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Administrative Plan 7/1/2025 Page 6-55 <br />PHAs must track the 24-month phase-period for each eligible family, even if a family’s expenses <br />go below the appropriate phase-in percentage, during the first or second 12-month phase-in <br />period. The phase-in must continue for families who move to another housing unit at the same <br />PHA. When the family is treated as a new admission under a different property/program (e.g., <br />the family moves from public housing to the HCV program), unless the PHA has a written policy <br />to continue the phased-in relief upon admission, the family’s expense deduction will be <br />calculated using the 10-percent threshold unless request for general relief is approved by the <br />PHA. When a family moves with continued assistance or ports to a new PHA, the family must <br />continue to receive the phased-in relief. The family must receive the remaining calendar months <br />of the percentage phase-in. The PHA must use the existing phase-in documentation to determine <br />the remaining calendar months and the percentage phase-in. <br />SAHA Policy <br />SAHA will not continue the phased-in relief for families who move from public housing <br />to HCV. These families will be treated as new admissions and the sum of expenses that <br />exceeds 10 percent of annual income will be used to calculate their adjusted income. <br />General Relief <br />The second category is for families that can demonstrate: <br /> Their health and medical and/or disability assistance expenses increased (other than the <br />transition to the higher threshold); or <br /> The family’s financial hardship is a result of a change in circumstances (as defined in PHA <br />policy) that would not otherwise trigger an interim reexamination. <br />The family may request a hardship exemption under the second category regardless of whether <br />the family previously received the health and medical and/or disability assistance deductions or <br />are currently or were previously receiving relief under the phased-in relief category above. HUD <br />requires that PHAs develop policies defining what constitutes a hardship for purposes of this <br />exemption. <br />EXHIBIT 1