HA Item 05 -Update to the Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan

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 Non-monetary, in-kind donations, such as food, clothing, or toiletries, received from a food bank or similar organization [24 CFR 5.609(b)(24)(vi) as updated for HOTMA]. When calculating annual income, PHAs are prohibited from assigning monetary value to such non- monetary in-kind donations received by the family [Notice PIH 2023-27]. Non-recurring, non-monetary in-kind donations from friends and family are excluded as non-recurring income. However, the value of regular in-kind donations (such as the value of groceries) received by friends and family are included.  Lump-sum additions to net family assets, including but not limited to lottery or other contest winnings [24 CFR 5.609(b)(24)(vii) as updated for HOTMA]. 6-I.J. STATE PAYMENTS TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO LIVE AT HOME [24 CFR 5.609(b)(19) as updated for HOTMA] Payments made by or authorized by a state Medicaid agency (including through a managed care entity) or other state or federal agency to an assisted family to enable a member of the assisted family who has a disability to reside in the family’s assisted unit are excluded. Authorized payments may include payments to a member of the assisted family through state Medicaid-managed care systems, other state agencies, federal agencies, or other authorized entities. The payments must be received for caregiving services a family member provides to enable another member of the assisted family who has a disability to reside in the family’s assisted unit. Payments to a family member for caregiving services for someone who is not a member of the assisted family (such as for a relative that resides elsewhere) are not excluded from income. Furthermore, if the agency is making payments for caregiving services to the family member for an assisted family member and for a person outside of the assisted family, only the payments attributable to the caregiving services for the caregiver’s assisted family member would be excluded from income. 6-I.K. CIVIL RIGHTS SETTLEMENTS [24 CFR 5.609(b)(25) as updated for HOTMA; FR Notice 2/14/23] Regardless of how the settlement or judgment is structured, civil rights settlements or judgments, including settlements or judgments for back pay, are excluded from annual income. This may include amounts received because of litigation or other actions, such as conciliation agreements, voluntary compliance agreements, consent orders, other forms of settlement agreements, or administrative or judicial orders under the Fair Housing Act, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504), the Americans with Disabilities Act, or any other civil rights or fair housing statute or requirement. While these civil rights settlement or judgment amounts are excluded from income, the settlement or judgment amounts will generally be counted toward the family’s net family assets (e.g., if the funds are deposited into the family’s savings account or a revocable trust under the control of the family or some other asset that is not excluded from the definition of net family assets). Income generated on the settlement or judgment amount after it has become a net family EXHIBIT 1