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<br /> <br /> <br />Specified wefare benefit reduction. <br />Those reductions of welfare benefits (for a covered family) <br />that may not result in a reduction of the family rental contribution. A reduction of welfare <br />benefits because of fraud in connection with the welfare program, or because of welfare <br />sanction due to noncompliance with a welfare agency requirement to participate in an <br />economic self-sufficiency program. <br />Spouse. <br />The marriage partner of the head of household. <br />Stalking. <br />To follow, pursue, or repeatedly commit acts with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or <br />intimidate; or to place under surveillance with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate <br />another person; and in the course of, or as a result of, such following, pursuit, surveillance, or <br />repeatedly committed acts, to place a person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious <br />bodily injury to, or to cause substantial emotional harm to (1) that person, (2) a member of <br />the immediate family of that person, or (3) the spouse or intimate partner of that person. <br />State wage information collection agency (SW/CA). <br />The state agency, including any Indian <br />tribal agency, receiving quarterly wage reports from employers in the state, or an alternative <br />system that has been determined by the Secretary of Labor to be as effective and timely in <br />providing employment-related income and eligibility information. <br />Subsidy standards. <br />Standards established by a PHA to determine the appropriate number of <br />bedrooms and amount of subsidy for families of different sizes and compositions. <br />Suspension. <br />Stopping the clock on the term of a family's voucher after the family submits a <br />request for tenancy approval. If the PHA decides to allow extensions or suspensions of the <br />voucher term, the PHA administrative plan must describe how the PHA determines whether <br />to grant extensions or suspensions, and how the PHA determines the length of any extension <br />tolling. <br />or suspension. This practice is also called <br />Tax credit rent. <br />With regard to certain tax credit units, the rent charged for comparable units of <br />the same bedroom size in the building that also receive the low-income housing tax credit but <br />do not have any additional rental assistance (e.g., tenant-based voucher assistance). <br />Tenancy addendum. <br />For the housing choice voucher program, the lease language required by <br />HUD in the lease between the tenant and the owner. <br />Tenant. <br />The person or persons (other than a live-in aide) who executes the lease as lessee of the <br />dwelling unit. <br />Tenant rent to owner. family rent to owner. <br />See <br />Term o.f lease. <br />The amount of time a tenant agrees in writing to live in a dwelling unit. <br />Total tenant payment (TTP). <br />The total amount the HUD rent formula requires the tenant to pay <br />toward rent and utilities. <br />Unit. <br />Residential space for the private use of a family. The size of a unit is based on the number <br />of bedrooms contained within the unit and generally ranges from zero (0) bedrooms to <br />six (6) bedrooms. <br />GL-14 <br /> <br /> <br />