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NAN MCKAY HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER
SPECIALIST EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS, GRADED A+ Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Owner responsibilities
Ans: Selects and screens tenants
Enforces lease
State responsibilities
Ans: Passes legislation establishing PHAS
PHA administrative plan
Ans: establishes local policies for administering the HCV program
HUD vs ADA definition of disability
Ans: HUD definition is more specific, used for eligibility determination and
allowances/deductions
ADA definition - broader, used for reasonable accommodations
Live in aide
Ans: would not be living in the unit except to provide necessary supportive
services
Occupancy cycle
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Ans: Intake - preapplication, waiting list, needs estimation, final eligibility
determination
Initial lease-up - briefing & voucher issuance, RFTA and lease approval submitted,
HQS inspection, approval & execution, moves
Annual Activities - recerts, HQS (biennially), rent adjustment
Moves
Interim activities - interem recerts, HQS compliance
Terminations - HCV violation, lease termination, HAP contract termination
Certification of preference + waitlist addition
Ans: At time of initial app, need only certify preference eligibility (not verify)
Place on waitlist according to preference claimed
eligibility verification requirement: X number of days
Ans: 60 day window to obtain verification docs
elderly family:
Ans: head or spouse is 62+
disabled family:
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Ans: head/spouse is disabled
two+ people in hh are disabled
one+ people w/ one+ live-in aides
exemptions from SSN disclosure
Ans: Noncontending family member (someone not declaring citizenship/eligible
non-citizen status)
Noncontending family member
Ans: someone not declaring citizenship/eligible non-citizen status
exempt from SSN disclosure
Mixed family
Ans: Citizens + eligible noncitizens/non-eligible non-citizens
To declare citizenship/national status:
Ans: complete signed declaration (section 214 status)
Section 214
Ans: to declare citizenship/national status
When is income eligibility not tested?
Ans: After lease-up/admission
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Student rule for eligibility
Ans: Cannot give assistance to someone who:
• Is enrolled as a student at an
institution of higher education;
• Is under the age of 24;
• Is not a veteran of the United
States military;
• Is unmarried;
• Does not have a dependent
child;
• Is not a person with disabilities,
• Student and parents are both income eligible (80% AMI) or student is
independent/absent from their parents
Before beginning denial on basis of criminal/sex-offender status, PHA must
Ans: Notify household and provide an opportunity to dispute
PHA must deny if applicant fails to:
Ans: sign consent forms
not disclose SSN
no citizens/eligible nationals
PHA may deny for
Ans: debts owed
Family obligations are listed on
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NAN MCKAY HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER
SPECIALIST EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS, GRADED A+ Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Owner responsibilities
Ans: Selects and screens tenants
Enforces lease
State responsibilities
Ans: Passes legislation establishing PHAS
PHA administrative plan
Ans: establishes local policies for administering the HCV program
HUD vs ADA definition of disability
Ans: HUD definition is more specific, used for eligibility determination and
allowances/deductions
ADA definition - broader, used for reasonable accommodations
Live in aide
Ans: would not be living in the unit except to provide necessary supportive
services
Occupancy cycle
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Ans: Intake - preapplication, waiting list, needs estimation, final eligibility
determination
Initial lease-up - briefing & voucher issuance, RFTA and lease approval submitted,
HQS inspection, approval & execution, moves
Annual Activities - recerts, HQS (biennially), rent adjustment
Moves
Interim activities - interem recerts, HQS compliance
Terminations - HCV violation, lease termination, HAP contract termination
Certification of preference + waitlist addition
Ans: At time of initial app, need only certify preference eligibility (not verify)
Place on waitlist according to preference claimed
eligibility verification requirement: X number of days
Ans: 60 day window to obtain verification docs
elderly family:
Ans: head or spouse is 62+
disabled family:
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Ans: head/spouse is disabled
two+ people in hh are disabled
one+ people w/ one+ live-in aides
exemptions from SSN disclosure
Ans: Noncontending family member (someone not declaring citizenship/eligible
non-citizen status)
Noncontending family member
Ans: someone not declaring citizenship/eligible non-citizen status
exempt from SSN disclosure
Mixed family
Ans: Citizens + eligible noncitizens/non-eligible non-citizens
To declare citizenship/national status:
Ans: complete signed declaration (section 214 status)
Section 214
Ans: to declare citizenship/national status
When is income eligibility not tested?
Ans: After lease-up/admission
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Student rule for eligibility
Ans: Cannot give assistance to someone who:
• Is enrolled as a student at an
institution of higher education;
• Is under the age of 24;
• Is not a veteran of the United
States military;
• Is unmarried;
• Does not have a dependent
child;
• Is not a person with disabilities,
• Student and parents are both income eligible (80% AMI) or student is
independent/absent from their parents
Before beginning denial on basis of criminal/sex-offender status, PHA must
Ans: Notify household and provide an opportunity to dispute
PHA must deny if applicant fails to:
Ans: sign consent forms
not disclose SSN
no citizens/eligible nationals
PHA may deny for
Ans: debts owed
Family obligations are listed on
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