ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN - San Antonio Housing Authority

EXHIBIT 6-5: THE EFFECT OF WELFARE BENEFIT REDUCTION24 CFR 5.615Public housing program and Section 8 tenant-based assistance program: How welfarebenefit reduction affects family income.(a) Applicability. This section applies tocovered families who reside in public housing(part 960 of this title) or receive Section 8tenant-based assistance (part 982 of this title).(b) Definitions. The following definitionsapply for purposes of this section:Covered families. Families who receivewelfare assistance or other public assistancebenefits ("welfare benefits'') from a State orother public agency ("welfare agency'') under aprogram for which Federal, State, or local lawrequires that a member of the family mustparticipate in an economic self-sufficiencyprogram as a condition for such assistance.Economic self-sufficiency program. Seedefinition at Sec. 5.603.Imputed welfare income. The amount ofannual income not actually received by afamily, as a result of a specified welfarebenefit reduction, that is nonetheless includedin the family's annual income for purposes ofdetermining rent.Specified welfare benefit reduction.(1) A reduction of welfare benefits by thewelfare agency, in whole or in part, for afamily member, as determined by the welfareagency, because of fraud by a family memberin connection with the welfare program; orbecause of welfare agency sanction against afamily member for noncompliance with awelfare agency requirement to participate in aneconomic self-sufficiency program.(2) "Specified welfare benefit reduction'' doesnot include a reduction or termination ofwelfare benefits by the welfare agency:(i) at expiration of a lifetime or other timelimit on the payment of welfare benefits;(ii) because a family member is not able toobtain employment, even though the familymember has complied with welfare agencyeconomic self-sufficiency or work activitiesrequirements; or(iii) because a family member has notcomplied with other welfare agencyrequirements.(c) Imputed welfare income.(1) A family's annual income includes theamount of imputed welfare income (because ofa specified welfare benefits reduction, asspecified in notice to the PHA by the welfareagency), plus the total amount of other annualincome as determined in accordance with Sec.5.609.(2) At the request of the PHA, the welfareagency will inform the PHA in writing of theamount and term of any specified welfarebenefit reduction for a family member, and thereason for such reduction, and will also informthe PHA of any subsequent changes in theterm or amount of such specified welfarebenefit reduction. The PHA will use thisinformation to determine the amount ofimputed welfare income for a family.(3) A family's annual income includes imputedwelfare income in family annual income, asdetermined at the PHA's interim or regularreexamination of family income andcomposition, during the term of the welfarebenefits reduction (as specified in informationprovided to the PHA by the welfare agency).© Copyright 2008 Nan McKay & Associates, Inc. Page 6-53Revised/Approved 04/08/10 (Eff: 07/01/10)Unlimited copies may be made for internal use.