HCV SPECIALIST STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Scheduled 90 days prior to expected voucher issuance.
Providing an explanation of the program and family responsibilities
Assisting the applicant in completing forms and collecting documentation
Setting a deadline for remaining documents to be provided
Informing the applicant that a final eligibility decision will be made after the information
is verified - ✔✔Applicant Interview & Scheduling
✔✔PHA must obtain no more than 60 days before initial issuance of voucher. -
✔✔Verification of Eligibility schedule
✔✔The receiving housing authority must add 30 days to the end of the initial's
expiration date
Billing is due not later than 90 days from the expiration date of the initial housing
authority's voucher
We must issue a voucher within 5-10 business days of receiving a complete port
packet.
When we are sending billing out to another HA, we must send the 52665/50058 within
10 business days of the change
Applicant families are subject to the RHA's applicable income limit - ✔✔Portability Facts
✔✔Family whose head, spouse, co-head, sole member is at least 62 years of age. -
✔✔Elderly Family
✔✔PHA-approved live-in aide
Foster Child
Foster Adult - ✔✔Household
✔✔1. Noncontending family members
2. Current participants who have not provided an SSN and who were at least 62 years
old on 1/1/10
3. Household members who have already provided a SSN. - ✔✔SSN Exemptions
✔✔A family with some members who are eligible and some members who are
ineligible. - ✔✔Mixed Family
✔✔Noncitizen students on a student visa - ✔✔Ineligible clients
, ✔✔Low Income Limit (80% of median income)
Very Low Income Limit (50%) *Admission Limit*
Extremely Low Income Limit (higher of 30% of median income or federal poverty level)
After a family is admitted to HCV program it is no longer subject to the income limits
Restriction on students do not apply to students residing with their parents and receiving
of applying for S8 assistance.
Income limit is the highest limit for the jurisdiction. - ✔✔Income Limits
✔✔The PHA must determine if any applicant is subject to these registration
requirements by checking with the state where housing is and any state where
members known to have resided. - ✔✔Lifetime Sex Offender
✔✔PHA prohibits admissions of persons evicted from federally assisted housing for 3
years from date of eviction
Tenancy can be terminated only if tenant is arrested on or near the premises - ✔✔Drug-
Related Criminal Activity
✔✔The PHA can deny assistance for criminal activity which may threaten the health or
safety of persons residing in the immediate vicinity, other residents, property owner or
property management staff, and PHA employees - ✔✔Criminal Activity
✔✔Required if the PHA denies assistance. - ✔✔Informal reviews
✔✔Established by the PHA in the administrative plan to determine "family unit size"
(voucher size) for families of different sizes and compositions.
Provide the smallest number of bedrooms needed without overcrowding
Comply with HQS
Be applied consistently - ✔✔Subsidy Standards
✔✔A sleeping room must have. - ✔✔Window
✔✔Voucher issuance is done simultaneously
Must include how the program works, family and owner responsibilities, where the
families may lease a unit, explanation of portability and a list of contacts at neighboring
PHAs
May not discourage the family from living anywhere inside or outside the PHA's
jurisdiction under portability rules
Must explain the benefits of moving to areas without high poverty to all families
Must take steps to communicate with persons with disabilities as needed - ✔✔Briefing
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Scheduled 90 days prior to expected voucher issuance.
Providing an explanation of the program and family responsibilities
Assisting the applicant in completing forms and collecting documentation
Setting a deadline for remaining documents to be provided
Informing the applicant that a final eligibility decision will be made after the information
is verified - ✔✔Applicant Interview & Scheduling
✔✔PHA must obtain no more than 60 days before initial issuance of voucher. -
✔✔Verification of Eligibility schedule
✔✔The receiving housing authority must add 30 days to the end of the initial's
expiration date
Billing is due not later than 90 days from the expiration date of the initial housing
authority's voucher
We must issue a voucher within 5-10 business days of receiving a complete port
packet.
When we are sending billing out to another HA, we must send the 52665/50058 within
10 business days of the change
Applicant families are subject to the RHA's applicable income limit - ✔✔Portability Facts
✔✔Family whose head, spouse, co-head, sole member is at least 62 years of age. -
✔✔Elderly Family
✔✔PHA-approved live-in aide
Foster Child
Foster Adult - ✔✔Household
✔✔1. Noncontending family members
2. Current participants who have not provided an SSN and who were at least 62 years
old on 1/1/10
3. Household members who have already provided a SSN. - ✔✔SSN Exemptions
✔✔A family with some members who are eligible and some members who are
ineligible. - ✔✔Mixed Family
✔✔Noncitizen students on a student visa - ✔✔Ineligible clients
, ✔✔Low Income Limit (80% of median income)
Very Low Income Limit (50%) *Admission Limit*
Extremely Low Income Limit (higher of 30% of median income or federal poverty level)
After a family is admitted to HCV program it is no longer subject to the income limits
Restriction on students do not apply to students residing with their parents and receiving
of applying for S8 assistance.
Income limit is the highest limit for the jurisdiction. - ✔✔Income Limits
✔✔The PHA must determine if any applicant is subject to these registration
requirements by checking with the state where housing is and any state where
members known to have resided. - ✔✔Lifetime Sex Offender
✔✔PHA prohibits admissions of persons evicted from federally assisted housing for 3
years from date of eviction
Tenancy can be terminated only if tenant is arrested on or near the premises - ✔✔Drug-
Related Criminal Activity
✔✔The PHA can deny assistance for criminal activity which may threaten the health or
safety of persons residing in the immediate vicinity, other residents, property owner or
property management staff, and PHA employees - ✔✔Criminal Activity
✔✔Required if the PHA denies assistance. - ✔✔Informal reviews
✔✔Established by the PHA in the administrative plan to determine "family unit size"
(voucher size) for families of different sizes and compositions.
Provide the smallest number of bedrooms needed without overcrowding
Comply with HQS
Be applied consistently - ✔✔Subsidy Standards
✔✔A sleeping room must have. - ✔✔Window
✔✔Voucher issuance is done simultaneously
Must include how the program works, family and owner responsibilities, where the
families may lease a unit, explanation of portability and a list of contacts at neighboring
PHAs
May not discourage the family from living anywhere inside or outside the PHA's
jurisdiction under portability rules
Must explain the benefits of moving to areas without high poverty to all families
Must take steps to communicate with persons with disabilities as needed - ✔✔Briefing
