HCV SPECIALIST COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
STUDY GUIDE
●● Adjusted Income
Answer: Total Annual Income - Allowances and Expenses Asset Income
Expected Income on 50058
●● Annual Income Definition
Answer: all amounts, monetary or not:
- Which go to or on behalf of the family head or
spouse or to any other family member, or
- That are anticipated to be received from a source
outside the family during the 12 month period
following admission or the annual reexamination
effective date, and
- Which are not specifically excluded in 24 CFR
5.609(c), and
- Also includes amounts derived from assets to which
any family member has access.
,Adoption assistance payments
All sources of income are counted unless specifically
excluded by regulations for head, spouse, and other adults.
For the head of household, spouse, co-head and other adults, all income
is counted unless regulations state to exclude.
Regulations specifically state that only the first $480 of employment
income is counted annually for an adult full-time student (never the head
of household, spouse, or co-head).
Regulations also specifically state that no employment income is
counted for children under 18 (this does not include the head of
household, spouse, or co-head).
PHAs must include all income of every family member, including those
who are temporarily absent.
The treatment of income of family members who are
permanently confined to a hospital or nursing facility
depends on PHA policy.
The PHA administrative plan must cover PHA policy on family absence
from a dwelling unit.
,●● Imputed
Answer: Something we are acting like it's happening in our calculations
but it's not.
●● Sanctioned
Answer: Reduced or terminated benefits.
●● TTP
Answer: Total Tenant Payment
the highest of the
following amounts, rounded to the nearest dollar:
- In non-as-paid states:
• 30% of family's monthly adjusted income
• 10% of family's monthly income
• PHA's minimum rent ($0 - $50 depending on
PHA policy)
- In as-paid states:
• 30% of family's monthly adjusted income
• 10% of family's monthly income
• PHA's minimum rent ($0 - $50 depending on
PHA policy), or
, • Welfare rent
- That part of welfare assistance received from
a public agency, specifically designated by
that agency to meet the family's actual
housing costs.
●● Earned to Annual Income Calculations
Answer: - Multiply hourly wages by the number of hours
worked/year (2080 hours for full-time employment
with a 40-hour work week and no overtime)
- Multiply weekly wages by 52
- Multiply bi-weekly wages by 26
- Multiply semi-monthly wages by 24
- Multiply monthly wages by 12.
●● Employment Income
Answer: Gross income prior to payroll deductions, and includes OT,
commissions, fees, tips, and bonuses.
●● Cyclical Income
Answer: Seasonal workers
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
STUDY GUIDE
●● Adjusted Income
Answer: Total Annual Income - Allowances and Expenses Asset Income
Expected Income on 50058
●● Annual Income Definition
Answer: all amounts, monetary or not:
- Which go to or on behalf of the family head or
spouse or to any other family member, or
- That are anticipated to be received from a source
outside the family during the 12 month period
following admission or the annual reexamination
effective date, and
- Which are not specifically excluded in 24 CFR
5.609(c), and
- Also includes amounts derived from assets to which
any family member has access.
,Adoption assistance payments
All sources of income are counted unless specifically
excluded by regulations for head, spouse, and other adults.
For the head of household, spouse, co-head and other adults, all income
is counted unless regulations state to exclude.
Regulations specifically state that only the first $480 of employment
income is counted annually for an adult full-time student (never the head
of household, spouse, or co-head).
Regulations also specifically state that no employment income is
counted for children under 18 (this does not include the head of
household, spouse, or co-head).
PHAs must include all income of every family member, including those
who are temporarily absent.
The treatment of income of family members who are
permanently confined to a hospital or nursing facility
depends on PHA policy.
The PHA administrative plan must cover PHA policy on family absence
from a dwelling unit.
,●● Imputed
Answer: Something we are acting like it's happening in our calculations
but it's not.
●● Sanctioned
Answer: Reduced or terminated benefits.
●● TTP
Answer: Total Tenant Payment
the highest of the
following amounts, rounded to the nearest dollar:
- In non-as-paid states:
• 30% of family's monthly adjusted income
• 10% of family's monthly income
• PHA's minimum rent ($0 - $50 depending on
PHA policy)
- In as-paid states:
• 30% of family's monthly adjusted income
• 10% of family's monthly income
• PHA's minimum rent ($0 - $50 depending on
PHA policy), or
, • Welfare rent
- That part of welfare assistance received from
a public agency, specifically designated by
that agency to meet the family's actual
housing costs.
●● Earned to Annual Income Calculations
Answer: - Multiply hourly wages by the number of hours
worked/year (2080 hours for full-time employment
with a 40-hour work week and no overtime)
- Multiply weekly wages by 52
- Multiply bi-weekly wages by 26
- Multiply semi-monthly wages by 24
- Multiply monthly wages by 12.
●● Employment Income
Answer: Gross income prior to payroll deductions, and includes OT,
commissions, fees, tips, and bonuses.
●● Cyclical Income
Answer: Seasonal workers
