Chapter 1 - San Diego Housing Commission

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Glossary B. GLOSSARY OF TERMS IN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN The HUD required written policy of the PHA governing its administration of the Section 8 Voucher program. The Administrative Plan and any revisions must be approved by the PHA’s board and a copy submitted to HUD. ABSORPTION In portability, the point at which a receiving PHA stops billing the initial PHA for assistance on behalf of a portability family. The receiving PHA uses funds available under the receiving PHA consolidated ACC. ACC RESERVE ACCOUNT (FORMERLY "PROJECT RESERVE") Account established by HUD from amounts by which the maximum payment to the PHA under the consolidated ACC (during a PHA fiscal year) exceeds the amount actually approved and paid. This account is used is the source of additional payments for the program. ACTIVE U.S. SERVICEPERSON A person in the active military of the United States. ADDRESS MATCH PROGRAM The San Diego Police Department provides SDHC with arrest sheets for drug/violent crime arrests at subsidized housing units or for persons listing subsidized housing as their place of residence. SDHC provides to the police a current list of subsidized units every month. ADJUSTED INCOME Annual income, less allowable HUD deductions. ADMINISTRATIVE FEE Fee paid by HUD to the PHA for administration of the program. ADMINISTRATIVE FEE RESERVE (Formerly "Operating Reserve") Account established by PHA from excess administrative fee income. The administrative fee reserve must be used for housing purposes. ADMISSION The effective date of the execution of the first HAP contract for a family (first day of initial lease term) in a tenant-based program. This is the point when the family becomes a participant in the program. ALCOHOL ABUSE Abuse of alcohol in a way that threatens the health, safety or right to peaceful enjoyment of other residents and persons residing in the immediate vicinity of the premises. ANNUAL BUDGET AUTHORITY The maximum annual payment by HUD to a PHA for a funding increment. ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS CONTRACT (ACC) A written contract between HUD and a PHA. Under the contract HUD agrees to provide funding for operation of the program, and the PHA agrees to comply with HUD requirements for the program. ANNUAL INCOME The anticipated total Annual Income of an eligible family from all sources for the 12-month period following the date of determination of income, computed in accordance with the regulations. ANNUAL INCOME AFTER ALLOWANCES The Annual Income (described above) less the HUDapproved allowances. ANNUAL REEXAMINATION The process of securing documentation and verification of the family’s income, assets and household composition used to determine the rent the family will pay. The term is sometimes called recertification. 16-4
Glossary APPLICANT (or applicant family) A family that has applied for admission to a program, but is not yet a participant in the program. AREA EXCEPTION RENT Rent based on a HUD- approved payment standard amount that is higher than the basic range for a designated part of the fair market rent area ("exception area"). ASSETS (See Net Family Assets.) ASSISTED TENANT A person or family who pays less than the market rent and in receiving rent subsidies BIENNIAL INSPECTION A unit passing two consecutive, initial/annual, inspections on the first inspection appointment, is eligible for an inspection every two year. BIENNIAL RECERTIFICATION The process of securing documentation and verification of the family’s income, assets and household composition used to determine the rent the family will pay. Families will have a full recertification every other year rather than annually. The term is sometimes called reexamination. BUDGET AUTHORITY An amount authorized and appropriated by the Congress for payment to PHA's under the program. For each funding increment in a PHA program, budget authority is the maximum amount that may be paid by HUD to the PHA over the ACC term of the funding increment. CalWORKS The current name for welfare that aids families with dependent children. CHILD CARE EXPENSES Amounts paid by the family for the care of minors under 13 years of age where such care is necessary to enable a family member to be employed or for a household member to further his/her education. CHOICE COMMUNITIES Designated low-poverty areas in the City of San Diego to which SDHC is providing incentives to move. CHRONICALLY HOMELESS A person who is ‘‘chronically homeless’’ is or can be; an unaccompanied homeless individual with a disabling condition; children (with disabilities and without disabilities) who are homeless with their parents; parents (with disabilities and without disabilities) who are homeless and who have children with them; youth on their own without disabilities; unaccompanied individuals without disabilities; unaccompanied individuals who are unwilling to be declared disabled. Can include a person, who has completed a preliminary stay in a short-term treatment facility (this participant would retain the status of ‘‘chronically homeless’’ as long as they “entered” into the treatment program while meeting the definition of ‘‘chronically homeless’’). And - has either been continuously homeless for six (6) months or more, OR has had at least two (2) episodes of homelessness in the past three (3) years. - has a primary nighttime residence that is a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations including: - welfare hotels: congregate shelters; transitional housing for the mentally ill; an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings. CO-HEAD An individual in the household who is equally responsible for the lease with the Head of Household. (A family never has a Co-head and a Spouse and; a Co-head is never a Dependent). 16-5
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