Item HA 03 - Update to the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan

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. Administrative Plan 7/1/2025 Page 7-4 7-I.B. OVERVIEW OF VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS Use of Other Programs’ Income Determinations [24 CFR 5.609(c)(3) and Notice PIH 2023-27] PHAs may, but are not required to, determine a family’s annual income, including income from assets, prior to the application of any deductions, based on income determinations made within the previous 12-month period, using income determinations from means-tested federal public assistance programs. PHAs are not required to accept or use determinations of income from other federal means-tested forms of assistance. If the PHA adopts a policy to accept this type of verification, the PHA must establish in policy when they will accept Safe Harbor income determinations and from which programs. PHAs must also create policies that outline the course of action when families present multiple verifications from the same or different acceptable Safe Harbor programs. Means-tested federal public assistance programs include:  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) (42 U.S.C. 601, et seq.);  Medicaid (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.);  Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);  Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) (26 U.S.C. 32);  Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program (26 U.S.C. 42);  Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC) (42 U.S.C. 1786);  Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.);  Other programs administered by the HUD Secretary;  Other means-tested forms of federal public assistance for which HUD has established a memorandum of understanding; and  Other federal benefit determinations made in other forms of means-tested federal public assistance that the Secretary determines to have comparable reliability and announces through the Federal Register. EXHIBIT 1