Chapter 1 - San Diego Housing Commission

Chapter 8 – Annual Reexaminations and Interim Adjustments
[24 CFR Part 982, Subpart I & K]
adjustments in the housing assistance payment and family unit size. In addition, criminal activity and
the U.S. citizenship and/or eligible immigrant status of additional family members must be declared and
verified.
1. Increases in Income
Non-elderly and non-disabled program participants are not required to report increases in income
or assets between regular annual recertifications.
Exceptions:
- Families who have received a prior decrease of income interim since their last regularly
scheduled recertification resulting in a rent portion reduction are required to report any new
income changes within ten (10) days of the change.
- “Zero Income” households must report any increase of income within ten (10) days of the
increase for the purpose of an interim adjustment in their share of the rent.
- Family Self-Sufficiency participants may request an interim adjustment through the FSS
program coordinator.
- Full-time student status changes from full-time to part-time status or less. SDHC establishes
timeframes and processing procedures for gathering complete and accurate information for
the annual recertification. Participants who report other increases of income outside of the
established annual recertification process will be notified that no changes will be made to
their share of the rent.
2. Decreases in Income
Non-elderly and non-disabled program participants may report a decrease in income and other
changes that would reduce the amount of tenant rent, such as an increase in allowances or
deductions if the loss of income is anticipated to last more than 90 days. If it is determined that a
reduction of rent is warranted, the reduced rent will begin the first of the month after receipt of all
verification of decrease and any replacement income.
For households who are not elderly or disabled, interim adjustments will be limited as follows:
- Non-elderly/non-disabled households may only request an interim reduction to the rent
portion once in a twelve (12) month period.
- No reduction based upon loss of job will be processed until SDHC receives documentation of
eligibility or ineligibility for unemployment benefits.
- Decreases in public assistance income that are the result of a finding of fraud or a failure to
comply with work/school requirements will not be processed.
- In calculating the reduction, all household income, including previously unreported income,
and replacement income will be counted to determine if there is an actual decrease in income
since the last completed certification.
- The household’s loss or reduction of income must be expected to last longer than 90 days.
- No reduction in tenant rent portion will be made if the decrease in the household’s rent
portion is less than twenty-one percent (21%).
- The loss of income must be through no fault of the family. A decrease to the rent portion will
not be processed if the family voluntarily terminates an income source.
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