Certification Options

• All Funding Programs

• • Override Compliance

  • • None

    • Age

    • Bedrooms

    • H/C (Handicapped)

    • Income Layer

    • ECC

    • Force Assign RA

    • Force Wait RA

    • SSN Exception

  • Where the Annual Recertification date is set to “Alternate Date for Tenant” on the Community Detail > Program Info tab, then you are required to enter or select a Recertification Date.

  • Select the EIV check box if the Enterprise Income Verification system was used to find fraud or unreported income that resulted in the certification or the correction to the certification.

• HUD (click here for screen shot)

• • Previous Housing Code

  • • Standard

    • Substandard

    • w/o or to be w/o Housing

    • Conventional Public Housing

    • Lacking a Fixed Nighttime Residence

    • Fleeing/Attempting to Flee Violence

  • Displacement Status

  • • Gov't Action

    • Natural Disaster

    • Private Action

    • Not Displaced

  • Min. Rent Hardship Code

  • • None

    • 1. Lost eligibility or awaiting an eligibility determination for a Federal, State or local assistance program.

    • 2. Family would otherwise be evicted because it is unable to pay the minimum rent

    • 3. Family income has decreased du to changed circumstances, including loss employment

    • 4. Death in family

    • 5. Other circumstances determined by the responsible entity or HUD and includes the period during which the agent processes an exemption request.

  • Exception Code

  • • None

    • CV - Converted from RAP

    • • The tenant was or is now being converted from RAP or Rent Supplement to Section 8, or received, or will now begin to receive, Section 8 as a result for a sale of a HUD owned project.

    • EDT - HUD approved in-place tenant

    • • HUD approved exception under Situation 1 for an in-place tenant who would otherwise be displaced.

    • EIT - Prev approved income exception

    • • Do not use this code for new move-ins.  Continue to use this code for tenants who previously received a HUD approved income exception.

    • EAT - Prev exception

    • • This code is the same as “AA”, but the tenant began receiving subsidy on or after 8/1/84. This code cannot be used on new Move-Ins, only for tenants who previously received this code.

    • AA - Prev exception

    • • Tenant was admitted to the Section 8 program before the project received HUD’s 6/29/84 memorandum, and the tenant started receiving assistance before 8/1/84.  This code cannot be used on new Move-Ins, only for tenants who previously received this code.

    • EP - Projected based exception

    • • Tenant was admitted under HUD approved Project-based exceptions.

    • For a Household that is being moved into a HUD program with an exception code, the certification will be marked as DNX (household will be counted as Terminated from the move in effective date when HUD rules apply) because a Move-In Certification with $0 subsidy will be rejected.

  • Waiver Type Code

  • • <None> – this selection made when no waiver has been granted. It should be noted that Owner/Agent do not always need a written HUD waiver to move in or initial certify unqualified household.   

    • AGE – Age waiver for an elderly property (restricted not preference)

    • INC – Income (For HUD subsidy types other than Section 8).  You will not be able to select this code if the household is counted in a funding program where the subsidy type is Section 8     

    • NEAR – Near Elderly

    • DSBL – Waiver for a non-disabled person to move in to a property for the disabled (e.g. 811 PRAC)

    • OTH – An ”Other” waiver that is not covered by one of the above codes.

• USDA (click here for screen shot)

• • Household has Exempt Income? - select if true

• PHA (click here for screen shot)

• • Continuously Assisted under the 1937 Housing Act? - select if true

  • • Date of Admission to Program

  • Homeless Prior to Admission? - select if true

  • Zip Code Before Admission - the entry in this field will default to zip code entered for the household when they were put onto the Waitlist for the Waitlist Group with this Funding Program in it.  If a zip code wasn't entered at that point, you will be required to enter it here and won't be able to complete the task until it is done.

  • PHA Rent Calc. Election

  • • Unchanged

    • Flat Rent

    • Income Based

  • Min. Rent Hardship Code

  • • None

    • 1. Lost eligibility or awaiting an eligibility determination for a Federal, State or local assistance program.

    • 2. Family would otherwise be evicted because it is unable to pay the minimum rent

    • 3. Family income has decreased due to changed circumstances, including loss employment

    • 4. Death in family

    • 5. Other circumstances determined by the responsible entity or HUD and includes the period during which the agent processes an exemption request.

• LIHTC (Tax Credit) (click here for screen shot)

• • Student Explanation (if all members are students)

  • • None

    • TANF Assistance

    • AFDC Assistance

    • Job Training Program

    • Single Parent/Dependent Child

    • Married/Joint Return

    • Foster Care participant (previous or current)