Mandatory Exclusion of Training Program Payments and Earned Income Increases In The Public Housing and Certificate & Voucher Programs Appendix 10 [Federal Register: February 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 32)] Department of Housing and Urban Development
Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998; Initial Guidance; Notice DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-4434-N-01] Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998; Initial Guidance AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, HUD. ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: On October 21, 1998, President Clinton signed into law the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998. This new statute, part of HUD's fiscal year 1999 HUD Appropriations Act, embodies many of the reforms of the HUD 2020 Management Reform Plan that are directed at revitalizing and improving HUD's public housing and Section 8 assistance programs. The purpose of this Notice is to advise the public of those public and assisted housing statutory provisions that are effective immediately and action that may or should be taken now. This Notice also provides guidance on certain other provisions in the FY 1999 HUD Appropriations Act that impact public housing programs and Section 8 assistance. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding public housing and the Section 8 certificate, voucher and moderate rehabilitation programs contact Rod Solomon, Senior Director for Policy and Legislation, Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 4116, Washington, DC, 20410; telephone (202) 708-0713 (this is not a toll-free number). For further information regarding other Section 8 programs contact Willie Spearmon, Director, Office of Multifamily Business Products; telephone (202) 708-3000. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access that number via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Program specialists for more specific HUD program areas are listed on the HUD web page at http://hudweb.hud.gov/offices.html. * * * * [Material Omitted] Section 508--Determination of Adjusted Income and Median Income in the Public Housing and Section 8 Programs. Section 508 amends section 3(b)(5) of the USHA and as amended provides the manner in which adjusted income and median income will be determined, and provides certain mandatory exclusions. Action Guidance for the Public Housing Program. Section 508 generally is not yet effective, except that the establishment of separate public housing and Section 8 income units in Rockland County, New York, is effective immediately. HUD's Notice PD&R 98-04, issued November 23, 1998, implemented this provision for Rockland County, New York, and provided the relevant income limits. (This information may also be found under ``income limits'' at http//www.huduser.org/data/factors.html.) HUD will provide implementation instructions for the QHWRA's revised mandatory earned income disregard for public housing residents, effective October 1, 1999, at a later date. The current 18-month disregard for earned income of public housing residents in training programs (see 24 CFR 5.607(c)(8)(i) and (v) and (c)(13)) continues in effect for families who: (1) Enroll in such programs before October 1, 1999; and (2) Continue to meet the requirements for receiving the income disregard. Action Guidance for Section 8 programs. The income limits referenced in the Action Guidance for Public Housing for Rockland County, New York, are applicable to the Section 8 programs. |
