Known the crucial need for reasonable rental housing in many communities, Low Income Public Housing is provided, in part, for transitional housing due to income and circumstances. Recently, HUD OIG report noted that more than 25,226 families whose income exceeded HUD’s 2014 eligibility income limits. 17, 000 households exceeded income limits for more than 1 year. (2015-PH-0002). Based on HUD guideline those families met the income eligibility upon their admission into the program.
II. Introduction and the over income families in Low income public housing problem
The Housing Act of 1937 (Wagner-Steagall Act) established the United States Housing Administration responsible for building publicly subsidized housing. The guideline of eligibility is set very low maximum income requirements for public housing residents. This policy was intended to ease fears that public housing would compete with the private market, but it eventually …show more content…
(HCV guide book – 15-3). This policy will housing authority right to terminate the high income family from the program without jeopardize any legal issue upon the termination of the household.
D. An income cap for participants
Housing authority need establish policy of income cap for continuing occupancy, however, there a policy in place that allow housing participants to over income by 140% of anticipated annual for the household, yet those participants making over hundreds thousands a year will still be over 140% mark. If income cap is added into their policy, then the participants who exceed income limit will voluntarily leave the program.
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II. Introduction and the over income families in Low income public housing problem
The Housing Act of 1937 (Wagner-Steagall Act) established the United States Housing Administration responsible for building publicly subsidized housing. The guideline of eligibility is set very low maximum income requirements for public housing residents. This policy was intended to ease fears that public housing would compete with the private market, but it eventually …show more content…
(HCV guide book – 15-3). This policy will housing authority right to terminate the high income family from the program without jeopardize any legal issue upon the termination of the household.
D. An income cap for participants
Housing authority need establish policy of income cap for continuing occupancy, however, there a policy in place that allow housing participants to over income by 140% of anticipated annual for the household, yet those participants making over hundreds thousands a year will still be over 140% mark. If income cap is added into their policy, then the participants who exceed income limit will voluntarily leave the program.
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