Chapter 1 - San Diego Housing Commission

Glossary
- A remaining member of a tenant family is a family member of an assisted tenant family who remains
in the unit when other members of the family have left the unit.
- A single person who is not an elderly or displaced person, or a person with a disability, or the
remaining member of a tenant family.
FAMILY OF VETERAN OR SERVICE PERSON A spouse or ex-spouse that has not remarried.
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM (FSS PROGRAM) The program established by a PHA to
promote self-sufficiency of assisted families, including the provision of an escrow account.
FAMILY SHARE The family’s rent amount calculated by subtracting the housing assistance payment
from the gross rent.
FAMILY UNIFICAITON PROGRAM The PHA collaborates with Child Welfare Agencies (CWA) to
provide timely housing voucher assistance for reunifying families or for families whose children are at
risk of out-of-home placement due to inadequate housing. FUP provides CWA families with Section 8
rental assistance.
FAMILY UNIT SIZE The size of the voucher issued to the family based on the PHA’s subsidy standards.
FMR/EXCEPTION RENT LIMIT The fair market rent published by HUD headquarters. In the voucher
program the PHA may adopt a payment standard up 110% of the FMR/exception rent limit.
FOSTER CHILD CARE PAYMENT Payment to eligible households by state, local, or private agencies
appointed by the state, to administer payments for the care of foster children.
FULL-TIME STUDENT (MTW) A full time student age 18 – 23, who is not a Head, Spouse or Co-head,
and attending school or vocational training on a full-time basis as defined by the institution.
FULL-TIME STUDENT (NON MTW) A person who is attending school or vocational training on a fulltime
basis as defined by the institution.
FUNDING INCREMENT Each commitment of budget authority by HUD to a PHA under the
consolidated annual contributions contract for the PHA program.
GROSS RENT The sum of the Rent to Owner and the utility allowance. If there is no utility allowance,
Rent to Owner equals Gross Rent.
GROUP HOME A dwelling unit that is licensed by a state as a group home for the exclusive residential
use of two to twelve persons who are elderly or a person with a disability (including any live-in aide).
HAP CONTRACT (See Housing Assistance Payments contract)
HARDSHIP EXEMPTION: Eligible applicants or participants may request an exception to the minimum
rent requirement if they are experiencing a financial hardship due to an unexpected or unprecedented
economic burden on the family.
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD The head of household is the person who assumes legal and financial
responsibility for the household and is listed on the application as head.
HOMELESS An applicant is considered homeless if the applicant lacks a fixed, regular and adequate
nighttime residence and can provide verification that their nighttime residence is:
- A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living
accommodations; or
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