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- federalUnited StatesPBRAThe tenant's cutoff date for providing recertification information is the 10th day of the 11th month after the last annual recertificationRequirement excerpt: The Initial Notice must specify the cutoff date -- the 10th day of the 11th month after the last annual recertification -- by which the tenant must contact the owner and provide the information and signatures the owner needs to process the…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 StatesPBRAReview limitationsEIV data is Privacy Act data: it may be used only at recertification or as the owner's own policies provide, and may not be shared with LIHTC, RHS or any entity outside the HUD recertification processRequirement excerpt: The data in EIV contains personal information covered by the Privacy Act and may be used only for limited official purposes. Owners, in connection with the administration of their project, may only use the employment and income information…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesRAD PBVReview limitationsA converting family keeps its public housing tenant rent until the first regular or interim recertification after conversionRequirement excerpt: At a PBV conversion the Contract Administrator uses the family's public housing tenant rent, as reflected on line 10f of the family's most recent HUD Form 50058 at the date of conversion, to calculate the PBV housing assistance payment and…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 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 StatesPBRAThe annual recertification runs on four notices: an Initial Notice signed at lease signing and each year after, then reminders at 120, 90 and 60 days before the anniversaryRequirement excerpt: The owner must give the tenant an Initial Notice on initial signing of the lease and again at each annual recertification, and must then send up to three reminder notices. The First Reminder Notice is due at least 120 days before the…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAThe recertification anniversary date is the first day of the month the tenant moved in, and it moves only when the form of assistance changesRequirement excerpt: Annual recertifications must be completed by the tenant's recertification anniversary date, and that date is the first day of the month in which the tenant moved into the property -- a family moving in on 15 September and a family moving in…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 StatesPBRAReview limitationsIn Rent Supplement, RAP, BMIR, 236 and the 202/811 PAC and PRAC programmes a student must meet four independence criteria, tested at move-in, recertification and any interim reporting a studentRequirement excerpt: For the Rent Supplement, RAP, Section 221(d)(3) BMIR, Section 236, Section 202 PAC, Section 202 PRAC and Section 811 PRAC programmes, owners must determine a student's eligibility for assistance at move-in, at initial or annual…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitationsIncome, assets, expenses, deductions and every eligibility requirement must be verified before move-in, again at annual recertification, and whenever a change is reported in betweenRequirement excerpt: The owner must verify all income, assets, expenses, deductions, family characteristics and circumstances that affect family eligibility or level of assistance, and must do so at three points: before move-in, as part of the annual…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitationsSection 8 student eligibility is redetermined at move-in, initial and annual recertification and at any interim reporting a student, against an eight-part test plus the parents' eligibilityRequirement excerpt: Owners must determine a student's eligibility for Section 8 assistance at move-in, at annual recertification, at initial certification when an in-place tenant begins receiving Section 8, and at an interim recertification when one of the…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 StatesPBRAReview limitationsEvery adult, plus the head, spouse and co-head regardless of age, must sign forms HUD-9887 and HUD-9887-A at move-in and at each annual recertification; the forms expire after 15 monthsRequirement excerpt: Adult members of an assisted family must authorise the owner to request independent verification. Each family member at least 18 years of age, and the head of household, spouse and co-head regardless of age, must sign and date form HUD-9887…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesRD 538An initial tenant income certification is required; Section 538 requires no annual recertificationRequirement excerpt: An initial tenant certification containing the income types and sources the Agency requires must be completed for each Section 538 household. Annual recertification of tenant income is not required under the guaranteed programme. Any…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitationsInterim recertifications must be processed when requiredRequirement excerpt: The owner must process an interim recertification when the family reports a change that the program requires to be processed, and must adopt and follow a written policy on the interim changes it will act on. HOTMA restricts when income…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitationsEIV must be used as third-party verification of employment and income at annual and interim recertification, but the quarterly wage and unemployment figures in it must not be used to calculate incomeRequirement excerpt: It is mandatory that owners use the EIV system as the third-party source to verify employment and income information of tenants during annual and interim recertification of family composition and income; EIV is not available for applicants.…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitationsThe family must be given the HUD-9887/A Fact Sheet when it signs the consent forms, and the Resident Rights and Responsibilities and EIV & You brochures at move-in and annually at recertificationRequirement excerpt: Owners must provide applicants and tenants with the HUD Fact Sheet, a copy of the Resident Rights and Responsibilities brochure, and a copy of the EIV & You brochure. When applicants and tenants sign form HUD-9887 and form HUD-9887-A the…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitationsThe HUD notice of occupancy rights under VAWA and the certification form must be given at denial, at admission, with any eviction or termination notice, and at recertification or lease renewalRequirement excerpt: A covered housing provider must give each applicant and each tenant HUD's Notice of Occupancy Rights under the Violence Against Women Act, which explains the VAWA protections including the right to confidentiality and any limitations on…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesRD 515Recertification is required annually and on any income change of $100 or more per monthRequirement excerpt: A Section 515 household must be recertified and must execute a tenant certification form at least annually, and additionally whenever a change in household income of $100 or more per month occurs. Where the tenant requests it, the borrower…Read conditions and sources →