Each non-exempt adult resident must perform 8 hours a month of community service or self-sufficiency activity

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Except for a family member who is an exempt individual, each adult resident of public housing must contribute 8 hours per month of community service not including political activities, or participate in an economic self-sufficiency program for 8 hours per month, or perform 8 hours per month of the two combined. Community service means the performance of voluntary work or duties that are a public benefit and that serve to improve the quality of life, enhance resident self-sufficiency, or increase resident self-responsibility in the community; it is not employment and may not include political activities. An exempt individual is an adult who is 62 years or older; is a blind or disabled individual as defined under section 216(i)(1) or section 1614 of the Social Security Act who certifies that because of the disability he or she is unable to comply, or is a primary caretaker of such an individual; is engaged in work activities; meets the requirements for being exempted from having to engage in a work activity under the state's temporary assistance for needy families program or any other state welfare program including a state-administered welfare-to-work program; is a member of a family receiving assistance, benefits or services under such a program and has not been found by the administering entity to be in noncompliance with it; or is a member of a non-public housing over-income family. The lease must specify that it is renewed automatically for all purposes unless the family fails to comply with the service requirement, and violation of the service requirement is grounds for non-renewal of the lease at the end of the twelve month lease term but not for termination of tenancy during the term. In implementing the requirement the PHA may not substitute resident community service or self-sufficiency activities for work ordinarily performed by PHA employees, or replace a job at any location where residents perform activities to satisfy the requirement.

Confidence

high

Effective from

2000-10-01

Consequence model

agency finding with cure

Last reviewed

2026-08-30