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• federalUnited States811 PRAReview limitations
  HOTMA section 102 reaches 811 PRA by administrative extension; section 104 does notRequirement excerpt: HUD administratively extended the applicability of section 102 of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 to the 202/162, 202/811 PRAC, 811 PRA and SPRAC programs, which are not among the Public Housing and Section 8…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitations
  Pre-HOTMA: tenants had to report a member moving out, a proposed new member, an unemployed member finding work, and a cumulative income increase of $200 or more a monthRequirement excerpt: SUPERSEDED IN PART -- this is the pre-HOTMA position. Under Handbook 4350.3 REV-1 CHG-4 all tenants had to notify the owner when a family member moved out of the unit, when the family proposed to move a new member in, when an adult member…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited States202 PRACReview limitations
  HOTMA section 102 reaches 202 PRAC, but section 104 - the asset limits and the 100,000 dollar cap - EXPRESSLY DOES NOTRequirement excerpt: This is a boundary that costs real money to get wrong, and the HUD Occupancy Handbook 4350.3 REV-1 CHG-4 (2013) cannot resolve it because it predates HOTMA entirely. Notice H 2023-10 / PIH 2023-27 Revision 3 (issued 16 April 2026) draws the…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited States811 PRACReview limitations
  HOTMA section 102 reaches 811 PRAC, but section 104 - the asset limits and the 100,000 dollar cap - EXPRESSLY DOES NOTRequirement excerpt: This is a boundary that costs real money to get wrong, and the HUD Occupancy Handbook 4350.3 REV-1 CHG-4 (2013) cannot resolve it because it predates HOTMA entirely. Notice H 2023-10 / PIH 2023-27 Revision 3 (issued 16 April 2026) draws the…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitations
  Pre-HOTMA: an owner could refuse to process a reported income decrease in only two situations, and could delay but never refuse where income would be restored within two monthsRequirement excerpt: SUPERSEDED IN PART -- this is the pre-HOTMA position. Under Handbook 4350.3 REV-1 CHG-4 an owner could refuse to process an interim recertification on a reported decrease in income only where the decrease was caused by a deliberate action…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitations
  Pre-HOTMA: the owner had to process an interim on the listed changes, and had to leave an income increase of under $200 a month out of the calculationRequirement excerpt: SUPERSEDED IN PART -- this is the pre-HOTMA position. Under Handbook 4350.3 REV-1 CHG-4 the owner had to process an interim recertification when a tenant reported a change in family composition, an increase in cumulative income of $200 or…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesHCVReview limitations
  Most PHAs must use HOTMA for HUD-50058 transactions effective January 1, 2027 onward; MTW and FRS agencies have separate deadlinesRequirement excerpt: For PHAs that are neither Moving to Work agencies nor agencies exclusively using HUD Family Reporting Software as of May 14, 2026, HUD will enforce all HOTMA sections 102 and 104 requirements for HUD-50058 transactions effective January 1,…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesMod RehabReview limitations
  Most PHAs must use HOTMA for HUD-50058 transactions effective January 1, 2027 onward; MTW and FRS agencies have separate deadlinesRequirement excerpt: For PHAs that are neither Moving to Work agencies nor agencies exclusively using HUD Family Reporting Software as of May 14, 2026, HUD will enforce all HOTMA sections 102 and 104 requirements for HUD-50058 transactions effective January 1,…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPBVReview limitations
  Most PHAs must use HOTMA for HUD-50058 transactions effective January 1, 2027 onward; MTW and FRS agencies have separate deadlinesRequirement excerpt: For PHAs that are neither Moving to Work agencies nor agencies exclusively using HUD Family Reporting Software as of May 14, 2026, HUD will enforce all HOTMA sections 102 and 104 requirements for HUD-50058 transactions effective January 1,…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPublic HousingReview limitations
  Most PHAs must use HOTMA for HUD-50058 transactions effective January 1, 2027 onward; MTW and FRS agencies have separate deadlinesRequirement excerpt: For PHAs that are neither Moving to Work agencies nor agencies exclusively using HUD Family Reporting Software as of May 14, 2026, HUD will enforce all HOTMA sections 102 and 104 requirements for HUD-50058 transactions effective January 1,…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesSection 236Review limitations
  HOTMA section 102 reaches NON-INSURED 236 projects with IRP or an active 236 IRP Use Agreement; section 104's asset limits reach no Section 236 project at allRequirement excerpt: The Occupancy Handbook the corpus reads is 4350.3 REV-1 CHG-4 (2013) and predates HOTMA, so it cannot answer this. Notice H 2023-10 / PIH 2023-27 Revision 3 (issued 16 April 2026) draws two lines for Section 236 and both are narrower than…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitations
  HOTMA Sections 102 and 104 apply from the property's transition date, with mandatory compliance by January 1, 2027Requirement excerpt: HUD Multifamily project-based programs must implement the HOTMA income, asset and asset-limitation provisions no later than January 1, 2027. Owners may comply earlier by calculating income and rents under HOTMA and using the TRACS rent…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitations
  Income, assets and expenses must be verified down HUD's six-level HOTMA hierarchy (Notice H 2023-10 Table J2), documenting why third-party verification was unavailableRequirement excerpt: The owner must verify annual income, the value of assets, expenses related to deductions from annual income, and other factors affecting adjusted income by working down HUD's six-level verification hierarchy at Table J2 of Notice H…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesHCVReview limitations
  HOTMA household additions and removals require an interim review even without an income changeRequirement excerpt: Once the applicable HOTMA interim rules are in effect for the PHA, Revision 3 Attachment I.3 requires an interim reexamination when a household adds or removes a member, including a family member, foster adult, foster child or live-in aide,…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitations
  HOTMA imposes an asset limitation and permits self-certification below a thresholdRequirement excerpt: Once HOTMA applies, a family may not hold net family assets above the annually adjusted limitation, nor own real property suitable for occupancy, subject to the regulation's exceptions and the owner's discretion to grant continued…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPublic HousingReview limitations
  Public housing under HOTMA: how Pell Grants and scholarships affect incomeRequirement excerpt: When HOTMA income rules apply to a public-housing certification, assistance covered by section 479B of the Higher Education Act, including Federal Pell Grants, is excluded from annual income. Other qualifying student aid, including…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesHCVReview limitations
  HCV student financial assistance: HUD’s March 2026 direction to use the general HOTMA methodRequirement excerpt: HUD’s March 2026 HCV Connect instructs PHAs to calculate student financial assistance using Notice PIH 2023-27 section G.16.c and to disregard the Section 8-specific instructions in G.16.d following the Consolidated Appropriations Act,…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRD 515Review limitations
  Annual 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 StatesLIHTCReview limitations
  Imputed asset income is counted only when net family assets exceed the HUD threshold and actual returns cannot be calculatedRequirement excerpt: Annual income includes, when the value of net family assets exceeds $50,000 — an amount HUD adjusts annually by CPI-W — and the actual returns from a given asset cannot be calculated, imputed returns on that asset at the current HUD…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitations
  Interim 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 →