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

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© Copyright 2025 Nan McKay & Associates Adminplan 2/1/25 Unlimited copies may be made for internal use Appendix-2 These definitions include:  Earned income  Unearned income  Family  Day laborer  Independent contractor  Dependent  Foster child and foster adults  Health and medical care expenses  Minor Further, PHAs may, but are not required to:  Stop using the EIV Income Report during interim reexams.  Use Safe Harbor income determinations from means-tested federal assistance programs to verify a family’s income and assets. Finally, in FAQs dated 2/22/24, HUD also stated PHAs may, but are not required to:  Accept third-party verification dated within 120 days of the date received by the PHA (rather than 60 days of the reexam/PHA request date);  Accept a statement dated within the appropriate benefit year for fixed income sources like Social Security; and  Accept a self-certification of SSNs along with a third-party document as a last resort if an individual is not able to provide documentation of SSN. More details about each of the above provisions can be found in Notice PIH 2023-27. Other than what’s listed above, all other provisions of HOTMA 102/104 are on hold still. This means PHAs may not implement certain provisions of HOTMA yet. These include:  All asset provisions, including the asset limitation;  All adjusted income provisions, with the exception of the definition of health and medical care expenses;  Inflationary adjustments (although PHA may use the HUD-determined passbook rate);  The new verification hierarchy, which allows for EIV + self-certification;  Annuals using the previous 12-month period income;  Interim reexam requirements; and  Non-interim reexam transactions. PHAs may not implement the above provisions because HUD has determined they depend on HIP implementation. PHAs should await further guidance from HUD on when these will be applicable. EXHIBIT 1