or if that interest could be served by another practice that has a less discriminatory effect [OGC Memo 4/4/16]. HUD codified this stance on disparate impact and discriminatory effects in a final rule dated March 31, 2023. In doing so, HUD also standardized its long-practiced three-step approach to assessing burdens of proof.

PHAs who impose blanket prohibitions on any person with any conviction record, no matter when the conviction occurred, what the underlying conduct entailed, or what the convicted person has done since then will be unable to show that such policy or practice is necessary to achieve a substantial, legitimate, nondiscriminatory interest. Even a PHA with a more tailored policy or practice that excludes individuals with only certain types of convictions must still prove that its policy is necessary. To do this, the PHA must show that its policy accurately distinguishes between criminal conduct that indicates a demonstrable risk to resident safety and property and criminal conduct that does not.

Forms of Denial [24 CFR 982.552(a)(2); HCV GB, p. 5-35] Denial of assistance includes any of the following:
 Not placing the family’s name on the waiting list
 Denying or withdrawing a voucher
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Prohibited Reasons for Denial of Program Assistance [24 CFR 982.202(b), 24 CFR 5.2005(b)]
HUD rules prohibit denial of program assistance to the program based on any of the following criteria:
 Age, disability, race, color, religion, sex, or national origin (See Chapter 2 for additional information about fair housing and equal opportunity requirements.)  Where a family lives prior to admission to the program  Where the family will live with assistance under the program. Although eligibility is not affected by where the family will live, there may be restrictions on the family’s ability to move outside the PHA’s jurisdiction under portability. (See Chapter 10.)  Whether members of the family are unwed parents, recipients of public assistance, or children born out of wedlock
 Whether the family includes children
 Whether a family decides to participate in a family self-sufficiency program  Whether or not a qualified applicant is or has been a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking if the applicant is otherwise qualified for assistance (See section 3-III.G.)
3-III.B. MANDATORY DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE [24 CFR 982.553(a) and 24 CFR 982.552(b)(6)]
HUD requires the PHA to deny assistance in the following cases:
 Any member of the household has been evicted from federally assisted housing in the last three years for drug-related criminal activity. HUD permits, but does not require, the PHA to admit an otherwise-eligible family if the household member has completed a PHA-approved drug rehabilitation program or the circumstances which led to eviction no longer exist (e.g., the person involved in the criminal activity no longer lives in the household).

PHA Policy
The PHA will admit an otherwise-eligible family who was evicted from federally assisted housing within the past three years for drug-related criminal activity if the PHA is able to verify that the household member who engaged in the criminal activity has completed a supervised drug rehabilitation program approved by the PHA, or the person who committed the crime is no longer living in the household.  The PHA determines that any household member is currently engaged in the use of illegal drugs.

PHA Policy
Currently engaged in is defined as any use of illegal drugs during the previous three months.
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 The PHA has reasonable cause to believe that any household member’s current use or pattern of use of illegal drugs, or current abuse or pattern of abuse of alcohol, may threaten the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents.

PHA Policy
In determining reasonable cause, the PHA will consider all credible evidence, including but not limited to, any record of convictions, arrests, or evictions of household members related to the use of illegal drugs or the abuse of alcohol. A record or records of arrest will not be used as the sole basis of determining reasonable cause. The PHA will also consider evidence from treatment providers or community-based organizations providing services to household members.
 Any household member has ever been convicted of drug-related criminal activity for the production or manufacture of methamphetamine on the premises of federally assisted housing.
 Any household member is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a state sex offender registration program.
 Any member of the family fails to sign and submit consent forms for obtaining information.  The family does not meet the restrictions on net assets and real property ownership as required by 24 CFR 5.618.

Upon the PHA’s HOTMA 102/104 compliance date, the following section on the asset limitation is added. The asset limitation does not apply until the PHA’s HOTMA compliance date.
3-III.C. RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE BASED ON ASSETS [24 CFR 5.618] There are two circumstances under which a family is ineligible to receive assistance based on asset ownership.

First, assistance may not be provided to any family if the family’s net assets exceed the HUD- published asset limitation amount (adjusted annually by HUD).  This amount is listed in HUD’s current year Inflation-Adjusted Values tables  $100,000 for 2024, $103,200 for 2025
Second, the family has real property that is suitable for occupancy by the family as a residence and the family has:
 A present ownership interest in the real property; and  A legal right to reside in the real property; and
 The effective legal authority to sell (based on state or local laws of the jurisdiction where the property is located) the real property.

The PHA does not have the discretion not to enforce or provide limited enforcement of the asset limitation at admission. However, the real property restriction does not apply in the following circumstances:
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 Any property for which the family is receiving assistance for a manufactured home under 24 CFR 982.620 or under the HCV Homeownership program;
 Any property that is jointly owned by a member of the family and at least one non-household member who does not live with the family, if the non-household member resides at the jointly owned property;
 Any family that is offering the property for sale; or  Any person who is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. - When a family asks for an exception because a family member is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, the PHA must comply with all the confidentiality requirements under VAWA. The PHA must accept a self-certification from the family member, and the restrictions on requesting documentation under VAWA apply.

A property is considered suitable for occupancy unless the family demonstrates that it:
 Does not meet the disability-related needs for all members of the family (e.g., physical accessibility requirements, disability-related need for additional bedrooms, proximity to accessible transportation, etc.);
 Is not sufficient for the size of the family;
PHA Policy
The PHA defines not sufficient for the size of the family as being overcrowded based on space standards in Chapter 8 of this policy.
 Is geographically located so as to be a hardship for the family (e.g., the distance or commuting time between the property and the family's place of work or school would be a hardship to the family, as determined by the PHA or owner); PHA Policy
In general, the PHA defines a geographic hardship to include when a family members’ work, school, health care provider, or other necessary service is located an unreasonable distance from the real property or there is a lack of adequate transportation options for the family to access work, school, health care, or other necessary services. The PHA will consider circumstantial details a family faces when determining whether a geographic hardship is present.
 Is not safe to reside in because of the physical condition of the property (e.g., property’s physical condition poses a risk to the family’s health and safety and the condition of the property cannot be easily remedied); or
 Is not a property that a family may reside in under the state or local laws of the jurisdiction where the property is located.

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net family assets. If the value of that real property brings the net family assets above the HUD- published asset limitation amount, the family is out of compliance with the asset limitation.

See Chapter 7 for information on verifying net family assets for purposes of the asset limitation. 3-III.D. OTHER PERMITTED REASONS FOR DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE HUD permits, but does not require, the PHA to deny assistance for the reasons discussed in this section.

Criminal Activity [24 CFR 982.553]
HUD permits, but does not require, the PHA to deny assistance if the PHA determines that any household member is currently engaged in, or has engaged in during a reasonable time before the family would receive assistance, certain types of criminal activity.

PHA Policy
If any household member is currently engaged in, or has engaged in any of the following criminal activities, within the past three years, the family will be denied assistance.

Drug-related criminal activity, defined by HUD as the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution, or use of a drug, or the possession of a drug with intent to manufacture, sell, distribute or use the drug [24 CFR 5.100]; Violent criminal activity, defined by HUD as any criminal activity that has as one of its elements the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force substantial enough to cause, or be reasonably likely to cause, serious bodily injury or property damage [24 CFR 5.100];
Criminal activity that may threaten the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents or persons residing in the immediate vicinity;
Immediate vicinity means within a three-block radius of the premises.

Criminal sexual conduct, including but not limited to sexual assault, incest, open and gross lewdness, or child abuse; or
Criminal activity that may threaten the health or safety of property owners, management staff, and persons performing contract administration functions or other responsibilities on behalf of the PHA (including a PHA employee or a PHA contractor, subcontractor, or agent).

Evidence of such criminal activity includes, but is not limited to:

Any conviction for drug-related or violent criminal activity within the past three years.

Records of arrests for drug-related or violent criminal activity within the past three years, although a record or records of arrest will not be used as the sole basis for the denial or proof that the applicant engaged in disqualifying criminal activity.
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In making its decision to deny assistance, the PHA will consider the factors discussed in Section 3-III.F and 3-III.G. Upon consideration of such factors, the PHA may, on a case- by-case basis, decide not to deny assistance.

Previous Behavior in Assisted Housing [24 CFR 982.552(c)] HUD authorizes the PHA to deny assistance based on the family’s previous behavior in assisted housing.

PHAs are not permitted to deny assistance to a family because the family previously failed to meet its obligations under the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program [24 CFR 984.101(d)].

PHA Policy
The PHA will deny assistance to an applicant family if:

The family does not provide information that the PHA or HUD determines is necessary in the administration of the program.

The family does not provide complete and true information to the PHA.

Any family member has been evicted from federally assisted housing in the last three years.

Any family member has committed fraud, bribery, or any other corrupt or criminal act in connection with any federal housing program.

The family owes rent or other amounts to any PHA in connection with Section 8 or other public housing assistance under the 1937 Act, unless the family repays the full amount of the debt prior to being selected from the waiting list.

If the family has not reimbursed any PHA for amounts the PHA paid to an owner under a HAP contract for rent, damages to the unit, or other amounts owed by the family under the lease, unless the family repays the full amount of the debt prior to being selected from the waiting list.

The family has breached the terms of a repayment agreement entered into with the PHA, unless the family repays the full amount of the debt covered in the repayment agreement prior to being selected from the waiting list.

When denying admission due to family debts as shown in HUD’s EIV system, the PHA will provide the family with a copy of the EIV Debt Owed to PHA and Termination report.

If the family wishes to dispute the information in the report, the family must contact the PHA that entered the information in EIV in writing, explaining why EIV information is disputed. The family must also provide a copy of the letter and all applicable verification to the PHA to support the family’s claim. The PHA will consider the information provided by the family prior to issuing a notice of denial.

A family member has engaged in or threatened violent or abusive behavior toward PHA personnel.
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Abusive or violent behavior towards PHA personnel includes verbal as well as physical abuse or violence. Use of racial epithets, or other language, written or oral, that is customarily used to intimidate may be considered abusive or violent behavior.

Threatening refers to oral or written threats or physical gestures that communicate intent to abuse or commit violence.

The PHA will deny assistance or terminate assistance for misrepresentation of information in which the applicant or participant knowingly made false statements, intentionally misreported information or omitted facts that were obviously known to the household.

In making its decision to deny assistance, the PHA will consider the factors discussed in Section 3-III.F and 3-III.G. Upon consideration of such factors, the PHA may, on a case- by-case basis, decide not to deny assistance.
3-III.E. SCREENING
Screening for Eligibility
PHAs are authorized to obtain criminal conviction records from law enforcement agencies to screen applicants for admission to the HCV program. This authority assists the PHA in complying with HUD requirements and PHA policies to deny assistance to applicants who are engaging in or have engaged in certain criminal activities. In order to obtain access to the records the PHA must require every applicant family to submit a consent form signed by each adult household member [24 CFR 5.903].

PHA Policy
The PHA will perform a criminal background check through local law enforcement for every adult household member.

If the results of the criminal background check indicate that there may be past criminal activity, but the results are inconclusive, the PHA may request a fingerprint card and will request information from the National Crime Information center (NCIC).

While a PHA has regulatory authority to use criminal conviction records for the purpose of applicant screening for admission, there is no corresponding authority to use these records to check for criminal and illegal drug activity by participants, and therefore, PHAs may not use records for this purpose.

PHAs are required to perform criminal background checks necessary to determine whether any household member is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a state sex offender program in the state where the housing is located, as well as in any other state where a household member is known to have resided [24 CFR 982.553(a)(2)(i)].

PHA Policy
The PHA will use the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender database to screen applicants for admission.
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Additionally, PHAs must ask whether the applicant, or any member of the applicant’s household, is subject to a lifetime registered sex offender registration requirement in any state [Notice PIH 2012-28].

If the PHA proposes to deny assistance based on a criminal record or on lifetime sex offender registration information, the PHA must notify the household of the proposed action and must provide the subject of the record and the applicant a copy of the record and an opportunity to dispute the accuracy and relevance of the information prior to a denial of admission. [24 CFR

5.903(f) and 5.905(d)].

Screening for Suitability as a Tenant [24 CFR 982.307]
The PHA has no liability or responsibility to the owner for the family’s behavior or suitability for tenancy. The PHA has the authority to conduct additional screening to determine whether an applicant is likely to be a suitable tenant.

PHA Policy
The PHA will not conduct additional screening to determine an applicant family’s suitability for tenancy.

The owner is responsible for screening and selection of the family to occupy the owner’s unit.

The PHA must inform the owner that screening and selection for tenancy is the responsibility of the owner. An owner may consider a family’s history with respect to factors such as: payment of rent and utilities, caring for a unit and premises, respecting the rights of other residents to the peaceful enjoyment of their housing, criminal activity that is a threat to the health, safety or property of others, and compliance with other essential conditions of tenancy.

HUD requires the PHA to provide prospective owners with the family’s current and prior address (as shown in PHA records) and the name and address (if known) of the owner at the family’s current and prior addresses. HUD permits the PHA to provide owners with additional information, as long as families are notified that the information will be provided, and the same type of information is provided to all owners.

The PHA may not disclose to the owner any confidential information provided to the PHA by the family in response to a PHA request for documentation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, except at the written request or with the written consent of the individual providing the documentation [see 24 CFR 5.2007(a)(4)].

PHA Policy
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3-III.F. CRITERIA FOR DECIDING TO DENY ASSISTANCE
Evidence [24 CFR 982.553(c)]
PHA Policy
The PHA will use the concept of the preponderance of the evidence as the standard for making all admission decisions.

Preponderance of the evidence is defined as evidence which is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence which is offered in opposition to it; that is, evidence which as a whole shows that the fact sought to be proved is more probable than not.

Preponderance of the evidence may not be determined by the number of witnesses, but by the greater weight of all evidence.

Consideration of Circumstances [24 CFR 982.552(c)(2)]
HUD authorizes the PHA to consider all relevant circumstances when deciding whether to deny assistance based on a family’s past history except in the situations for which denial of assistance is mandatory (see Section 3-III.B).

PHA Policy
The PHA will consider the following facts and circumstances prior to making its decision:

The seriousness of the case, especially with respect to how it would affect other residents’ safety or property
The effects that denial of assistance may have on other members of the family who were not involved in the action or failure to act
The extent of participation or culpability of individual family members, including whether the culpable family member is a minor or a person with disabilities, or (as discussed further in section 3-III.H.) a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking The length of time since the violation occurred, including the age of the individual at the time of the conduct, as well as the family’s recent history and the likelihood of favorable conduct in the future
While a record or records of arrest will not be used as the sole basis for denial, an arrest may trigger an investigation to determine whether the applicant actually engaged in disqualifying criminal activity. As part of its investigation, the PHA may obtain the police report associated with the arrest and consider the reported circumstances of the arrest. The PHA may also consider:

Any statements made by witnesses or the applicant not included in the police report
Whether criminal charges were filed
Whether, if filed, criminal charges were abandoned, dismissed, not prosecuted, or ultimately resulted in an acquittal
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Any other evidence relevant to determining whether or not the applicant engaged in disqualifying activity
Evidence of criminal conduct will be considered if it indicates a demonstrable risk to safety and/or property
In the case of drug or alcohol abuse, whether the culpable household member is participating in or has successfully completed a supervised drug or alcohol rehabilitation program or has otherwise been rehabilitated successfully The PHA will require the applicant to submit evidence of the household member’s current participation in or successful completion of a supervised drug or alcohol rehabilitation program, or evidence of otherwise having been rehabilitated successfully.

Removal of a Family Member's Name from the Application
Should the PHA’s screening process reveal that an applicant’s household includes an individual subject to state lifetime registered sex offender registration, the PHA must offer the family the opportunity to remove the ineligible family member from the household. If the family is unwilling to remove that individual from the household, the PHA must deny admission to the family [Notice PIH 2012-28].

For other criminal activity, the PHA may permit the family to exclude the culpable family members as a condition of eligibility. [24 CFR 982.552(c)(2)(ii)].

PHA Policy
As a condition of receiving assistance, a family may agree to remove the culpable family member from the application. In such instances, the head of household must certify that the family member will not be permitted to visit, stay as a guest, or reside in the assisted unit.

After admission to the program, the family must present evidence of the former family member’s current address upon PHA request.

Reasonable Accommodation [24 CFR 982.552(c)(2)(iv)]
If the family includes a person with disabilities, the PHA’s decision concerning denial of admission is subject to consideration of reasonable accommodation in accordance with 24 CFR Part 8.

PHA Policy
If the family indicates that the behavior of a family member with a disability is the reason for the proposed denial of assistance, the PHA will determine whether the behavior is related to the stated disability. If so, upon the family’s request, the PHA will determine whether admitting the family as a reasonable accommodation is appropriate. The PHA will only consider accommodations that can reasonably be expected to address the behavior that is the basis of the proposed denial of assistance. See Chapter 2 for a discussion of reasonable accommodation.
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3-III.G. NOTICE OF ELIGIBILITY OR DENIAL
If the family is eligible for assistance, the PHA will notify the family in writing and schedule an applicant briefing, as discussed in Chapter 5.

If the PHA determines that a family is not eligible for the program for any reason, the family must be notified promptly. The notice must describe: (1) the reasons for which assistance has been denied, (2) the family’s right to an informal review, and (3) the process for obtaining the informal review [24 CFR 982.554 (a)]. See Chapter 16, for informal review policies and procedures.

PHA Policy
The family will be notified promptly of a decision to deny.

If a PHA uses a criminal record or sex offender registration information obtained under 24 CFR 5, Subpart J, as the basis of a denial, a copy of the record must precede the notice to deny, with an opportunity for the applicant to dispute the accuracy and relevance of the information before the PHA can move to deny the application. In addition, a copy of the record must be provided to the subject of the record [24 CFR 5.903(f) and 5.905(d)]. The PHA must give the family an opportunity to dispute the accuracy and relevance of that record, in the informal review process in accordance with program requirements [24 CFR 982.553(d)].

PHA Policy
If based on a criminal record or sex offender registration information, an applicant family appears to be ineligible the PHA will notify the family in writing of the proposed denial and provide a copy of the record to the applicant and to the subject of the record. The family will be given 10 business days to dispute the accuracy and relevance of the information. If the family does not contact the PHA to dispute the information within that 10-day period, the PHA will proceed with issuing the notice of denial of admission. A family that does not exercise their right to dispute the accuracy of the information prior to issuance of the official denial letter will still be given the opportunity to do so as part of the informal review process.

Notice requirements related to denying assistance to noncitizens are contained in Section 3-II.B.

Notice policies related to denying admission to applicants who may be victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking are contained in Section 3-III.H.
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3-III.H. PROHIBITION AGAINST DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND

HUMAN TRAFFICKING
The Violence against Women Act (VAWA) and the HUD regulation at 24 CFR 5.2005(b) prohibit PHAs from denying an applicant admission to the HCV program on the basis or as a direct result of the fact that the applicant is or has been a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, if the applicant otherwise qualifies for assistance or admission.
 Although the VAWA 2022 statute does not specifically include human trafficking in the list of victims protected under VAWA, in 2022 HUD began including human trafficking as part of the list of victims protected under VAWA (as seen in Notices PIH 2022-06, PIH 2022-22, and PIH 2022-24). In the absence of a final rule implementing VAWA 2022 and to mirror HUD’s recent usage, this policy includes human trafficking in addition to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking anywhere such a list appears.

Definitions of key terms used in VAWA are provided in section 16-IX of this plan, where general VAWA requirements and policies pertaining to notification, documentation, and confidentiality are also located.

Notification
VAWA requires PHAs to provide applicants who are denied assistance with a VAWA Notice of Occupancy Rights (form HUD–5380) and a domestic violence certification form (HUD-5382) at the time the applicant is denied.

PHA Policy
The PHA acknowledges that a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking may have an unfavorable history (e.g., a poor credit history, poor rental history, a record of previous damage to an apartment, a prior arrest record) due to adverse factors that would warrant denial under the PHA’s policies.

While the PHA is not required to identify whether adverse factors that resulted in the applicant’s denial are a result of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, the applicant may inform the PHA that their status as a victim is directly related to the grounds for the denial. The PHA will request that the applicant provide enough information to the PHA to allow the PHA to make an objectively reasonable determination, based on all circumstances, whether the adverse factor is a direct result of their status as a victim.

The PHA will include in its notice of denial the VAWA information described in section 16-IX.C of this plan as well as including a copy of the form HUD-5382. The PHA will request in writing that an applicant wishing to claim protection under VAWA notify the PHA within 14 business days.
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Documentation
Victim Documentation [24 CFR 5.2007]
PHA Policy
If an applicant claims the protection against denial of assistance that VAWA provides to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, the PHA will request in writing that the applicant provide documentation supporting the claim in accordance with section 16-IX.D of this plan.

Perpetrator Documentation
PHA Policy
If the perpetrator of the abuse is a member of the applicant family, the applicant must provide additional documentation consisting of one of the following:

A signed statement (1) requesting that the perpetrator be removed from the application and (2) certifying that the perpetrator will not be permitted to visit or to stay as a guest in the assisted unit.

Documentation that the perpetrator has successfully completed, or is successfully undergoing, rehabilitation or treatment. The documentation must be signed by an employee or agent of a domestic violence service provider or by a medical or other knowledgeable professional from whom the perpetrator has sought or is receiving assistance in addressing the abuse. The signer must attest under penalty of perjury to their belief that the rehabilitation was successfully completed or is progressing successfully. The victim and perpetrator must also sign or attest to the documentation.
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EXHIBIT 3-1: DETAILED DEFINITIONS RELATED TO DISABILITIES Person with Disabilities [24 CFR 5.403]
The term person with disabilities means a person who has any of the following types of conditions:
 Has a disability, as defined in 42 U.S.C. Section 423(d)(1)(A), which reads:

Inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months; or
In the case of an individual who has attained the age of 55 and is blind (within the meaning of “blindness” as defined in section 416(i)(1) of this title), inability by reason of such blindness to engage in substantial gainful activity, requiring skills or ability comparable to those of any gainful activity in which he has previously engaged with some regularity and over a substantial period of time.
 Has a developmental disability as defined in the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 [42 U.S.C.15002(8)], which defines developmental disability in functional terms as follows:
(A)In General
The term “developmental disability” means a severe, chronic disability of an individual that:
(i) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;
(ii) is manifested before the individual attains age 22; (iii) is likely to continue indefinitely;
(iv) results in substantial functional limitations in 3 or more of the following areas of major life activity: (I) Self-care, (II) Receptive and expressive language, (III) Learning, (IV) Mobility, (V) Self-direction, (VI) Capacity for independent living, (VII) Economic self-sufficiency; and
(v) reflects the individual’s need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic services, individualized supports, or other forms of assistance that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated.
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(B) Infants and Young Children
An individual from birth to age 9, inclusive, who has a substantial developmental delay or specific congenital or acquired condition, may be considered to have a developmental disability without meeting 3 or more of the criteria described in clauses (i) through (v) of subparagraph (A) if the individual, without services and supports, has a high probability of meeting those criteria later in life.
 Has a physical, mental, or emotional impairment that is expected to be of long-continued and indefinite duration; substantially impedes their ability to live independently, and is of such a nature that the ability to live independently could be improved by more suitable housing conditions.

People with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or any conditions arising from the etiologic agent for AIDS are not excluded from this definition.

A person whose disability is based solely on any drug or alcohol dependence does not qualify as a person with disabilities for the purposes of this program.

For purposes of reasonable accommodation and program accessibility for persons with disabilities, the term person with disabilities refers to an individual with handicaps.

Individual with Handicaps [24 CFR 8.3]
Individual with handicaps means any person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; has a record of such an impairment; or is regarded as having such an impairment. The term does not include any individual who is an alcoholic or drug abuser whose current use of alcohol or drugs prevents the individual from participating in the program or activity in question, or whose participation, by reason of such current alcohol or drug abuse, would constitute a direct threat to property or the safety of others.

As used in this definition, the phrase:
(1) Physical or mental impairment includes:
(a) Any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems: neurological; musculoskeletal; special sense organs; respiratory, including speech organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive; genito-urinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin; and endocrine; or (b) Any mental or psychological disorder, such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities. The term physical or mental impairment includes, but is not limited to, such diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental retardation, emotional illness, drug addiction and alcoholism. (2) Major life activities means functions such as caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and working. (3) Has a record of such an impairment means has a history of, or has been misclassified as having, a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
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(4) Is regarded as having an impairment means:
(a) Has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit one or more major life activities but that is treated by a recipient as constituting such a limitation; (b) Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities only as a result of the attitudes of others toward such impairment; or (c) Has none of the impairments defined in paragraph (1) of this section but is treated by a recipient as having such an impairment.
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EXHIBIT 3-2: DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION [20 U.S.C. 1001 and 1002]
Eligibility of Students for Assisted Housing Under Section 8 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937; Supplementary Guidance; Notice [Federal Register, April 10, 2006] Institution of Higher Education shall have the meaning given this term in the Higher Education Act of 1965 in 20 U.S.C. 1001 and 1002.

Definition of ‘‘Institution of Higher Education’’ From 20 U.S.C. 1001 (a) Institution of higher education. For purposes of this chapter, other than subchapter IV and part C of subchapter I of chapter 34 of Title 42, the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ means an educational institution in any State that
(1) Admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate; (2) Is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education beyond secondary education;
(3) Provides an educational program for which the institution awards a bachelor’s degree or provides not less than a 2-year program that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree;
(4) Is a public or other nonprofit institution; and
(5) Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association, or if not so accredited, is an institution that has been granted preaccreditation status by such an agency or association that has been recognized by the Secretary for the granting of preaccreditation status, and the Secretary has determined that there is satisfactory assurance that the institution will meet the accreditation standards of such an agency or association within a reasonable time.
(b) Additional institutions included. For purposes of this chapter, other than subchapter IV and part C of subchapter I of chapter 34 of Title 42, the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ also includes—
(1) Any school that provides not less than a 1-year program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation and that meets the provision of paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of subsection (a) of this section; and (2) A public or nonprofit private educational institution in any State that, in lieu of the requirement in subsection (a)(1) of this section, admits as regular students persons who are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the institution is located.
(c) List of accrediting agencies. For purposes of this section and section 1002 of this title, the Secretary shall publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies or associations that the Secretary determines, pursuant to subpart 2 of part G of subchapter IV of this chapter, to be reliable authority as to the quality of the education or training offered. 279
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Definition of ‘‘Institution of Higher Education’’ From 20 U.S.C. 1002 (a) Definition of institution of higher education for purposes of student assistance programs (1) Inclusion of additional institutions. Subject to paragraphs (2) through (4) of this subsection, the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ for purposes of subchapter IV of this chapter and part C of subchapter I of chapter 34 of title 42 includes, in addition to the institutions covered by the definition in section 1001 of this title— (A)A proprietary institution of higher education (as defined in subsection (b) of this section);
(B) A postsecondary vocational institution (as defined in subsection (c) of this section); and
(C) Only for the purposes of part B of subchapter IV of this chapter, an institution outside the United States that is comparable to an institution of higher education as defined in section 1001 of this title and that has been approved by the Secretary for the purpose of part B of subchapter IV of this chapter.
(2) Institutions outside the United States
(A)In general. For the purpose of qualifying as an institution under paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary shall establish criteria by regulation for the approval of institutions outside the United States and for the determination that such institutions are comparable to an institution of higher education as defined in section 1001 of this title (except that a graduate medical school, or a veterinary school, located outside the United States shall not be required to meet the requirements of section 1001 (a)(4) of this title).

Such criteria shall include a requirement that a student attending such school outside the United States is ineligible for loans made, insured, or guaranteed under part B of subchapter IV of this chapter unless—
(i) In the case of a graduate medical school located outside the United States— (I)(aa) At least 60 percent of those enrolled in, and at least 60 percent of the graduates of, the graduate medical school outside the United States were not persons described in section 1091(a)(5) of this title in the year preceding the year for which a student is seeking a loan under part B of subchapter IV of this chapter; and
(bb) At least 60 percent of the individuals who were students or graduates of the graduate medical school outside the United States or Canada (both nationals of the United States and others) taking the examinations administered by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates received a passing score in the year preceding the year for which a student is seeking a loan under part B of subchapter IV of this chapter; or
(II) The institution has a clinical training program that was approved by a State as of January 1, 1992; or
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(ii) In the case of a veterinary school located outside the United States that does not meet the requirements of section 1001(a)(4) of this title, the institution’s students complete their clinical training at an approved veterinary school located in the United States.
(B) Advisory panel
(i) In general. For the purpose of qualifying as an institution under paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish an advisory panel of medical experts that shall—
(I) Evaluate the standards of accreditation applied to applicant foreign medical schools; and
(II) Determine the comparability of those standards to standards for accreditation applied to United States medical schools.
(ii) Special rule if the accreditation standards described in clause (i) are determined not to be comparable, the foreign medical school shall be required to meet the requirements of section 1001 of this title.
(C) Failure to release information. The failure of an institution outside the United States to provide, release, or authorize release to the Secretary of such information as may be required by subparagraph (A) shall render such institution ineligible for the purpose of part B of subchapter IV of this chapter.
(D)Special rule. If, pursuant to this paragraph, an institution loses eligibility to participate in the programs under subchapter IV of this chapter and part C of subchapter I of chapter 34 of title 42, then a student enrolled at such institution may, notwithstanding such loss of eligibility, continue to be eligible to receive a loan under part B while attending such institution for the academic year succeeding the academic year in which such loss of eligibility occurred.
(3) Limitations based on course of study or enrollment. An institution shall not be considered to meet the definition of an institution of higher education in paragraph (1) if such institution—
(A)Offers more than 50 percent of such institution’s courses by correspondence, unless the institution is an institution that meets the definition in section 2471 (4)(C) of this title;
(B) Enrolls 50 percent or more of the institution’s students in correspondence courses, unless the institution is an institution that meets the definition in such section, except that the Secretary, at the request of such institution, may waive the applicability of this subparagraph to such institution for good cause, as determined by the Secretary in the case of an institution of higher education that provides a 2-or 4-year program of instruction (or both) for which the institution awards an associate or baccalaureate degree, respectively;
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(C) Has a student enrollment in which more than 25 percent of the students are incarcerated, except that the Secretary may waive the limitation contained in this subparagraph for a nonprofit institution that provides a 2-or 4-year program of instruction (or both) for which the institution awards a bachelor’s degree, or an associate’s degree or a postsecondary diploma, respectively; or (D)Has a student enrollment in which more than 50 percent of the students do not have a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, and does not provide a 2-or 4- year program of instruction (or both) for which the institution awards a bachelor’s degree or an associate’s degree, respectively, except that the Secretary may waive the limitation contained in this subparagraph if a nonprofit institution demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the institution exceeds such limitation because the institution serves, through contracts with Federal, State, or local government agencies, significant numbers of students who do not have a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent.
(4) Limitations based on management. An institution shall not be considered to meet the definition of an institution of higher education in paragraph (1) if— (A)The institution, or an affiliate of the institution that has the power, by contract or ownership interest, to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the institution, has filed for bankruptcy, except that this paragraph shall not apply to a nonprofit institution, the primary function of which is to provide health care educational services (or an affiliate of such an institution that has the power, by contract or ownership interest, to direct or cause the direction of the institution’s management or policies) that files for bankruptcy under chapter 11 of title 11 between July 1, 1998, and December 1, 1998; or
(B) The institution, the institution’s owner, or the institution’s chief executive officer has been convicted of, or has pled nolo contendere or guilty to, a crime involving the acquisition, use, or expenditure of funds under subchapter IV of this chapter and part C of subchapter I of chapter 34 of title 42, or has been judicially determined to have committed fraud involving funds under subchapter IV of this chapter and part C of subchapter I of chapter 34 of title 42.
(5) Certification. The Secretary shall certify an institution’s qualification as an institution of higher education in accordance with the requirements of subpart 3 of part G of subchapter IV of this chapter.
(6) Loss of eligibility. An institution of higher education shall not be considered to meet the definition of an institution of higher education in paragraph (1) if such institution is removed from eligibility for funds under subchapter IV of this chapter and part C of subchapter I of chapter 34 of title 42 as a result of an action pursuant to part G of subchapter IV of this chapter.
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(b) Proprietary institution of higher education
(1) Principal criteria. For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘proprietary institution of higher education’’ means a school that—
(A)Provides an eligible program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation;
(B) Meets the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1001 (a) of this title; (C) Does not meet the requirement of paragraph (4) of section 1001 (a) of this title; (D)Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association recognized by the Secretary pursuant to part G of subchapter IV of this chapter; (E) Has been in existence for at least 2 years; and
(F) Has at least 10 percent of the school’s revenues from sources that are not derived from funds provided under subchapter IV of this chapter and part C of subchapter I of chapter 34 of title 42, as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
(2) Additional institutions. The term ‘‘proprietary institution of higher education’’ also includes a proprietary educational institution in any State that, in lieu of the requirement in paragraph (1) of section 1001 (a) of this title, admits as regular students persons who are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the institution is located.
(c) Postsecondary vocational institution.
(1) Principal criteria. For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘postsecondary vocational institution’’ means a school that—
(A)Provides an eligible program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation;
(B) Meets the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of section 1001 (a) of this title; and
(C) Has been in existence for at least 2 years.
(2) Additional institutions. The term ‘‘postsecondary vocational institution’’ also includes an educational institution in any State that, in lieu of the requirement in paragraph (1) of section 1001 (a) of this title, admits as regular students persons who are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the institution is located. 283
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Chapter 4

APPLICATIONS, WAITING LIST AND TENANT SELECTION
This part describes the policies that guide the PHA in selecting families for HCV assistance as such assistance becomes available. It also specifies how in-person interviews will be used to ensure that the PHA has the information needed to make a final eligibility determination.

PART I: THE APPLICATION PROCESS
4-I.A. OVERVIEW
This part describes the PHA policies for making applications available, accepting applications making preliminary determinations of eligibility, and the placement of applicants on the waiting list. This part also describes the PHA’s obligation to ensure the accessibility of the application process to elderly persons, people with disabilities, and people with limited English proficiency (LEP).
4-I.B. APPLYING FOR ASSISTANCE [HCV GB, pp. 4-11 – 4-16, Notice PIH 2009-36] Any family that wishes to receive HCV assistance must apply for admission to the program.

HUD permits the PHA to determine the format and content of HCV applications, as well how such applications will be made available to interested families and how applications will be accepted by the PHA. The PHA must include Form HUD-92006, Supplement to Application for Federally Assisted Housing, as part of the PHA’s application.

PHA Policy
Depending upon the length of time that applicants may need to wait to receive assistance, the PHA may use a one- or two-step application process.

A one-step process will be used when it is expected that a family will be selected from the waiting list within 60 days of the date of application. At application, the family must provide all information necessary to establish family eligibility and level of assistance.

A two-step process will be used when it is expected that a family will not be selected from the waiting list for at least 60 days from the date of application. Under the two-step application process, the PHA initially will require families to provide only the information needed to make an initial assessment of the family’s eligibility, and to determine the family’s placement on the waiting list. The family will be required to provide all information necessary to establish family eligibility and level of assistance when the family is selected from the waiting list.

Families will apply for the list in a manner specified by the PHA (either by paper application or electronic application). The method will be communicated to families for whom the list is open.

Completed applications must be returned in a manner specified by the PHA.

Applications must be complete in order to be accepted by the PHA for processing. If an application is incomplete, the PHA will notify the family of the additional information required.
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4-I.C. ACCESSIBILITY OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS
Elderly and Disabled Populations [24 CFR 8 and HCV GB, pp. 4-11 – 4-13] The PHA must take steps to ensure that the application process is accessible to those people who might have difficulty complying with the normal, standard PHA application process. This could include people with disabilities, certain elderly individuals, as well as persons with limited English proficiency (LEP). The PHA must provide reasonable accommodation to the needs of individuals with disabilities. The application-taking facility and the application process must be fully accessible, or the PHA must provide an alternate approach that provides full access to the application process. Chapter 2 provides a full discussion of the PHA’s policies related to providing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities.

Limited English Proficiency
PHAs are required to take reasonable steps to ensure equal access to their programs and activities by persons with limited English proficiency [24 CFR 1]. Chapter 2 provides a full discussion on the PHA’s policies related to ensuring access to people with limited English proficiency (LEP). 4-I.D. PLACEMENT ON THE WAITING LIST
The PHA must review each complete application received and make a preliminary assessment of the family’s eligibility. The PHA must accept applications from families for whom the list is open unless there is good cause for not accepting the application (such as denial of assistance) for the grounds stated in the regulations [24 CFR 982.206(b)(2)]. Where the family is determined to be ineligible, the PHA must notify the family in writing [24 CFR 982.201(f)]. Where the family is not determined to be ineligible, the family will be placed on a waiting list of applicants.

No applicant has a right or entitlement to be listed on the waiting list, or to any particular position on the waiting list [24 CFR 982.202(c)].

Ineligible for Placement on the Waiting List
PHA Policy
If the PHA can determine from the information provided that a family is ineligible, the family will not be placed on the waiting list. Where a family is determined to be ineligible, the PHA will send written notification of the ineligibility determination within 10 business days of receiving a complete application. The notice will specify the reasons for ineligibility and will inform the family of its right to request an informal review and explain the process for doing so (see Chapter 16).

Eligible for Placement on the Waiting List
PHA Policy
The PHA will send written notification of the preliminary eligibility determination. If applicable, it also will indicate whether the family is eligible for any preferences that the PHA uses when selecting families from the waiting list within 10 business days of receiving a complete application.

Placement on the waiting list does not indicate that the family is, in fact, eligible for assistance. A final determination of eligibility will be made when the family is selected from the waiting list.
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Applicants will be placed on the waiting list according to any preference(s) for which they qualify, and the date and time their complete application is received by the PHA if applicants applied prior to 2022. Applicants who apply in 2022 and later will be selected for the waiting list via lottery. After the lottery is performed, applicants will be prioritized based on the PHA preferences and lottery number. The PHA will maintain the waiting list based on preferences and date and time of application for applicants who applied prior to 2022. Applicants who apply in 2022 and later will be placed on the list after those that applied prior to 2022 in each preference category. The preferences (including the resident preference) will dictate when a family is called from the waiting list. 286
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PART II: MANAGING THE WAITING LIST
4-II.A. OVERVIEW
The PHA must have policies regarding various aspects of organizing and managing the waiting list of applicant families. This includes opening the list to new applicants, closing the list to new applicants, notifying the public of waiting list openings and closings, updating waiting list information, purging the list of families that are no longer interested in or eligible for assistance, as well as conducting outreach to ensure a sufficient number of applicants.

In addition, HUD imposes requirements on how a PHA may structure its waiting list and how families must be treated if they apply for assistance from a PHA that administers more than one assisted housing program.
4-II.B. ORGANIZATION OF THE WAITING LIST [24 CFR 982.204 and 205] The PHA’s HCV waiting list must be organized in such a manner to allow the PHA to accurately identify and select families for assistance in the proper order, according to the admissions policies described in this plan.

The waiting list must contain the following information for each applicant listed:
 Applicant name;
 Family unit size;
 Date and time of application;
 Qualification for any local preference;
 Racial or ethnic designation of the head of household.  Lottery number (if applied in 2022 or later)
HUD requires the PHA to maintain a single waiting list for the HCV program unless it serves more than one county or municipality. Such PHAs are permitted, but not required, to maintain a separate waiting list for each county or municipality served.

PHA Policy
The PHA will maintain a single waiting list for the HCV program.

HUD directs that a family that applies for assistance from the HCV program must be offered the opportunity to be placed on the waiting list for any public housing, project-based voucher or moderate rehabilitation program the PHA operates if 1) the other programs’ waiting lists are open, and 2) the family is qualified for the other programs.

HUD permits, but does not require, that PHAs maintain a single merged waiting list for their public housing, Section 8, and other subsidized housing programs.

A family’s decision to apply for, receive, or refuse other housing assistance must not affect the family’s placement on the HCV waiting list, or any preferences for which the family may qualify.

PHA Policy
The PHA will not merge the HCV waiting list with the waiting list for any other program the PHA operates.
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4-II.C. OPENING AND CLOSING THE WAITING LIST [24 CFR 982.206] Closing the Waiting List
A PHA is permitted to close the waiting list if it has an adequate pool of families to use its available HCV assistance. Alternatively, the PHA may elect to continue to accept applications only from certain categories of families that meet particular preferences or funding criteria.

PHA Policy
The PHA will close the waiting list when the estimated waiting period for housing assistance for applicants on the list reaches 24 months for the most current applicants.

Where the PHA has particular preferences or funding criteria that require a specific category of family, the PHA may elect to continue to accept applications from these applicants while closing the waiting list to others.

Reopening the Waiting List
If the waiting list has been closed, it cannot be reopened until the PHA publishes a notice in local newspapers of general circulation, minority media, and other suitable media outlets. The notice must comply with HUD fair housing requirements and must specify who may apply, and where and when applications will be received.

PHA Policy
The PHA will announce the reopening of the waiting list at least 10 business days prior to the date applications will first be accepted. If the list is only being reopened for certain categories of families, this information will be contained in the notice.

The PHA will give public notice by publishing the relevant information in suitable media outlets including, but not limited to:

The South Bay Daily Breeze
City of Torrance CitiCABLE (local government access channel) South Bay Senior Services, Westside Center for Independent Living, Bartlett Senior Center
4-II.D. FAMILY OUTREACH [HCV GB, pp. 4-2 to 4-4]
The PHA must conduct outreach as necessary to ensure that the PHA has a sufficient number of applicants on the waiting list to use the HCV resources it has been allotted.

Because HUD requires the PHA to admit a specified percentage of extremely low-income families to the program (see Chapter 4, Part III), the PHA may need to conduct special outreach to ensure that an adequate number of such families apply for assistance [HCV GB, p. 4-20 to 4-21].

PHA outreach efforts must comply with fair housing requirements. This includes:
 Analyzing the housing market area and the populations currently being served to identify underserved populations
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 Ensuring that outreach efforts are targeted to media outlets that reach eligible populations that are underrepresented in the program
 Avoiding outreach efforts that prefer or exclude people who are members of a protected class PHA outreach efforts must be designed to inform qualified families about the availability of assistance under the program. These efforts may include, as needed, any of the following activities:
 Submitting press releases to local newspapers, including minority newspapers  Developing informational materials and flyers to distribute to other agencies  Providing application forms to other public and private agencies that serve the low income population
 Developing partnerships with other organizations that serve similar populations, including agencies that provide services for persons with disabilities PHA Policy
The PHA will monitor the characteristics of the population being served and the characteristics of the population as a whole in the PHA’s jurisdiction. Targeted outreach efforts will be undertaken if a comparison suggests that certain populations are being underserved.
4-II.E. REPORTING CHANGES IN FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES
PHA Policy
While the family is on the waiting list, the family must immediately inform the PHA of changes in contact information, including current residence, mailing address, and phone number. The changes must be submitted in writing.
4-II.F. UPDATING THE WAITING LIST [24 CFR 982.204]
HUD requires the PHA to establish policies to use when removing applicant names from the waiting list.

Purging the Waiting List
The decision to withdraw an applicant family that includes a person with disabilities from the waiting list is subject to reasonable accommodation. If the applicant did not respond to a PHA request for information or updates, and the PHA determines that the family did not respond because of the family member’s disability, the PHA must reinstate the applicant family to their former position on the waiting list [24 CFR 982.204(c)(2)].

PHA Policy
The waiting list will be updated as needed to ensure that all applicants and applicant information is current and timely.

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and to qualify for, the program. This update request will be sent to the last address that the PHA has on record for the family. The update request will provide a deadline by which the family must respond and will state that failure to respond will result in the applicant’s name being removed from the waiting list.

The family’s response must be in writing and may be delivered in person, by mail, or by fax. Responses should be postmarked or received by the PHA not later than 15 business days from the date of the PHA letter.

If the family fails to respond within 15 business days, the family will be removed from the waiting list without further notice.

If the notice is returned by the post office with no forwarding address, the applicant will be removed from the waiting list without further notice.

If the notice is returned by the post office with a forwarding address, the notice will be re- sent to the address indicated. The family will have 15 business days to respond from the date the letter was re-sent.

If a family is removed from the waiting list for failure to respond, the PHA may reinstate the family if it is determined that the lack of response was due to PHA error, or to circumstances beyond the family’s control, as a result of a family member’s disability, or as a direct result of status as a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking, including an adverse factor resulting from such abuse.

Removal from the Waiting List
PHA Policy
If at any time an applicant family is on the waiting list, the PHA determines that the family is not eligible for assistance (see Chapter 3), the family will be removed from the waiting list.

If a family is removed from the waiting list because the PHA has determined the family is not eligible for assistance, a notice will be sent to the family’s address of record as well as to any alternate address provided on the initial application. The notice will state the reasons the family was removed from the waiting list and will inform the family how to request an informal review regarding the PHA’s decision (see Chapter 16) [24 CFR 982.201(f)].
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PART III: SELECTION FOR HCV ASSISTANCE
4-III.A. OVERVIEW
As vouchers become available, families on the waiting list must be selected for assistance in accordance with the policies described in this part.

The order in which families are selected from the waiting list depends on the selection method chosen by the PHA and is impacted in part by any selection preferences for which the family qualifies. The availability of targeted funding also may affect the order in which families are selected from the waiting list.

The PHA must maintain a clear record of all information required to verify that the family is selected from the waiting list according to the PHA’s selection policies [24 CFR 982.204(b) and 982.207(e)].
4-III.B. SELECTION AND HCV FUNDING SOURCES
Special Admissions [24 CFR 982.203]
HUD may award funding for specifically-named families living in specified types of units (e.g., a family that is displaced by demolition of public housing; a non-purchasing family residing in a HOPE 1 or 2 projects). In these cases, the PHA may admit such families whether or not they are on the waiting list, and, if they are on the waiting list, without considering the family’s position on the waiting list. These families are considered non-waiting list selections. The PHA must maintain records showing that such families were admitted with special program funding.

Targeted Funding [24 CFR 982.204(e)]
HUD may award a PHA funding for a specified category of families on the waiting list. The PHA must use this funding only to assist the families within the specified category. In order to assist families within a targeted funding category, the PHA may skip families that do not qualify within the targeted funding category. Within this category of families, the order in which such families are assisted is determined according to the policies provided in Section 4-III.C.

PHA Policy
The PHA does not currently administer any type of targeted funding.

Regular HCV Funding
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4-III.C. SELECTION METHOD
PHAs must describe the method for selecting applicant families from the waiting list, including the system of admission preferences that the PHA will use [24 CFR 982.202(d)].

Local Preferences [24 CFR 982.207; HCV p. 4-16]
PHAs are permitted to establish local preferences, and to give priority to serving families that meet those criteria. HUD specifically authorizes and places restrictions on certain types of local preferences. HUD also permits the PHA to establish other local preferences, at its discretion. Any local preferences established must be consistent with the PHA plan and the consolidated plan, and must be based on local housing needs and priorities that can be documented by generally accepted data sources.

PHA Policy
The PHA will use the following local preferences:

The PHA will offer a preference system and the notice will be publicized using the same guidelines as those for opening and closing the waiting list.

The PHA uses the following Local Preference system:

Date and Time of receipt of a completed application if the applicant applied prior to 2022.

Applicants who applied in/after 2022 will be selected via lottery. The applicants who applied in/after 2022 will be placed below the applicants who applied prior to 2022 in each preference category. The applicants who apply in 2022 and make the lottery, will be placed on the list based on the preferences and their lottery number.

Residency preferences for families who live, work, or have to any family that has been hired to work in the jurisdiction.

The PHA includes shelters or other dwelling places in the jurisdiction where people experiencing homelessness may be living or sleeping as “residence.” Persons who work as unpaid volunteers and persons who do not receive monetary compensation for their work will not be entitled to the residency preference. The PHA considers households who work in the jurisdiction as households where at least one adult member is working at/over 20 hours/week in the jurisdiction.

Involuntarily Displaced Preference for applicants who have been involuntary displaced by natural disaster or government action
Involuntarily Displaced applicants are applicants who have been involuntarily displaced and are not living in standard, permanent replacement housing, or will be involuntarily displaced within no more than six months terminated from the date of verification by the PHA.

1. Families are considered to be involuntarily displaced if they are required to vacate housing as a result of:
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1. A disaster (fire, flood, earthquake, etc.) that has caused the unit to be uninhabitable.

2. Federal, state or local government action related to code enforcement, public improvement or development.

3. Due to HUD disposition of a multifamily project under Section 203 of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978.

In order to receive the displacement preference, applicants who have been displaced must not be living in “standard, permanent replacement housing.” Standard replacement housing is defined as housing that is decent, safe and sanitary according to Housing Quality Standards, that is adequate for the family size according to Housing Quality Standards, and that the family is occupying pursuant to a written or oral lease or occupancy agreement.

Standard replacement housing does not include transient facilities, hotels, motels, temporary shelters, and (in the case of Victims of Domestic Violence) housing occupied by the individual who engages in such violence. It does not include any individual imprisoned or detained pursuant to State Law or an Act of Congress. Shared housing with family or friends is considered temporary and is not considered standard replacement housing.

The PHA will require documentation verifying that the family meets the displacement preference from a unit or agency of government. The PHA will evaluate alternate forms of verification on a case by case basis Veterans Preference: Current members of the U.S. Armed Forces, veterans, or surviving spouses of veterans. This definition also includes the spouse of a veteran who is currently on active duty. THA defines “veteran” as a person who was discharged other than dishonorably. The PHA will require a DD-214 to verify eligibility for the preference.

VAWA Preference to families that include victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking who have either been referred by a partnering service agency or consortia or are seeking an emergency transfer under VAWA from the PHA’s public housing program or other covered housing program operated by the PHA.
o To verify eligibility for this preference, the PHA will request that households provide a verification from a Victims Service Provider. The PHA may accept alternate methods of verification (ex: self-certification, police reports), on a case by case basis.

The applicant must certify that the abuser will not reside with the applicant unless the PHA gives prior written approval.
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Substandard Housing Preference:

The PHA defines “substandard housing” as

1. Dilapidated: The unit does not provide safe and adequate shelter, and in its present condition endangers the health, safety, or well-being of a family or the unit has one or more critical defects, or a combination of intermediate defects in sufficient number or extent to require considerable repair or rebuilding. The defects may involve original construction, or they may result from continued neglect or lack of repair or from serious damage to the structure

2. Does not have operable indoor plumbing;

3. Does not have a usable flush toilet inside the unit for the exclusive use of a household;

4. Does not have a usable bathtub or shower inside the unit for the exclusive use of a household;

5. Does not have electricity, or has inadequate or unsafe electrical service;

6. Does not have a safe or adequate source of heat;

7. Should, but does not, have a kitchen; or

8. Has been declared unfit for habitation by an agency or unit of government.

The PHA will request that a City of Torrance Building Inspector certify the condition of the unit as substandard prior to the household’s eligibility determination if the unit is located in the City of Torrance. The household must allow the Inspector to enter the unit. If the unit is not located in Torrance or the household submits an alternative method of verification, the PHA will evaluate alternate forms of verification on a case-by-case basis.

Currently assisted EHV families whose assistance is at risk of termination by the City of Torrance PHA due to lack of program funding. This does not include EHV voucher holders/participants assisted by other PHAs. Additionally, this preference does not include voucher holders/participants living in Torrance with portable vouchers billed to other agencies.

Formerly assisted EHV families whose assistance was terminated by the City of Torrance PHA in the last 24 months due to lack of program funding. This does not include former EHV voucher holders/participants assisted by other PHAs. Additionally, this preference does not include former voucher holders/participants living in Torrance with portable vouchers billed to other agencies.

Treatment of Single Applicants
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status. “Other Singles” denotes a one-person household in which the individual member is not elderly, disabled, or displaced by government action. Such applicants will be placed on the waiting list in accordance with any other preferences to which they are entitled, but they cannot be selected for assistance before any one- or two-person elderly, disabled or displaced family regardless of local preferences.

The PHA will first assist families that have been terminated from the HCV program due to insufficient funding and then assist families that qualify for the VAWA preference.

Income Targeting Requirement [24 CFR 982.201(b)(2)]
HUD requires that extremely low-income (ELI) families make up at least 75 percent of the families admitted to the HCV program during the PHA’s fiscal year. ELI families are those with annual incomes at or below the federal poverty level or 30 percent of the area median income, whichever number is higher. To ensure this requirement is met, a PHA may skip non-ELI families on the waiting list in order to select an ELI family.

Low-income families admitted to the program that are “continuously assisted” under the 1937 Housing Act [24 CFR 982.4(b)], as well as low-income or moderate-income families admitted to the program that are displaced as a result of the prepayment of the mortgage or voluntary termination of an insurance contract on eligible low-income housing, are not counted for income targeting purposes [24 CFR 982.201(b)(2)(v)].

PHA Policy
The PHA will monitor progress in meeting the income targeting requirement throughout the fiscal year. Extremely low-income families will be selected ahead of other eligible families on an as-needed basis to ensure the income targeting requirement is met.

Order of Selection
The PHA system of preferences may select families based on local preferences according to the date and time of application or by a random selection process (lottery) [24 CFR 982.207(c)]. If a PHA does not have enough funding to assist the family at the top of the waiting list, it is not permitted to skip down the waiting list to a family that it can afford to subsidize when there are not sufficient funds to subsidize the family at the top of the waiting list [24 CFR 982.204(d) and (e)].

PHA Policy
Families will be selected from the waiting list based on the targeted funding or selection preference(s) for which they qualify, and in accordance with the PHA’s hierarchy of preferences, if applicable. Within each targeted funding or preference category, families will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis according to the date and time their complete application is received by the PHA if the applicant applied prior to 2022.

Documentation will be maintained by the PHA as to whether families on the list qualify for and are interested in targeted funding. If a higher placed family on the waiting list is not qualified or not interested in targeted funding, there will be a notation maintained so that the PHA does not have to ask higher placed families each time targeted selections are made.
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The applicants who applied for the PHA’s waiting list prior to 2022 will remain on the list based on the preferences and the date/time of application.

When the PHA reopens the waiting list, the PHA will select persons for the waiting list based on a lottery. After the lottery is performed, applicants selected via lottery will be prioritized based on the PHA’s preferences. The applicants on the PHA’s current waiting list will be reprioritized based on the preferences. In each preference category, applicants who applied prior to 2022 will be prioritized based on the date of application (with applicants on the PHA’s current list above applicants on the new list that are in the same category). The prioritization between applicants who applied in 2022 will be based on the random lottery number.
4-III.D. NOTIFICATION OF SELECTION
When a family has been selected from the waiting list, the PHA must notify the family [24 CFR 982.554(a)].

PHA Policy
The PHA will notify the family by first class mail when it is selected from the waiting list. The notice will inform the family of the following:

Date, time, and location of the scheduled application interview, including any procedures for rescheduling the interview
Who is required to attend the interview
All documents that must be provided at the interview, including information about what constitutes acceptable documentation
If a notification letter is returned to the PHA with no forwarding address, the family will be removed from the waiting list. A notice of denial (see Chapter 3) will be sent to the family’s address of record, as well as to any known alternate address. 4-III.E. THE APPLICATION INTERVIEW
HUD recommends that the PHA obtain the information and documentation needed to make an eligibility determination though a face-to-face interview with a PHA representative [HCV GB, pg. 4-16]. Being invited to attend an interview does not constitute admission to the program.

Assistance cannot be provided to the family until all SSN documentation requirements are met.

However, if the PHA determines that an applicant family is otherwise eligible to participate in the program, the family may retain its place on the waiting list for a period of time determined by the PHA [Notice PIH 2018-24].

Reasonable accommodation must be made for persons with disabilities who are unable to attend an interview due to their disability.

PHA Policy
Families selected from the waiting list are required to participate in an eligibility interview. Being invited to attend an interview does not constitute admission to the program.
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The head of household and the spouse/cohead will be strongly encouraged to attend the interview together. However, either the head of household or the spouse/cohead may attend the interview on behalf of the family. Verification of information pertaining to adult members of the household not present at the interview will not begin until signed release forms are returned to the PHA.

The head of household or spouse/cohead must provide acceptable documentation of legal identity. (Chapter 7 provides a discussion of proper documentation of legal identity.) If the family representative does not provide the required documentation at the time of the interview, they will be required to provide it within 10 business days.

Pending disclosure and documentation of social security numbers, the PHA will allow the family to retain its place on the waiting list for 60 days. If not all household members have disclosed their SSNs at the next time the PHA is issuing vouchers, the PHA will issue a voucher to the next eligible applicant family on the waiting list.

The family must provide the information necessary to establish the family’s eligibility and determine the appropriate level of assistance, and must complete required forms, provide required signatures, and submit required documentation. If any materials are missing, the PHA will provide the family with a written list of items that must be submitted.

Any required documents or information that the family is unable to provide at the interview must be provided within 10 business days of the interview (Chapter 7 provides details about longer submission deadlines for particular items, including documentation of eligible noncitizen status). If the family is unable to obtain the information or materials within the required time frame, the family may request an extension. If the required documents and information are not provided within the required time frame (plus any extensions), the family will be sent a notice of denial (See Chapter 3).

An advocate, interpreter, or other assistant may assist the family with the application and the interview process.

Interviews will be conducted in English. For limited English proficient (LEP) applicants, the PHA will provide translation services in accordance with the PHA’s LEP plan.

If the family is unable to attend a scheduled interview, the family should contact the PHA in advance of the interview to schedule a new appointment. In all circumstances, if a family does not attend a scheduled interview, the PHA will send another notification letter with a new interview appointment time. Applicants who fail to attend two scheduled interviews without PHA approval will be denied assistance based on the family’s failure to supply information needed to determine eligibility. A notice of denial will be issued in accordance with policies contained in Chapter 3. 4-III.F. COMPLETING THE APPLICATION PROCESS
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confirm that the family qualified for any special admission, targeted funding admission, or selection preference that affected the order in which the family was selected from the waiting list.

PHA Policy
If the PHA determines that the family is ineligible, the PHA will send written notification of the ineligibility determination within 10 business days of the determination. The notice will specify the reasons for ineligibility, and will inform the family of its right to request an informal review (Chapter 16).

If a family fails to qualify for any criteria that affected the order in which it was selected from the waiting list (e.g. targeted funding, extremely low-income), the family will be returned to its original position on the waiting list. The PHA will notify the family in writing that it has been returned to the waiting list, and will specify the reasons for it.

If the PHA determines that the family is eligible to receive assistance, the PHA will invite the family to attend a briefing in accordance with the policies in Chapter 5. 298
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EXHIBIT 4-1: LOCAL PREFERENCES –POLICY OPTIONS
 Currently assisted EHV families whose assistance is at risk of termination by the City of Torrance PHA due to lack of program funding. This does not include EHV voucher holders/participants assisted by other PHAs. Additionally, this preference does not include voucher holders/participants living in Torrance with portable vouchers billed to other agencies.
 Formerly assisted EHV families whose assistance was terminated by the City of Torrance PHA in the last 24 months due to lack of program funding. This does not include former EHV voucher holders/participants assisted by other PHAs.

Additionally, this preference does not include former voucher holders/participants living in Torrance with portable vouchers billed to other agencies.  Residency Preference: For families who live, work, or have been hired to work in the jurisdiction. The PHA considers families who work in the jurisdiction as families where at least one adult member is working at/over 20 hours/week in the jurisdiction.  Veteran’s Preference: This preference is available to current members of the U.S.

Armed Forces, veterans, or surviving spouses of veterans. This definition also includes the spouse of a veteran who is currently on active duty. THA defines “veteran” as a person who was discharged other than dishonorably. The PHA will require a DD-214 to verify eligibility for the preference.
 Involuntary Displacement: Involuntarily displaced applicants are applicants who have been involuntarily displaced and are not living in standard, permanent replacement housing, or will be involuntarily displaced within no more than six months from the date of preference status verification by the PHA.

Families are considered involuntarily displaced if they are required to vacate housing as a result of:

1. A disaster (fire, flood, earthquake, etc.) that has caused the unit to be uninhabitable.

2. Federal, state or local government action related to code enforcement, public improvement or development.

3. Due to HUD disposition of a multifamily project under Section 203 of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978.

In order to receive the displacement preference, applicants who have been displaced must not be living in “standard, permanent replacement housing.” Standard replacement housing is defined as housing that is decent, safe and sanitary according to Housing Quality Standards, that is adequate for the family size according to Housing Quality Standards code, and that the family is occupying pursuant to a written or oral lease or occupancy agreement.
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Standard replacement housing does not include transient facilities, hotels, motels, temporary shelters, and (in the case of Victims of Domestic Violence) housing occupied by the individual who engages in such violence.

It does not include any individual imprisoned or detained pursuant to State Law or an Act of Congress. Shared housing with family or friends is considered temporary and is not considered standard replacement housing.

The PHA will require documentation verifying that the family meets the displacement preference from a unit or agency of government. The PHA will evaluate alternate forms of verification on a case by case basis.
 VAWA Preference: to households that include victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking.

To verify eligibility for this preference, the PHA will request that households provide a verification from a Victims Service Provider. The PHA may accept alternate methods of verification (ex: self-certification, police reports), on a case by case basis.

The applicant must certify that the abuser will not reside with the applicant unless the PHA gives prior written approval.
 Substandard Housing Preference: for households living in substandard housing The PHA defines “substandard housing” as

1. Dilapidated: The unit does not provide safe and adequate shelter, and in its present condition endangers the health, safety, or well-being of a family or the unit has one or more critical defects, or a combination of intermediate defects in sufficient number or extent to require considerable repair or rebuilding. The defects may involve original construction, or they may result from continued neglect or lack of repair or from serious damage to the structure

2. Does not have operable indoor plumbing;

3. Does not have a usable flush toilet inside the unit for the exclusive use of a household;

4. Does not have a usable bathtub or shower inside the unit for the exclusive use of a household;

5. Does not have electricity, or has inadequate or unsafe electrical service;

6. Does not have a safe or adequate source of heat;

7. Should, but does not, have a kitchen; or

8. Has been declared unfit for habitation by an agency or unit of government.

The PHA will request that a City of Torrance Building Inspector certify the condition of the unit as substandard prior to the household’s eligibility determination if the unit is located in the City of Torrance. The household must allow the Inspector to enter the unit. If the unit is not located in Torrance or the household submits an alternative method of verification, the PHA will evaluate alternate forms of verification on a case-by-case basis 300
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EXHIBIT 4-2: APPLICANT CATEGORIES & POINTS ASSIGNED
Each of the local preferences is assigned a point value. Applicants are assigned points depending on the preferences for which they qualify. The point values correspond to categories.

The following table shows how the point values translate into categories. Page 4-34 gives an explanation of the categories.

CURRENT
EHV

TERM EHV
LAST 24
MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/ELD
ERLY

RESIDEN
T
SINGL
E

MILITAR
Y

DISPLACE

D DV SUBSTANDAR
D
133 78 134 26 -86 4 8 2 1
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1 CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
133 134 26 4 8 2 1 308
1A CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DISPLACED DV
133 134 26 4 8 2 307
1B CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
133 134 26 4 8 1 306
1C CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DISPLACED
133 134 26 4 8 305
1D CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
133 134 26 8 2 1 304
1E CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DISPLACED DV
133 134 26 8 2 303
1F CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
133 134 26 8 1 302
1G CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DISPLACED
133 134 26 8 301
2 CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DV SUBSTANDARD
133 134 26 4 2 1 300
2A CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DV
133 134 26 4 2 299
2B CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY SUBSTANDARD
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133 134 26 4 1 298
2C CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY
133 134 26 4 297
3 CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DV SUBSTANDARD
133 134 26 2 1 296
3A CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DV
133 134 26 2 295
3B CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT SUBSTANDARD
133 134 26 1 294
3C CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT
133 134 26 293
4 CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
133 134 4 8 2 1 282
4A CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DISPLACED DV
133 134 4 8 2 281
4B CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
133 134 4 8 1 280
4C CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DISPLACED
133 134 4 8 279
4D CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
133 134 8 2 1 278
303
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4E CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DISPLACED DV
133 134 8 2 277
4F CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
133 134 8 1 276
4G CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DISPLACED
133 134 8 275
5 CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DV SUBSTANDARD
133 134 4 2 1 274
5A CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DV
133 134 4 2 273
5B CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY SUBSTANDARD
133 134 4 1 272
5C CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY
133 134 4 271
6 CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DV SUBSTANDARD
133 134 2 1 270
6A CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DV
133 134 2 269
6B CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY SUBSTANDARD
133 134 1 268
6C CURRENT
EHV

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL
DERLY
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133 134 267
7 TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
78 134 26 4 8 2 1 253
7A TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DISPLACED DV
78 134 26 4 8 2 252
7B TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
78 134 26 4 8 1 251
7C TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DISPLACED
78 134 26 4 8 250
7D TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
78 134 26 8 2 1 249
7E TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DISPLACED DV
78 134 26 8 2 248
7F TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
78 134 26 8 1 247
7G TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DISPLACED
78 134 26 8 246
8 TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DV SUBSTANDARD
78 134 26 4 2 1 245
8A TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DV
78 134 26 4 2 244
305
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8B TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY SUBSTANDARD
78 134 26 4 1 243
8C TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY
78 134 26 4 242
9 TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DV SUBSTANDARD
78 134 26 2 1 241
9A TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DV
78 134 26 2 240
9B TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT SUBSTANDARD
78 134 26 1 239
9C TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT
78 134 26 238
10 TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
78 134 4 8 2 1 227
10A TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DISPLACED DV
78 134 4 8 2 226
10B TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
78 134 4 8 1 225
10C TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DISPLACED
78 134 4 8 224
10D TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
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78 134 8 2 1 223
10E TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DISPLACED DV
78 134 8 2 222
10F TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
78 134 8 1 221
10G TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DISPLACED
78 134 8 220
11 TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DV SUBSTANDARD
78 134 4 2 1 219
11A TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DV
78 134 4 2 218
11B TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY SUBSTANDARD
78 134 4 1 217
11C TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY
78 134 4 216
12 TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DV SUBSTANDARD
78 134 2 1 215
12A TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DV
78 134 2 214
12B TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY SUBSTANDARD
78 134 1 213
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12C TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS.

FAMILY/DISABLED/EL
DERLY
78 134 212
13 FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
134 26 4 8 2 1 175
13A FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DISPLACED DV
134 26 4 8 2 174
308
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13B FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
134 26 4 8 1 173
13C FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DISPLACED
134 26 4 8 172
13D FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
134 26 8 2 1 171
13E FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DISPLACED DV
134 26 8 2 170
13F FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
134 26 8 1 169
13G FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DISPLACED
134 26 8 168
14 FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DV SUBSTANDARD
134 26 4 2 1 167
14A FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY DV
134 26 4 2 166
14B FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY SUBSTANDARD
134 26 4 1 165
14C FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT MILITARY
134 26 4 164
15 FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DV SUBSTANDARD
134 26 2 1 163
15A FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT DV
134 26 2 162
15B FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT SUBSTANDARD
134 26 1 161
15C FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY RESIDENT
134 26 160
16 FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
134 4 8 2 1 149
16A FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DISPLACED DV
134 4 8 2 148
309
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16B FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
134 4 8 1 147
16C FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DISPLACED
134 4 8 146
16D FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
134 8 2 1 145
16E FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DISPLACED DV
134 8 2 144
16F FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
134 8 1 143
16G FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DISPLACED
134 8 142
17 FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DV SUBSTANDARD
134 4 2 1 141
17A FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY DV
134 4 2 140
17B FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY SUBSTANDARD
134 4 1 139
17C FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY MILITARY
134 4 138
18 FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DV SUBSTANDARD
134 2 1 137
18A FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY DV
134 2 136
18B FAMILY/DISABLED/EL

DERLY SUBSTANDARD
134 1 135
18C FAMILY/DISABLED/EL
DERLY
134 134
19 CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
133 26 -86 4 8 2 1 88
19A CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED DV
133 26 -86 4 8 2 87
310
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19B CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
133 26 -86 4 8 1 86
19C CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED
133 26 -86 4 8 85
19D CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
133 26 -86 8 2 1 84
19E CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE DISPLACED DV
133 26 -86 8 2 83
19F CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
133 26 -86 8 1 82
19G CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE DISPLACED
133 26 -86 8 81
20 CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DV SUBSTANDARD
133 26 -86 4 2 1 80
20A CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DV
133 26 -86 4 2 79
20B CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY SUBSTANDARD
133 26 -86 4 1 78
20C CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY
133 26 -86 4 77
21 CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE DV SUBSTANDARD
133 26 -86 2 1 76
21A CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE DV
133 26 -86 2 75
21B CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE SUBSTANDARD
133 26 -86 1 74
21C CURRENT

EHV RESIDENT SINGLE
133 26 -86 73
22 CURRENT

EHV SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
133 -86 4 8 2 1 62
22A CURRENT

EHV SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED DV
133 -86 4 8 2 61
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22B CURRENT

EHV SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
133 -86 4 8 1 60
22C CURRENT

EHV SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED
133 -86 4 8 59
22D CURRENT

EHV SINGLE DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
133 -86 8 2 1 58
22E CURRENT

EHV SINGLE DISPLACED DV
133 -86 8 2 57
22F CURRENT

EHV SINGLE DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
133 -86 8 1 56
22G CURRENT

EHV SINGLE DISPLACED
133 -86 8 55
23 CURRENT

EHV SINGLE MILITARY DV SUBSTANDARD
133 -86 4 2 1 54
23A CURRENT

EHV SINGLE MILITARY DV
133 -86 4 2 53
23B CURRENT

EHV SINGLE MILITARY SUBSTANDARD
133 -86 4 1 52
23C CURRENT

EHV SINGLE MILITARY
133 -86 4 51
24 CURRENT

EHV SINGLE DV SUBSTANDARD
133 -86 2 1 50
24A CURRENT

EHV SINGLE DV
133 -86 2 49
24B CURRENT

EHV SINGLE SUBSTANDARD
133 -86 1 48
24C CURRENT

EHV SINGLE
133 -86 47
25 TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD 78 26 -86 4 8 2 1 33
25A TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED DV
78 26 -86 4 8 2 32
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25B TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
78 26 -86 4 8 1 31
25C TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED
78 26 -86 4 8 30
25D TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
78 26 -86 8 2 1 29
25E TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE DISPLACED DV
78 26 -86 8 2 28
25F TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
78 26 -86 8 1 27
25G TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE DISPLACED
78 26 -86 8 26
26 TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DV SUBSTANDARD
78 26 -86 4 2 1 25
26A TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DV
78 26 -86 4 2 24
26B TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY SUBSTANDARD
78 26 -86 4 1 23
26C TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY
78 26 -86 4 22
27 TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE DV SUBSTANDARD
78 26 -86 2 1 21
27A TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE DV
78 26 -86 2 20
27B TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE SUBSTANDARD
78 26 -86 1 19
27C TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. RESIDENT SINGLE
78 26 -86 18
28 TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
78 -86 4 8 2 1 7
28A TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED DV
78 -86 4 8 2 6
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28B TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
78 -86 4 8 1 5
28C TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED
78 -86 4 8 4
28D TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
78 -86 8 2 1 3
28E TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE DISPLACED DV
78 -86 8 2 2
28F TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
78 -86 8 1 1
28G TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE DISPLACED
78 -86 8 0
29 TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE MILITARY DV SUBSTANDARD
78 -86 4 2 1 -1
29A TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE MILITARY DV
78 -86 4 2 -2
29B TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE MILITARY SUBSTANDARD
78 -86 4 1 -3
29C TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE MILITARY
78 -86 4 -4
30 TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE DV SUBSTANDARD
78 -86 2 1 -5
30A TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE DV
78 -86 2 -6
30B TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE SUBSTANDARD
78 -86 1 -7
30C TERM EHV LAST
24 MOS. SINGLE
78 -86 -8
31 RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
26 -86 4 8 2 1 -45
31A RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED DV
26 -86 4 8 2 -46
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31B RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
26 -86 4 8 1 -47
31C RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED
26 -86 4 8 -48
31D RESIDENT SINGLE DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
26 -86 8 2 1 -49
31E RESIDENT SINGLE DISPLACED DV
26 -86 8 2 -50
31F RESIDENT SINGLE DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
26 -86 8 1 -51
31G RESIDENT SINGLE DISPLACED
26 -86 8 -52
32 RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DV SUBSTANDARD
26 -86 4 2 1 -53
32A RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY DV
26 -86 4 2 -54
32B RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY SUBSTANDARD
26 -86 4 1 -55
32C RESIDENT SINGLE MILITARY
26 -86 4 -56
33 RESIDENT SINGLE DV SUBSTANDARD
26 -86 2 1 -57
33A RESIDENT SINGLE DV
26 -86 2 -58
33B RESIDENT SINGLE SUBSTANDARD
26 -86 1 -59
33C RESIDENT SINGLE
26 -86 -60
34 SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
-86 4 8 2 1 -71
34A SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED DV
-86 4 8 2 -72
34B SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
-86 4 8 1 -73
34C SINGLE MILITARY DISPLACED
-86 4 8 -74
34D SINGLE DISPLACED DV SUBSTANDARD
-86 8 2 1 -75
34E SINGLE DISPLACED DV
-86 8 2 -76
34F SINGLE DISPLACED SUBSTANDARD
-86 8 1 -77
34G SINGLE DISPLACED
-86 8 -78
35 SINGLE MILITARY DV SUBSTANDARD
-86 4 2 1 -79
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35A SINGLE MILITARY DV
-86 4 2 -80
35B SINGLE MILITARY SUBSTANDARD
-86 4 1 -81
35C SINGLE MILITARY
-86 4 -82
36 SINGLE DV SUBSTANDARD
-86 2 1 -83
36A SINGLE DV
-86 2 -84
36B SINGLE SUBSTANDARD
-86 1 -85
36C SINGLE
-86 -86
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CITY OF TORRANCE SECTION 8 WAITING LIST

CATEGORIES
1 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
1a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 1b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher Participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
1c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and have U.S. military preference 1d Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher Participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and are living in substandard housing
1e Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
1f Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and are living in substandard housing 1g Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action
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2 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing 2a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
2b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing 2c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who are Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference 3 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
3a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 3b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance, and are living in substandard housing
3c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance 4 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
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have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
4b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
4c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and have U.S. military preference
4d Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
4e Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 4f Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and are living in substandard housing
4g Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster.
5 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing 5a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who 319
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have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
5b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing 5c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference.
6 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
6a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 6b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance, and are living in substandard housing
6c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance 7 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
7a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 7b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of 320
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funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
7c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and have U.S. military preference 7d Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and are living in substandard housing 7e Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
7f Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and are living in substandard housing 7g Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action
8 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
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funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 8b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
8c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference 9 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
9a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
9b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance, and are living in substandard housing 9c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance
10 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
10a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by 322
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natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 10b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
10c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and have U.S. military preference 10d Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and are living in substandard housing. 10e Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
10f Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and are living in substandard housing 10g Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action
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preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
11a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
11b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
11c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference
12 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
12a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 12b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance, and are living in substandard housing
12c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who were terminated from the Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance
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include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
13a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 13b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
13c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and have U.S. military preference
13d Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and are living in substandard housing
13e Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 13f Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and are living in substandard housing
13g Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action 14 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing 14a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
14b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing 14c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference
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15 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
15a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 15b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance, and are living in substandard housing
15c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance 16 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
16a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
16b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
16c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and have U.S. military preference
16d Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and are living in substandard housing
16e Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 16f Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and are living in substandard housing
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16g Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action 17 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing 17a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
17b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing 17c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference
18 Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
18a Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 18b Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance, and are living in substandard housing
18c Family, disabled or elderly applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance 19 Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
19a Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 19b Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
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19c Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and have U.S. military preference 19d Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and are living in substandard housing 19e Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
19f Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and are living in substandard housing 19g Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action
20 Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
20a Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 20b Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
20c Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference 21 Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
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21a Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
21b Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance, and are living in substandard housing
21c Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who live or work in the city of Torrance
22 Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
22a Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 22b Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
22c Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and have U.S. military preference 22d Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and are living in substandard housing 22e Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
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22f Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and are living in substandard housing 22g Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action
23 Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
23a Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
23b Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
23c Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference
24 Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
24a Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 24b Single applicants* who are current City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher participants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance, and are living in substandard housing
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25 Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing 25a Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
25b Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing 25c Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and have U.S. military preference
25d Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and are living in substandard housing
25e Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
25f Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and are living in substandard housing
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25g Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action
26 Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
26a Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 26b Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
26c Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference 27 Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing 27a Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
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27c Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who live or work in the city of Torrance
28 Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing 28a Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
28b Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing 28c Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and have U.S. military preference
28d Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and are living in substandard housing 28e Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
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NOT live or work in the city of Torrance, who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and are living in substandard housing 28g Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action
29 Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
29a Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 29b Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
29c Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference 30 Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing 30a Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
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30c Single applicants* who were terminated from the City of Torrance PHA Emergency Housing V oucher program within the last 24 months due to lack of funding who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance
31 Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
31a Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 31b Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
31c Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and have U.S. military preference 31d Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and are living in substandard housing 31e Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
31f Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and are living in substandard housing 31g Single applicants* applicants who live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action
32 Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
32a Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
32b Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
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32c Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference
33 Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
33a Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 33b Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance, and are living in substandard housing
33c Single applicants* who live or work in the city of Torrance. 34 Single applicants* who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
34a Single applicants* who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 34b Single applicants* who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing
34c Single applicants* who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and have U.S. military preference 34d Single applicants* who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and are living in substandard housing
34e Single applicants* who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action, and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
34f Single applicants* who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action and are living in substandard housing 34g Single applicants* applicants who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have been displaced by natural disaster or government action 336
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35 Single applicants* who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing 35a Single applicants* who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference, include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking
35b Single applicants* who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference and are living in substandard housing 35c Single applicants* who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance who have U.S. military preference
36 Single applicants* who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and are living in substandard housing
36a Single applicants* who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance and include a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 36b Single applicants* who DO NOT live or work in the city of Torrance, and are living in substandard housing
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Chapter 5

BRIEFINGS AND VOUCHER ISSUANCE
PART I: BRIEFINGS AND FAMILY OBLIGATIONS
5-I.A. OVERVIEW
HUD regulations require the PHA to conduct mandatory briefings for applicant families who qualify for a voucher. The briefing provides a broad description of owner and family responsibilities, explains the PHA’s procedures, and includes instructions on how to lease a unit.

This part describes how oral briefings will be conducted, specifies what written information will be provided to families, and lists the family’s obligations under the program. The PHA must take reasonable steps to ensure meaningful access by persons with Limited English proficiency. 5-I.B. BRIEFING [24 CFR 982.301]
Notification of Briefing
Prior to issuance of a voucher, the PHA must give the family an oral briefing and provide the family with a briefing packet containing written information about the program. Families may be briefed in individual face-to-face meetings, through group briefing sessions, or via remote briefing sessions.

PHA Policy
Families will be notified of their eligibility for assistance at the time they are invited to a briefing. The notice will be sent by first class mail.

The notice will advise the family of the type of briefing, who is required to be present at the briefing, and the date and time of the briefing. The notice will also inform the family of any additional requirements for in-person or remote briefings as addressed in relevant policy elsewhere in this section.

If the notice is returned by the post office with no forwarding address, the applicant will be denied, and their name will not be placed back on the waiting list. If the notice is returned by the post office with a forwarding address, the notice will be resent to the address indicated.

In-Person Briefings
At the briefing, the PHA must ensure effective communication in accordance with Section 504 requirements (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973) and ensure that the briefing site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. For a more thorough discussion of accessibility requirements, refer to Chapter 2.

PHA Policy
In-person briefings will generally be conducted in group meetings. At the family’s written request, the PHA may provide an individual briefing.

Generally, the head of household is required to attend the briefing. If the head of household is unable to attend, the PHA may approve another adult family member to attend the briefing.
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Families that attend group briefings and still need individual assistance will be referred to an appropriate PHA staff person.

Briefings will be conducted in English. For limited English proficient (LEP) applicants, the PHA will provide interpretation services in accordance with the PHA’s LEP plan (See Chapter 2).

Attendance
PHA Policy
Applicants who fail to attend a scheduled in-person briefing will be scheduled for another briefing automatically. The PHA will notify the family of the date and time of the second scheduled briefing. Applicants who fail to attend two scheduled briefings, without prior PHA approval, will be denied assistance (see Chapter 3).

Remote Briefings [Notice PIH 2020-32]
Remote briefings may be conducted over the phone, via video conferencing, or through other virtual platforms.

PHA Policy
The PHA has the sole discretion to require that briefings be conducted remotely in case of local, state, or national physical distancing orders, and in cases of inclement weather or natural disaster. If the PHA schedules a remote briefing, the PHA will conduct a face-to- face briefing upon request of the applicant as a reasonable accommodation for a person with a disability if safety and health concerns can be reasonably addressed.

In addition, the PHA will conduct a briefing remotely upon request of the applicant as a reasonable accommodation for a person with a disability, if an applicant does not have childcare or transportation that would enable them to attend the briefing, or if the applicant believes an in-person briefing would create an undue health risk. The PHA will consider other reasonable requests for a remote briefing on a case-by-case basis.

Accessibility Requirements for Persons with Disabilities and LEP Individuals As with in-person briefings, the platform for conducting remote briefings must be accessible and the briefing conducted in accordance with Section 504 and accessibility requirements. This includes ensuring any information, websites, emails, digital notifications, and other virtual platforms are accessible for persons with vision, hearing, and other disabilities. Further, providing effective communication in a digital context may require the use of individualized auxiliary aids or services, such as audio description, captioning, sign language and other types of interpreters, keyboard accessibility, accessible documents, screen reader support, and transcripts.

Auxiliary aids or services must be provided in accessible formats, in a timely manner, and in such a way to protect the privacy and independence of the individual.

If no method of conducting a remote briefing is available that appropriately accommodates an individual’s disability, the PHA may not hold against the individual their inability to participate in the remote briefing, and the PHA should consider whether postponing the remote briefing to a later date is appropriate or whether there is a suitable alternative.

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Limited English Proficiency (LEP) requirements also apply to remote briefings, including the use of interpretation services and document translation. See Chapter 2 for a more thorough discussion of accessibility and LEP requirements, all of which apply in the context of remote briefings.

Conducting Remote Briefings
The PHA must ensure that the lack of technology or inability to use technology for remote briefings does not pose a disadvantage to families that may not be apparent to the PHA. The PHA must ensure that the family has appropriate technological access in order to fully participate in the remote briefing.

PHA Policy
At least 10 business days prior to scheduling the remote briefing, the PHA will provide written notification via first class mail and/or email to families participating in the briefing to advise of technological requirements and to request the family notify the PHA of any known barriers. If any family does not respond within five business days, or if the written notification is returned by the post office or the email is rejected, the PHA will contact the family by telephone to identify potential technological barriers and to determine which technology resources are accessible to the family. The PHA will resolve any barriers using the guidance in Section 6 of Notice PIH 2020-32, including offering the family the opportunity to attend an in-person briefing or have a one-on-one briefing over the phone, as appropriate.

The PHA will conduct remote briefings via a video conferencing platform when available. If applicants are unable to adequately access the video conferencing platform, the briefing will be conducted by telephone conferencing call-in. If the family is unable to adequately access the telephone conferencing call-in, the remote briefing will be postponed, and an in-person alternative or one-on-one briefing over the phone will be provided.

The PHA will provide login information and/or conferencing call-in information and an electronic copy of the briefing packet via email at least five business days before the briefing. The PHA will provide a paper copy of the briefing packet upon family request and may reschedule the briefing to allow adequate time for the family to receive the physical briefing packet.

The PHA will ensure that all electronic information stored or transmitted as part of the briefing meets the requirements for accessibility for persons with disabilities and persons with LEP, and is secure, including ensuring personally identifiable information (PII) is protected.

The PHA will ensure that families who participate in remote briefings have the opportunity to ask questions as part of the briefing.

If families lose connectivity during any remote briefing or otherwise feel they were unable to access information presented during the briefing, the family may request a one- on-one briefing over the phone or in person with the PHA. 340
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Oral Briefing [24 CFR 982.301(a)]
Each briefing must provide information on the following subjects:
 How the Housing Choice Voucher program works;
 Family and owner responsibilities;
 Where the family can lease a unit, including renting a unit inside or outside the PHA’s jurisdiction and any information on selecting a unit that HUD provides;  An explanation of how portability works;
 The PHA must inform the family of how portability may affect the family’s assistance through screening, subsidy standards, payment standards, and any other elements of the portability process which may affect the family’s assistance; and  An explanation of the advantages of areas that do not have a high concentration of low-income families.

The PHA may not discourage the family from choosing to live anywhere in the PHA’s jurisdiction or outside the PHA’s jurisdiction under portability, unless otherwise expressly authorized by statute, regulation, PIH Notice, or court order.

The PHA must take appropriate steps to ensure effective communication in accordance with 24 CFR 8.6 and 28 CFR part 35, subpart E, and must provide information on the reasonable accommodation process.

Briefing Packet [24 CFR 982.301(b); New HCV GB, Housing Search and Leasing, p. 7] Documents and information provided in the briefing packet must include the following:
 The term of the voucher, voucher suspensions, and the PHA’s policies on any extensions of the term. If the PHA allows extensions, the packet must explain how the family can request an extension.
 A description of the method used to calculate the housing assistance payment for a family, including how the PHA determines the payment standard for a family and how the PHA determines total tenant payment for a family.
 An explanation of how the PHA determines the maximum allowable rent for an assisted unit.  Where the family may lease a unit and an explanation of how portability works, including information on how portability may affect the family’s assistance through screening, subsidy standards, payment standards, and any other elements of the portability process that may affect the family’s assistance.
 The HUD-required tenancy addendum, which must be included in the lease.  The form the family must use to request approval of tenancy, and an explanation of how to request approval.
 A statement of the PHA policy on providing information about families to prospective owners.
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 The PHA subsidy standards and when the PHA will consider granting exceptions as allowed by 24 CFR 982.404(b)(8), and when exceptions are required as a reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities under Section 504, the Fair Housing Act, or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
 Materials (e.g., brochures) on how to select a unit and any additional information on selecting a unit that HUD provides (e.g., HUD brochure entitled, “A Good Place to Live”).  Information on federal, state and local equal opportunity laws, the contact information for the Section 504 coordinator, a copy of the housing discrimination complaint form, and information on how to request a reasonable accommodation or modification (including information on requesting exception payment standards as a reasonable accommodation) under Section 504, the Fair Housing Act, or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  A list of landlords known to the PHA who may be willing to lease a unit to the family or other resources (e.g., newspapers, organizations, online search tools) known to the PHA that may assist the family in locating a unit. PHAs must ensure that the list of landlords or other resources covers areas outside of poverty or minority concentration.  Notice that if the family includes a person with disabilities, the PHA is subject to requirements under 24 CFR 8.28(a)(3) to provide a current listing of accessible units known to the PHA, and if necessary, other assistance in locating an available unit.

The family obligations under the program.
 PHA informal hearing procedures including when the PHA is required to offer a participant family the opportunity for an informal hearing, and how to request the hearing.  An explanation of the advantages of moving to an area that does not have a high concentration of low-income families, which may include access to accessible and high- quality housing, transit, employment opportunities, educational opportunities, recreational facilities, public safety stations, retail services, and health services.  The HUD pamphlet on lead-based paint entitled, “Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home” [24 CFR 35.88].

If the PHA is located in a metropolitan area, the following additional information must be included in the briefing packet in order to receive full points under SEMAP Indicator 7, Expanding Housing Opportunities [24 CFR 985.3(g)]:
 Maps showing areas with housing opportunities outside areas of poverty or minority concentration, both within its jurisdiction and its neighboring jurisdiction  Information about the characteristics of these areas including job opportunities, schools, transportation, and other services
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Additional Items to Be Included in the Briefing Packet
In addition to items required by the regulations, PHAs may wish to include supplemental materials to help explain the program to both participants and owners [HCV GB p. 8-7, Notice PIH 2017-12].

PHA Policy
The PHA will provide the following additional materials in the briefing packet:

The grounds on which the PHA may terminate assistance for a participant family because of family action or failure to act
Requirements for notifying the PHA of any changes in income or family composition
Information on how to fill out and file a housing discrimination complaint form The form HUD-5380 domestic violence certification form and the form HUD-5382 notice of occupancy rights, which contain information on VAWA protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
“Is Fraud Worth It?” (form HUD-1141-OIG), which explains the types of actions a family must avoid and the penalties for program abuse “What You Should Know about EIV,” a guide to the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system published by HUD as an attachment to Notice PIH 2017-12
5-I.C. FAMILY OBLIGATIONS
Obligations of the family are described in the housing choice voucher (HCV) regulations and on the voucher itself. These obligations include responsibilities the family is required to fulfill, as well as prohibited actions. The PHA must inform families of these obligations during the oral briefing, and the same information must be included in the briefing packet. When the family’s unit is approved and the HAP contract is executed, the family must meet those obligations in order to continue participating in the program. Violation of any family obligation may result in termination of assistance, as described in Chapter 12.

Time Frames for Reporting Changes Required by Family Obligations PHA Policy
Unless otherwise noted below, when family obligations require the family to respond to a request or notify the PHA of a change, notifying the PHA of the request or change within 10 business days is considered prompt notice.

When a family is required to provide notice to the PHA, the notice must be in writing.

Family Obligations [24 CFR 982.551]
The family obligations of the voucher are listed as follows:
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 The family must supply any information that the PHA or HUD determines to be necessary, including submission of required evidence of citizenship or eligible immigration status.  The family must supply any information requested by the PHA or HUD for use in a regularly scheduled reexamination or interim reexamination of family income and composition.  The family must disclose and verify social security numbers and sign and submit consent forms for obtaining information.
 Any information supplied by the family must be true and complete.  The family may be held responsible for a breach of housing quality standards caused by the family’s failure to pay tenant-provided utilities or appliances, or damages to the dwelling unit or premises beyond ordinary wear and tear caused by any member of the household or guest.

PHA Policy
Damages beyond ordinary wear and tear will be considered to be damages which could be assessed against the security deposit under state law or in court practice.  The family must allow the PHA to inspect the unit at reasonable times and after reasonable notice, as described in Chapter 8 of this plan.
 The family must not commit any serious or repeated violation of the lease.

PHA Policy
The PHA will determine if a family has committed serious or repeated violations of the lease based on available evidence, including but not limited to, a court-ordered eviction or an owner’s notice to evict, police reports, and affidavits from the owner, neighbors, or other credible parties with direct knowledge.

Serious and repeated lease violations will include, but not be limited to, nonpayment of rent, disturbance of neighbors, destruction of property, living or housekeeping habits that cause damage to the unit or premises, and criminal activity. Generally, the criterion to be used will be whether or not the reason for the eviction was the fault of the tenant or guests. Any incidents of, or criminal activity related to, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking will not be construed as serious or repeated lease violations by the victim [see 24 CFR 5.2005(c)(1)].  The family must notify the PHA and the owner before moving out of the unit or terminating the lease.

PHA Policy
The family must comply with lease requirements regarding written notice to the owner.

The family must provide written notice to the PHA at the same time the owner is notified.  The family must promptly give the PHA a copy of any owner eviction notice.  The family must use the assisted unit for residence by the family. The unit must be the family’s only residence.
 The composition of the assisted family residing in the unit must be approved by the PHA.

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custody of a child. The family must request PHA approval to add any other family member as an occupant of the unit.

PHA Policy
The request to add a family member must be submitted in writing and approved prior to the person moving into the unit. The PHA will determine eligibility of the new member in accordance with the policies in Chapter 3.
 The family must promptly notify the PHA in writing if any family member no longer lives in the unit.
 If the PHA has given approval, a foster child or a live-in aide may reside in the unit. The PHA has the discretion to adopt reasonable policies concerning residency by a foster child or a live-in aide, and to define when PHA consent may be given or denied. For policies related to the request and approval/disapproval of foster children, foster adults, and live-in aides, see Chapter 3 (sections I.K and I.M), and Chapter 11 (section II.B).  The family must not sublease the unit, assign the lease, or transfer the unit.

PHA Policy
Subleasing includes receiving payment to cover rent and utility costs by a person living in the unit who is not listed as a family member.
 The family must supply any information requested by the PHA to verify that the family is living in the unit or information related to family absence from the unit.  The family must promptly notify the PHA when the family is absent from the unit.

PHA Policy
Notice is required under this provision only when all family members will be absent from the unit for an extended period. An extended period is defined as any period greater than 30 calendar days. Written notice must be provided to the PHA at the start of the extended absence.
 The family must pay utility bills and provide and maintain any appliances that the owner is not required to provide under the lease [Form HUD-52646, Voucher].  The family must not own or have any interest in the unit, (other than in a cooperative and owners of a manufactured home leasing a manufactured home space).  Family members must not commit fraud, bribery, or any other corrupt or criminal act in connection with the program. (See Chapter 14, Program Integrity for additional information).  Family members must not engage in drug-related criminal activity or violent criminal activity or other criminal activity that threatens the health, safety or right to peaceful enjoyment of other residents and persons residing in the immediate vicinity of the premises. See Chapter 12 for HUD and PHA policies related to drug-related and violent criminal activity.  Members of the household must not engage in abuse of alcohol in a way that threatens the health, safety or right to peaceful enjoyment of the other residents and persons residing in the immediate vicinity of the premises. See Chapter 12 for a discussion of HUD and PHA policies related to alcohol abuse.
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 An assisted family or member of the family must not receive HCV program assistance while receiving another housing subsidy, for the same unit or a different unit under any other federal, state or local housing assistance program.
 A family must not receive HCV program assistance while residing in a unit owned by a parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, sister or brother of any member of the family, unless the PHA has determined (and has notified the owner and the family of such determination) that approving rental of the unit, notwithstanding such relationship, would provide reasonable accommodation for a family member who is a person with disabilities. [Form HUD-52646, Voucher]
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PART II: SUBSIDY STANDARDS AND VOUCHER ISSUANCE
5-II.A. OVERVIEW
The PHA must establish subsidy standards that determine the number of bedrooms needed for families of different sizes and compositions. This part presents the policies that will be used to determine the family unit size (also known as the voucher size) a particular family should receive, and the policies that govern making exceptions to those standards. The PHA must also establish policies related to the issuance of the voucher, to the voucher term, and to any extensions of the voucher term.
5-II.B. DETERMINING FAMILY UNIT (VOUCHER) SIZE [24 CFR 982.402] For each family, the PHA determines the appropriate number of bedrooms under the PHA subsidy standards and enters the family unit size on the voucher that is issued to the family. The family unit size does not dictate the size of unit the family must actually lease, nor does it determine who within a household will share a bedroom/sleeping room.

The following requirements apply when the PHA determines family unit size:
 The subsidy standards must provide for the smallest number of bedrooms needed to house a family without overcrowding.
 The subsidy standards must be consistent with space requirements under 24 CFR 5.703.  The subsidy standards must be applied consistently for all families of like size and composition.
 A child who is temporarily away from the home because of placement in foster care is considered a member of the family in determining the family unit size.  A family that consists of a pregnant woman (with no other persons) must be treated as a two- person family.
 Any live-in aide (approved by the PHA to reside in the unit to care for a family member who is disabled or is at least 50 years of age) must be counted in determining the family unit size; 
 Unless a live-in-aide resides with a family, the family unit size for any family consisting of a single person must be either a zero- or one-bedroom unit, as determined under the PHA subsidy standards.

PHA Policy
The PHA will assign one bedroom for each two persons within the household, except in the following circumstances:

Live-in aides will be allocated a separate bedroom.

Single person families that are neither elderly, nor disabled will be allocated a zero bedroom.
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The PHA will reference the following chart in determining the appropriate voucher size for a family:

Voucher Size Persons in Household
(Minimum – Maximum)
1 Bedroom 1-2
2 Bedrooms 2-4
3 Bedrooms 3-6
4 Bedrooms 4-8
5 Bedrooms 6-10
5-II.C. EXCEPTIONS TO SUBSIDY STANDARDS
In determining family unit size for a particular family, the PHA may grant an exception to its established subsidy standards if the PHA determines that the exception is justified by the age, sex, health, handicap, or relationship of family members or other personal circumstances [24 CFR 982.402(b)(8)]. Reasons may include, but are not limited to:
 A need for an additional bedroom for medical equipment  A need for a separate bedroom for reasons related to a family member’s disability, medical or health condition
For a single person who is not elderly, disabled, or a remaining family member, an exception cannot override the regulatory limit of a zero or one bedroom [24 CFR 982.402(b)(8)].

PHA Policy
The family must request any exception to the subsidy standards in writing The request must explain the need or justification for a larger family unit size and must include appropriate documentation. Requests based on health-related reasons must be verified by a knowledgeable professional source (e.g., doctor or health professional), unless the disability and the disability–related need for accommodation is readily apparent or otherwise known. The family’s continued need for an additional bedroom due to special medical equipment must be re-verified at annual reexamination.

The PHA will notify the family of its determination within 10 business days of receiving the family’s request. If a participant family’s request is denied, the notice will inform the family of their right to request an informal hearing.
5-II.D. VOUCHER ISSUANCE [24 CFR 982.302]
When a family is selected from the waiting list (or as a special admission as described in Chapter 4), or when a participant family wants to move to another unit, the PHA issues a Housing Choice Voucher, form HUD-52646. This chapter deals only with voucher issuance for applicants. For voucher issuance associated with moves of program participants, please refer to Chapter 10. 348
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The voucher is the family’s authorization to search for housing. It specifies the unit size for which the family qualifies and includes both the date of voucher issuance and date of expiration.

It contains a brief description of how the program works and explains the family obligations under the program. The voucher is evidence that the PHA has determined the family to be eligible for the program, and that the PHA expects to have money available to subsidize the family if the family finds an approvable unit. However, the PHA does not have any liability to any party by the issuance of the voucher, and the voucher does not give the family any right to participate in the PHA’s Housing Choice Voucher program [Voucher, Form HUD-52646].

The PHA must issue the family a voucher within 60 days of determining the family eligible [24 CFR 982.201(e)]. The income documentation must be dated within 120 days of when it was received by the PHA. However, for fixed-income sources, including Social Security benefits, the documentation must be dated within the appropriate benefit year.

PHA Policy
Vouchers will be issued to eligible applicants immediately following the mandatory briefing.

The PHA should have sufficient funds to house an applicant before issuing a voucher. If funds are insufficient to house the family at the top of the waiting list, the PHA must wait until it has adequate funds before it calls another family from the list [HCV GB p. 8-10].

Prior to issuing any vouchers, the PHA will determine whether it has sufficient funding in accordance with the policies in Part VIII of Chapter 16.

If the PHA determines that there is insufficient funding after a voucher has been issued, the PHA may rescind the voucher and place the affected family back on the waiting list. 5-II.E. VOUCHER TERM AND EXTENSIONS
Voucher Term [24 CFR 982.303]
The initial term of a voucher will be 60 calendar days. The initial term must be stated on the voucher [24 CFR 982.303(a)].

PHA Policy
The initial voucher term will be 60 calendar days.

The family must submit a Request for Tenancy Approval and proposed lease within the 60-day period unless the PHA grants an extension.

Extensions of Voucher Term [24 CFR 982.303(b)]
The PHA has the authority to grant extensions of search time, to specify the length of an extension, and to determine the circumstances under which extensions will be granted. There is no limit on the number of extensions that the PHA can approve. Discretionary policies related to extension and expiration of search time must be described in the PHA’s administrative plan [24 CFR 982.54].

PHAs must approve additional search time if needed as a reasonable accommodation to make the program accessible to and usable by a person with disabilities. The extension period must be reasonable for the purpose.
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The family must be notified in writing of the PHA’s decision to approve or deny an extension.

The PHA’s decision to deny a request for an extension of the voucher term is not subject to informal review [24 CFR 982.554(c)(4)].

PHA Policy
The PHA will automatically approve one 30-day extension upon written request from the family. The maximum voucher time grant shall not exceed 120 days.

The PHA will approve additional extensions beyond the 120 days only in the following circumstances:

It is necessary as a reasonable accommodation for a person with disabilities.

It is necessary due to reasons beyond the family’s control, as determined by the PHA. Following is a list of extenuating circumstances that the PHA may consider in making its decision. The presence of these circumstances does not guarantee that an extension will be granted:

Serious illness or death in the family
Other family emergency
Obstacles due to employment
Whether the family has already submitted requests for tenancy approval that were not approved by the PHA
Whether family size or other special circumstances make it difficult to find a suitable unit
Any request for an additional extension must include the reason(s) an additional extension is necessary. The PHA may require the family to provide documentation to support the request or obtain verification from a qualified third party.

All requests for extensions to the voucher term must be made in writing and submitted to the PHA prior to the expiration date of the voucher (or extended term of the voucher).

The PHA will decide whether to approve or deny an extension request within 10 business days of the date the request is received and will immediately provide the family written notice of its decision.

Suspensions of Voucher Term [24 CFR 982.303(c)]
The PHA must provide for suspension of the initial or any extended term of the voucher from the date the family submits a request for PHA approval of the tenancy until the date the PHA notifies the family in writing whether the request has been approved or denied.

Expiration of Voucher Term
Once a family’s housing choice voucher term (including any extensions) expires, the family is no longer eligible to search for housing under the program. If the family still wishes to receive assistance, the PHA may require that the family reapply, or may place the family on the waiting list with a new application date but without requiring reapplication. Such a family does not 350
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become ineligible for the program on the grounds that it was unable to locate a unit before the voucher expired [HCV GB p. 8-13].

PHA Policy
If an applicant family’s voucher term or extension expires before the PHA has approved a tenancy, the PHA will require the family to reapply for assistance.

Within 10 business days after the expiration of the voucher term or any extension, the PHA will notify the family in writing that the voucher term has expired and that the family must reapply when the waiting list is open in order to be placed on the waiting list. 351
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Chapter 6.A.

INCOME AND SUBSIDY DETERMINATIONS
[24 CFR Part 5, Subparts E and F; 24 CFR 982]

INTRODUCTION
This chapter is applicable prior to the PHA’s HOTMA 102/104 compliance date. After this date, the PHA will follow policies as outlined in Chapter 6.B. of the model policy.

A family’s income determines eligibility for assistance and is also used to calculate the family’s payment and the PHA’s subsidy. The PHA will use the policies and methods described in this chapter to ensure that only eligible families receive assistance and that no family pays more or less than its obligation under the regulations. This chapter describes HUD regulations and PHA policies related to these topics in three parts as follows:
 Part I: Annual Income. HUD regulations specify the sources of income to include and exclude to arrive at a family’s annual income. These requirements and PHA policies for calculating annual income are found in Part I.
 Part II: Adjusted Income. Once annual income has been established HUD regulations require the PHA to subtract from annual income any of five mandatory deductions for which a family qualifies. These requirements and PHA policies for calculating adjusted income are found in Part II.
 Part III: Calculating Family Share and PHA Subsidy. This part describes the statutory formula for calculating total tenant payment (TTP), the use of utility allowances, and the methodology for determining PHA subsidy and required family payment. 352
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PART I: ANNUAL INCOME
6-I.A. OVERVIEW
The general regulatory definition of annual income shown below is from 24 CFR 5.609.

5.609 Annual income.
(a) Annual income means all amounts, monetary or not, which:
(1) Go to, or on behalf of, the family head or spouse (even if temporarily absent) or to any other family member; or
(2) Are anticipated to be received from a source outside the family during the 12-month period following admission or annual reexamination effective date; and (3) Which are not specifically excluded in paragraph [5.609(c)]. (4) Annual income also means amounts derived (during the 12-month period) from assets to which any member of the family has access.

In addition to this general definition, HUD regulations establish policies for treating specific types of income and assets. The full texts of those portions of the regulations are provided in exhibits at the end of this chapter as follows:
 Annual Income Inclusions (Exhibit 6-1)
 Annual Income Exclusions (Exhibit 6-2)
 Treatment of Family Assets (Exhibit 6-3)
 The Effect of Welfare Benefit Reduction (Exhibit 6-4) Sections 6-I.B and 6-I.C discuss general requirements and methods for calculating annual income. The rest of this section describes how each source of income is treated for the purposes of determining annual income. HUD regulations present income inclusions and exclusions separately [24 CFR 5.609(b) and 24 CFR 5.609(c)]. In this plan, however, the discussions of income inclusions and exclusions are integrated by topic (e.g., all policies affecting earned income are discussed together in section 6-I.D). Verification requirements for annual income are discussed in Chapter 7.A.
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6-I.B. HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION AND INCOME
Income received by all family members must be counted unless specifically excluded by the regulations. It is the responsibility of the head of household to report changes in family composition. The rules on which sources of income are counted vary somewhat by family member. The chart below summarizes how family composition affects income determinations.

Summary of Income Included and Excluded by Person
Live-in aides Income from all sources is excluded [24 CFR 5.609(c)(5)].

Foster child or foster adult Income from all sources is excluded [24 CFR 5.609(c)(2)].

Head, spouse, or cohead
Other adult family members
All sources of income not specifically excluded by the
regulations are included.

Children under 18 years of age Employment income is excluded [24 CFR 5.609(c)(1)].

All other sources of income, except those specifically
excluded by the regulations, are included.

Full-time students 18 years of
age or older (not head, spouse,
or cohead)
Employment income above $480/year is excluded [24 CFR

5.609(c)(11)].

All other sources of income, except those specifically
excluded by the regulations, are included.

Temporarily Absent Family Members
The income of family members approved to live in the unit will be counted, even if the family member is temporarily absent from the unit [HCV GB, p. 5-18].

PHA Policy
Generally an individual who is or is expected to be absent from the assisted unit for 180 consecutive days or less is considered temporarily absent and continues to be considered a family member. Generally an individual who is or is expected to be absent from the assisted unit for more than 180 consecutive days is considered permanently absent and no longer a family member. Exceptions to this general policy are discussed below.

Absent Students
PHA Policy
When someone who has been considered a family member attends school away from home, the person will continue to be considered a family member unless information becomes available to the PHA indicating that the student has established a separate household or the family declares that the student has established a separate household.

Absences Due to Placement in Foster Care
Children temporarily absent from the home as a result of placement in foster care are considered members of the family [24 CFR 5.403].
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PHA Policy
If a child has been placed in foster care, the PHA will verify with the appropriate agency whether and when the child is expected to be returned to the home. Unless the agency confirms that the child has been permanently removed from the home, the child will be counted as a family member.

Absent Head, Spouse, or Cohead
PHA Policy
An employed head, spouse, or cohead absent from the unit more than 180 consecutive days due to employment will continue to be considered a family member.

Family Members Permanently Confined for Medical Reasons If a family member is confined to a nursing home or hospital on a permanent basis, that person is no longer considered a family member and the income of that person is not counted [HCV GB, p. 5-22].

PHA Policy
The PHA will request verification from a responsible medical professional and will use this determination. If the responsible medical professional cannot provide a determination, the person generally will be considered temporarily absent. The family may present evidence that the family member is confined on a permanent basis and request that the person not be considered a family member.

When an individual who has been counted as a family member is determined permanently absent, the family is eligible for the medical expense deduction only if the remaining head, spouse, or cohead qualifies as an elderly person or a person with disabilities.

Joint Custody of Dependents
PHA Policy
Dependents that are subject to a joint custody arrangement will be considered a member of the family, if they live with the applicant or participant family 50 percent or more of the time.

When more than one applicant or participant family is claiming the same dependents as family members, the family with primary custody at the time of the initial examination or reexamination will be able to claim the dependents. If there is a dispute about which family should claim them, the PHA will make the determination based on available documents such as court orders, school records, or an IRS return showing which family has claimed the child for income tax purposes.
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Caretakers for a Child
PHA Policy
The approval of a caretaker is at the owner and PHA’s discretion and subject to the owner and PHA’s screening criteria. If neither a parent nor a designated guardian remains in a household receiving HCV assistance, the PHA will take the following actions. (1) If a responsible agency has determined that another adult is to be brought into the assisted unit to care for a child for an indefinite period, the designated caretaker will not be considered a family member until a determination of custody or legal guardianship is made.
(2) If a caretaker has assumed responsibility for a child without the involvement of a responsible agency or formal assignment of custody or legal guardianship, the caretaker will be treated as a visitor for 90 days. After the 90 days has elapsed, the caretaker will be considered a family member unless information is provided that would confirm that the caretaker’s role is temporary. In such cases the PHA will extend the caretaker’s status as an eligible visitor.
(3) At any time that custody or guardianship legally has been awarded to a caretaker, the housing choice voucher will be transferred to the caretaker. (4) During any period that a caretaker is considered a visitor, the income of the caretaker is not counted in annual income and the caretaker does not qualify the family for any deductions from income.
6-I.C. ANTICIPATING ANNUAL INCOME
The PHA is required to count all income “anticipated to be received from a source outside the family during the 12-month period following admission or annual reexamination effective date” [24 CFR 5.609(a)(2)]. Policies related to anticipating annual income are provided below.

Basis of Annual Income Projection
The PHA generally will use current circumstances to determine anticipated income for the coming 12-month period. HUD authorizes the PHA to use other than current circumstances to anticipate income when:
 An imminent change in circumstances is expected [HCV GB, p. 5-17]  It is not feasible to anticipate a level of income over a 12-month period (e.g., seasonal or cyclic income) [24 CFR 5.609(d)]
 The PHA believes that past income is the best available indicator of expected future income [24 CFR 5.609(d)]
PHAs are required to use HUD’s Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system in its entirety as a third-party source to verify employment and income information, and to reduce administrative subsidy payment errors in accordance with HUD administrative guidance [24 CFR 5.233(a)(2)].

HUD allows PHAs to use tenant-provided documents (pay stubs) dated within 120 days of the date received by the PHA to project income once EIV data has been received in such cases where the family does not dispute the EIV employer data and where the PHA does not determine 356
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it is necessary to obtain additional third-party data. The PHA may also accept a statement dated within the appropriate benefit year for fixed income sources.

PHA Policy
When EIV is obtained and the family does not dispute the EIV employer data, the PHA will use current tenant-provided documents to project annual income. When the tenant- provided documents are pay stubs, the PHA will make every effort to obtain current and consecutive pay stubs dated within the last 60 days.

The PHA will obtain written and/or oral third-party verification in accordance with the verification requirements and policy in Chapter 7 in the following cases:

If EIV or other UIV data is not available,
If the family disputes the accuracy of the EIV employer data, and/or If the PHA determines additional information is needed.

In such cases, the PHA will review and analyze current data to anticipate annual income.

In all cases, the family file will be documented with a clear record of the reason for the decision, and a clear audit trail will be left as to how the PHA annualized projected income.

When the PHA cannot readily anticipate income based upon current circumstances (e.g., in the case of seasonal employment, unstable working hours, or suspected fraud), the PHA will review and analyze historical data for patterns of employment, paid benefits, and receipt of other income and use the results of this analysis to establish annual income.

Any time current circumstances are not used to project annual income, a clear rationale for the decision will be documented in the file. In all such cases the family may present information and documentation to the PHA to show why the historic pattern does not represent the family’s anticipated income.

Known Changes in Income
If the PHA verifies an upcoming increase or decrease in income, annual income will be calculated by applying each income amount to the appropriate part of the 12-month period.

Example: An employer reports that a full-time employee who has been receiving $8/hour will begin to receive $8.25/hour in the eighth week after the effective date of the reexamination. In such a case the PHA would calculate annual income as follows:
($8/hour × 40 hours × 7 weeks) + ($8.25 × 40 hours × 45 weeks).

The family may present information that demonstrates that implementing a change before its effective date would create a hardship for the family. In such cases the PHA will calculate annual income using current circumstances and then require an interim reexamination when the change actually occurs. This requirement will be imposed even if the PHA’s policy on reexaminations does not require interim reexaminations for other types of changes.
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When tenant-provided third-party documents are used to anticipate annual income, they will be dated within the last 60 days of the reexamination interview date. Statements dated within the appropriate benefit year will be accepted for fixed income sources.

Projecting Income
In HUD’s EIV webcast of January 2008, HUD made clear that PHAs are not to use EIV quarterly wages to project annual income.
6-I.D. EARNED INCOME
Types of Earned Income Included in Annual Income
Wages and Related Compensation
The full amount, before any payroll deductions, of wages and salaries, overtime pay, commissions, fees, tips and bonuses, and other compensation for personal services is included in annual income [24 CFR 5.609(b)(1)].

PHA Policy
For persons who regularly receive bonuses or commissions, the PHA will verify and then average amounts received for the two years preceding admission or reexamination. If only a one-year history is available, the PHA will use the prior year amounts. In either case the family may provide, and the PHA will consider, a credible justification for not using this history to anticipate future bonuses or commissions. If a new employee has not yet received any bonuses or commissions, the PHA will count only the amount estimated by the employer. The file will be documented appropriately.

Some Types of Military Pay
All regular pay, special pay and allowances of a member of the Armed Forces are counted [24 CFR 5.609(b)(8)] except for the special pay to a family member serving in the Armed Forces who is exposed to hostile fire [24 CFR 5.609(c)(7)].

Types of Earned Income Not Counted in Annual Income
Temporary, Nonrecurring, or Sporadic Income [24 CFR 5.609(c)(9)] This type of income (including gifts) is not included in annual income. Sporadic income includes temporary payments from the U.S. Census Bureau for employment lasting no longer than 180 days [Notice PIH 2009-19].

PHA Policy
Sporadic income is income that is not received periodically and cannot be reliably predicted. For example, the income of an individual who works occasionally as a handyman would be considered sporadic if future work could not be anticipated and no historic, stable pattern of income existed.
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Children’s Earnings
Employment income earned by children (including foster children) under the age of 18 years is not included in annual income [24 CFR 5.609(c)(1)]. (See Eligibility chapter for a definition of foster children.)
Certain Earned Income of Full-Time Students
Earnings in excess of $480 for each full-time student 18 years old or older (except for the head, spouse, or cohead) are not counted [24 CFR 5.609(c)(11)]. To be considered “full-time,” a student must be considered “full-time” by an educational institution with a degree or certificate program [HCV GB, p. 5-29].

Income of a Live-in Aide
Income earned by a live-in aide, as defined in [24 CFR 5.403], is not included in annual income [24 CFR 5.609(c)(5)]. (See Eligibility chapter for a full discussion of live-in aides.) Income Earned under Certain Federal Programs
Income from some federal programs is specifically excluded from consideration as income [24 CFR 5.609(c)(17)], including:
 Payments to volunteers under the Domestic Volunteer Services Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5044(g), 5058)
 Awards under the federal work-study program (20 U.S.C. 1087 uu)  Payments received from programs funded under Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 3056(f))
 Allowances, earnings, and payments to AmeriCorps participants under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12637(d))
 Allowances, earnings, and payments to participants in programs funded under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2931)
Resident Service Stipend
Amounts received under a resident service stipend are not included in annual income. A resident service stipend is a modest amount (not to exceed $200 per individual per month) received by a resident for performing a service for the PHA or owner, on a part-time basis, that enhances the quality of life in the development. Such services may include, but are not limited to, fire patrol, hall monitoring, lawn maintenance, resident initiatives coordination, and serving as a member of the PHA’s governing board. No resident may receive more than one such stipend during the same period of time [24 CFR 5.600(c)(8)(iv)].

State and Local Employment Training Programs
Incremental earnings and benefits to any family member resulting from participation in qualifying state or local employment training programs (including training programs not affiliated with a local government) and training of a family member as resident management staff are excluded from annual income. Amounts excluded by this provision must be received under employment training programs with clearly defined goals and objectives and are excluded only 359
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for the period during which the family member participates in the training program [24 CFR

5.609(c)(8)(v)].

PHA Policy
The PHA defines training program as “a learning process with goals and objectives, generally having a variety of components, and taking place in a series of sessions over a period of time. It is designed to lead to a higher level of proficiency, and it enhances the individual’s ability to obtain employment. It may have performance standards to measure proficiency. Training may include, but is not limited to: (1) classroom training in a specific occupational skill, (2) on-the-job training with wages subsidized by the program, or (3) basic education” [expired Notice PIH 98-2, p. 3].

The PHA defines incremental earnings and benefits as the difference between: (1) the total amount of welfare assistance and earnings of a family member prior to enrollment in a training program, and (2) the total amount of welfare assistance and earnings of the family member after enrollment in the program [expired Notice PIH 98-2, pp. 3–4].

In calculating the incremental difference, the PHA will use as the pre-enrollment income the total annualized amount of the family member’s welfare assistance and earnings reported on the family’s most recently completed HUD-50058.

End of participation in a training program must be reported in accordance with the PHA's interim reporting requirements.

HUD-Funded Training Programs
Amounts received under training programs funded in whole or in part by HUD [24 CFR

5.609(c)(8)(i)] are excluded from annual income. Eligible sources of funding for the training include operating subsidy, Section 8 administrative fees, and modernization, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME program, and other grant funds received from HUD.

PHA Policy
To qualify as a training program, the program must meet the definition of training program provided above for state and local employment training programs.

Earned Income Tax Credit
Earned income tax credit (EITC) refund payments received on or after January 1, 1991 (26 U.S.C. 32(j)), are excluded from annual income [24 CFR 5.609(c)(17)]. Although many families receive the EITC annually when they file taxes, an EITC can also be received throughout the year. The prorated share of the annual EITC is included in the employee’s payroll check. 360
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6-I.E. EARNED INCOME DISALLOWANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES [24 CFR 5.617; Streamlining Final Rule (SFR) Federal Register 3/8/16; Notice PIH 2023-27]
HOTMA removed the statutory authority for the EID. The EID is available only to families that are eligible for and participating in the program as of December 31, 2023, or before; no new families may be added on or after January 1, 2024. If a family is receiving the EID prior to or on the effective date of December 31, 2023, they are entitled to the full amount of the benefit for a full 24-month period. The policies below are applicable only to such families. No family will still be receiving the EID after December 31, 2025. The EID will sunset on January 1, 2026, and the PHA policies below will no longer be applicable as of that date or when the last qualifying family exhausts their exclusion period, whichever is sooner.

Calculation of the Disallowance
Calculation of the earned income disallowance for an eligible member of a qualified family begins with a comparison of the member’s current income with their “baseline income.” The family member’s baseline income is their income immediately prior to qualifying for the EID.

The family member’s baseline income remains constant throughout the period that they are participating in the EID.

Calculation Method
Initial 12-Month Exclusion
During the initial exclusion period of 12 consecutive months, the full amount (100 percent) of any increase in income attributable to new employment or increased earnings is excluded.

PHA Policy
The initial EID exclusion period will begin on the first of the month following the date an eligible member of a qualified family is first employed or first experiences an increase in earnings.

Second 12-Month Exclusion
During the second exclusion period of 12 consecutive months, the PHA must exclude at least 50 percent of any increase in income attributable to employment or increased earnings.

PHA Policy
During the second 12-month exclusion period, the PHA will exclude 100 percent of any increase in income attributable to new employment or increased earnings.

Lifetime Limitation
The EID has a two-year (24-month) lifetime maximum. The two-year eligibility period begins at the same time that the initial exclusion period begins and ends 24 months later. During the 24- month period, an individual remains eligible for EID even if they begin to receive assistance from a different housing agency, move between public housing and Section 8 assistance, or have breaks in assistance. The EID will sunset on January 1, 2026. In no circumstances will a family member’s exclusion period continue past January 1, 2026. 361
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