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<br />Reasonable Accommodation <br />HCV program regulations require a PHA to approve a utility allowance amount higher than <br />a family member with a disability. For example, if a family member with a disability requires <br />such an accommodation, SAHA will approve an allowance for air-conditioning, even if SAHA <br />has determined that an allowance for air-conditioning generally is not needed. <br />The family must request the higher allowance and provide the PHA with an explanation of the <br />need for the reasonable accommodation and information about the amount of additional <br />allowance required \[HCV GB, p. 18-8\]. <br />Utility Allowance Revisions <br />At reexamination, the PHA must use current utility allowance schedule \[24 CFR <br />982.517(d)(2)\]. <br />SAHA Policy <br /> <br />the first annual reexamination that is effective after the allowance is adopted. <br /> <br />6-III.E.PRORATED ASSISTANCE FOR MIXED FAMILIES \[24 CFR 5.520\] <br /> <br />HUD regulations prohibit assistance to ineligible family members. A mixed family is one that <br />includes at least one U.S. citizen or eligible immigrant and any number of ineligible family <br />members. The PHA must prorate the assistance provided to a mixed family. The PHA will first <br />determine assistance as if all family members were eligible and then prorate the assistance based <br />upon the percentage of family members that actually are eligible. For example, if the PHA <br />subsidy for a family is calculated at $500 and two of four family members are ineligible, the <br />PHA subsidy would be reduced to $250. <br />Page 6-38 <br />04/01/14 <br /> <br />