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- federalUnited StatesPBRAAssistance must be terminated on six named grounds and must not be terminated on any otherRequirement excerpt: An owner must terminate a tenant's assistance where the tenant fails to provide required information at recertification, including changes in family composition or changes in income or social security numbers for new household members;…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAAssistance on the original unit may not be reduced or terminated until the family has been offered an appropriately sized unit and given at least 30 days to moveRequirement excerpt: Where the owner determines that a tenant's current unit is smaller or larger than appropriate because of a change in family size or composition, the owner must decide whether to require a transfer -- but must not reduce or terminate the…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBVAssistance payments cease when tenant rent equals rent to owner, and the unit leaves the contract after 180 daysRequirement excerpt: Housing assistance payments continue until the tenant rent equals the rent to owner. Cessation at that point does not affect the family's other rights under its lease and does not preclude resumption of payments if income, rents or other…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited States811 PRAReview limitationsAssisted units are filled only from grantee referrals, and only with members of the grantee's target population who are 18 or over and under 62 at move-inRequirement excerpt: The owner screens eligible families only from among those referred to it by the grantee or the grantee's designee, and does so in accordance with a grantee-approved tenant selection plan and the nondiscrimination requirements of 24 CFR…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPublic HousingReview limitationsAt 24 consecutive months the PHA must charge the alternative non-public housing rent or terminate the tenancyRequirement excerpt: Once a family has exceeded the over-income limit for 24 consecutive months the PHA must, as detailed in its admissions and continued occupancy policies, either require the family to execute a new lease consistent with 24 CFR 960.509 and…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitationsAt an interim recertification the owner asks for all changes since the last recertification but need only verify the items that have changedRequirement excerpt: When processing an interim recertification the owner must ask the tenant to identify all changes in income, expenses or family composition since the last recertification. Owners only need verify those items that have changed: where the head…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesHCVAt initial occupancy the family share may not exceed 40 percent of adjusted monthly incomeRequirement excerpt: At the time the PHA approves a tenancy for initial occupancy, where the gross rent of the unit exceeds the applicable payment standard for the family, the family share must not exceed 40 percent of the family's adjusted monthly income. The…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitationsAt least 40 percent of the assisted units that become available for occupancy in a fiscal year must be leased only to extremely low income familiesRequirement excerpt: For each project assisted under a Section 8 project-based assistance contract, of the dwelling units assisted under that contract that become available for occupancy in any fiscal year, not less than 40 percent must be available for leasing…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPublic HousingReview limitationsAt least 40 percent of waiting-list admissions in a PHA fiscal year must be extremely low incomeRequirement excerpt: Not less than 40 percent of the families admitted to a PHA's public housing program during the PHA fiscal year from the PHA waiting list must be extremely low income families. This is the basic targeting requirement. Admissions of extremely…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesLIHTCAverage income designations must be made and must average 60% or lessRequirement excerpt: Under the average income test each low-income unit must be designated at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 or 80 percent of area median gross income, and the average of the designated imputed income limitations across the units in the qualified group…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesHOPWAReview limitationsBefore expending HOPWA funds on a community residence the grantee must obtain and keep on file three certifications: a services agreement, adequacy of funding, and capabilityRequirement excerpt: A community residence is a multiunit residence designed for eligible persons to provide a lower-cost residential alternative to institutional care, to prevent or delay the need for such care, to provide a permanent or transitional…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesRD RABefore paying Rental Assistance the Agency deducts any unpaid loan payments, late fees and other amounts the borrower owes itRequirement excerpt: The Rental Assistance payment a borrower actually receives is not necessarily the amount the request supports. PRIOR TO MAKING RA PAYMENTS TO A BORROWER, THE AGENCY WILL DEDUCT FROM THE APPROVED RA PAYMENT AMOUNT ANY UNPAID LOAN PAYMENTS,…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRABefore reducing or terminating any benefit the owner must independently verify the conflicting information, then give written notice and a 10-day meeting with staff who were not involvedRequirement excerpt: Owners must investigate and research discrepancies and possible errors, using HUD's EIV system as a tool to identify discrepancies in reported income and tenants who may be deceased or receiving assistance at more than one location. Where…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesBMIRReview limitationsBMIR admission uses the BMIR income limit, set at 95 percent of area median incomeRequirement excerpt: Section 221(d)(3) BMIR is the only HUD multifamily program that uses the BMIR income limit, which is set at 95 percent of the area median income and is published by HUD alongside the low, very low and extremely low income limits. An…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesBMIRReview limitationsBMIR is a VAWA covered housing program named in its own right at 24 CFR 5.2003Requirement excerpt: Multifamily rental housing under section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing Act with a below-market interest rate pursuant to section 221(d)(5) is a covered housing program under 24 CFR part 5 subpart L, named in its own right in the…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesBMIRReview limitationsBMIR-only families are not asset-tested and no income is imputed from their assetsRequirement excerpt: For a family receiving only Section 221(d)(3) BMIR assistance it is not necessary to determine whether family assets exceed the handbook's asset threshold, and the rule for imputing income from assets does not apply to the BMIR program.…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesBMIRReview limitationsBMIR's subsidy is the reduced mortgage interest rate itself, so a BMIR project has no interest reduction payment and no excess income to remit - the 110 percent surcharge stays with the projectRequirement excerpt: The two legacy mortgage-subsidy programmes are constantly confused and their money moves in opposite directions. Section 221(d)(3) BMIR INSURED AND SUBSIDIZED MORTGAGE LOANS, and the subsidy is the note rate itself: THE REDUCED MORTGAGE…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesRD 514/516Both labor housing subparts pull in subparts A through K, so the Section 515 tenant certification and recertification cycle governs farm labor housing unchangedRequirement excerpt: 7 CFR 3560.551 and 7 CFR 3560.601 each provide that, unless the labor housing subpart says otherwise, the requirements of subparts A through K, N, O and P apply IN ADDITION to that subpart. Neither subpart L nor subpart M says otherwise…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesLIHTCBuildings and units must be suitable for occupancy under the applicable inspection standardRequirement excerpt: Each building must be suitable for occupancy, determined under state or local health, safety and building codes, with the agency inspecting units under the applicable physical inspection standard on the monitoring cycle. Violations of the…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesCDBGCDBG low- and moderate-income means at or below the Section 8 low-income limit, published annually by HUDRequirement excerpt: A low- and moderate-income household for CDBG purposes is a household having an income equal to or less than the Section 8 low-income limit established by HUD, and a low- and moderate-income person is a member of a family with an income at…Read conditions and sources →