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- federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitationsAn owner may verify that a resident has a disability and a disability-related need for an assistance animal, must apply its inquiry policy consistently, and may not ask where the need is apparentRequirement excerpt: Where an applicant or resident requires an assistance animal as a reasonable accommodation for a disability, the owner may verify that the person has a disability and that there is a disability-related need for the requested accommodation.…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAAn owner modifies the lease only by addendum and only after prior written HUD or Contract Administrator approvalRequirement excerpt: An owner may modify the terms and conditions of the lease only in the form of a lease addendum, and must receive the prior written approval of HUD or the Contract Administrator before providing the modification to tenants. Changes to the…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesHTFAn owner recertifying by tenant self-certification must examine source documents every sixth yearRequirement excerpt: During the period of affordability the owner must re-examine each tenant's annual income each year using an option the grantee has selected under 24 CFR 93.151(d). An owner who re-examines income through the tenant's written statement and…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesBMIRReview limitationsAn owner who prepays a BMIR mortgage and keeps the project in residential rental use may not refuse to rent to, or discriminate against, a person because they hold a Housing Choice VoucherRequirement excerpt: Prepayment does not release the project from voucher acceptance. ANY OWNER WHO PREPAYS THE MORTGAGE OR TERMINATES THE MORTGAGE INSURANCE CONTRACT ON ELIGIBLE LOW INCOME HOUSING AND MAINTAINS THE PROJECT FOR RESIDENTIAL RENTAL OCCUPANCY MAY…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesBMIRReview limitationsAn owner who prepays must let tenants in a low-vacancy area, and special needs tenants anywhere, stay three years at existing rents, and must pay half of each relocated family's expensesRequirement excerpt: Where a prepayment or voluntary insurance termination does proceed, the owner carries defined obligations to the sitting tenants. EACH OWNER WHO PREPAYS THE MORTGAGE OR TERMINATES THE MORTGAGE INSURANCE CONTRACT SHALL ALLOW THE TENANTS…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesLIHTCAn RHS-assisted building must use the Rural Housing Service method for every rent-restricted unit in itRequirement excerpt: If a building receives assistance from the Rural Housing Service, the applicable utility allowance for ALL rent-restricted units in that building is the allowance determined under the method prescribed by RHS for the building. This holds…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesRD 515Annual financial reports and budgets must be submitted to Rural DevelopmentRequirement excerpt: The borrower must submit an annual financial report and a proposed operating budget in the form and by the deadline RD prescribes, together with any required audit.Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitationsAnnual income is what the family is anticipated to receive in the 12 months after admission or the recertification effective date, projected from current circumstances and annualised on HUD's factorsRequirement excerpt: Annual income is all amounts, monetary or not, that go to or are received on behalf of the family head, spouse or co-head even if temporarily absent, or any other family member, and all amounts anticipated to be received from a source…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesLIHTCAnnual income recertification is required unless federal relief applies to the projectRequirement excerpt: The owner must complete annual income recertifications for low-income households unless applicable federal relief is established. For tax years ending after July 30, 2008, the project-level exception in section 142(d)(3)(A), applied through…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesRD 515Review limitationsAnnual income, adjusted income and net family assets are computed under HUD's Part 5 rulesRequirement excerpt: For a Section 515 household the borrower must compute annual income in accordance with 24 CFR 5.609(a) and (b), adjusted income in accordance with 24 CFR 5.611, and net family assets in accordance with 24 CFR 5.603(b). Rural Development…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAAnnual recertification must be completed effective on the anniversary dateRequirement excerpt: The owner must recertify each assisted family's income and composition annually, with the recertification effective on the anniversary of the move-in date, following the prescribed notice and interview schedule.Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesRAD PBVReview limitationsApplicants keep their date-and-time priority when a public housing waiting list is transitioned to a converting PBV projectRequirement excerpt: 24 CFR 983.251 continues to govern the establishment and maintenance of the waiting list for a Covered Project unless the project is covered by a remedial order or agreement. The PHA must consider how best to transition applicants off the…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAApplicants must be income eligible at admission under the applicable Section 8 income limitRequirement excerpt: An applicant family must have annual income at or below the applicable income limit for the program and area at admission. Project-based Section 8 carries income targeting requirements that reserve a share of admissions for extremely low…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesRD 515Apply Section 515 income priorities and admission preferences before relying on application orderRequirement excerpt: Select from complete applications using the priority order of very low-income, low-income, then moderate-income applicants, subject to the admission priorities in 7 CFR 3560.154(g). An eligible applicant needing an accessible unit’s special…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesHOPWAReview limitationsAppropriate supportive services must be provided as part of any HOPWA-assisted housing, and a resident needing more intensive care must be referred to a provider who can give itRequirement excerpt: Supportive services are not an optional add-on to HOPWA housing. APPROPRIATE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AS REQUIRED BY 574.310(a), MUST BE PROVIDED AS PART OF ANY HOPWA ASSISTED HOUSING, though HOPWA funds may also pay for services independently…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAApproved rent changes take effect on the date HUD or the Contract Administrator approved, retroactively where that date has passed, and the utility allowance follows the rent dateRequirement excerpt: Owners must implement approved rent changes on the effective date approved by HUD or the Contract Administrator. That date may reflect a retroactive approval, in which case the owner must change the tenant certification and adjust the…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesBond / 142(d)Area median gross income for a project may not fall below the prior calendar year's figureRequirement excerpt: Any determination of area median gross income for a project for a calendar year after 2008 may not be less than the area median gross income determined for that project for the preceding calendar year. The floor is statutory and…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited States202 PRACReview limitationsAssistance for an over- or under-occupied Section 202 PRAC unit continues until the household is relocated to an appropriate alternate unitRequirement excerpt: Where the owner determines that, because of a change in household size, an assisted unit is smaller or larger than appropriate for the eligible household leasing it, the project rental assistance payment for that unit is not reduced or…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesHCVAssistance is restricted where net family assets exceed the statutory limit or the family owns suitable real propertyRequirement excerpt: Assistance may not be provided, either initially or upon reexamination of family income, to a family whose net assets exceed $100,000 as adjusted annually by HUD, or to a family that has a present ownership interest in, a legal right to…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesRAD PBVReview limitationsAssistance may be transferred off the original parcel only on HUD approval, generally not within 10 years, and residents may not lose assistance because of itRequirement excerpt: Converted assistance may be moved off the existing parcel in three situations: as part of the conversion itself, post-conversion at the Project Owner's request, or where HUD terminates the HAP contract for default of the Use Agreement or…Read conditions and sources →