HCV SPECIALIST EXAMINATION TEST 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Minimum nationwide standards applied to all units assisted under the HCV program.
- ✔✔Housing Quality Standards (HQS)
✔✔Who must inspect a unit, determine whether the unit satisfies HQS, and notify the
family & owner of the determination? - ✔✔The PHA
✔✔(T or F) The 15 day clock is suspended during any period the unit is not available for
inspection. - ✔✔T
✔✔If a unit has failed inspection, the items must be verified as corrected before the
beginning of the _____________________________ and prior to
_____________________________. - ✔✔- initial lease term
- HAP contract execution
✔✔Under which Act do PHAs have options regarding
approving tenancy prior to passing HQS? These involve
approving tenancy if HQS reveals only non-lifethreatening
fails, and for approval prior to HQS
inspection if the unit passed an alternative type of
inspection within the past 24 months. - ✔✔Under the Housing Opportunity through
Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA)
✔✔What must the lease contain? - ✔✔- The name of the owner and tenant
- The address of the unit rented (including the
apartment number)
- The amount of the monthly rent to owner
- Specifications about which utilities and appliances
are to be supplied by the owner and which are to be
supplied by the family
✔✔What does the lease form used by the owner set? - ✔✔- Tenant termination notice
- Owner rent increase periods
- The term of the lease (initial & any provisions for renewal)
✔✔Typically the initial term of the lease must be for one year, however the PHA may
approve a shorter term if the PHA determines that: - ✔✔-A shorter term would improve
housing opportunities
for the tenant
- Shorter terms are the prevailing market practice
, ✔✔(T or F) The tenancy addendum, which sets forth tenancy requirements for the
program, supersedes the lease. - ✔✔(T) The tenant shall have the right to enforce the
tenancy
addendum against the owner, and the terms of the
tenancy addendum shall prevail over any other
provisions of the lease.
✔✔Indicate whether any of the following changes would
require the PHA approve a new tenancy and execute a
new HAP contract:
- The owner was paying for water but has offered the
tenant a new lease that would require the tenant to
pay for water.
- The owner raised the family's rent.
- A change in family composition.
- A change in ownership.
- The owner's lease renewal terms are month-tomonth.
The owner wants to change those terms to
have the lease extended for a 12-month period
- At the family's annual reexamination.
- The family moves to a new unit in the same complex. - ✔✔- The owner was paying for
water but has offered the
tenant a new lease that would require the tenant to
pay for water.
- The owner's lease renewal terms are month-to-month.
The owner wants to change those terms to have the lease extended for a 12-month
period.
✔✔What is not included on the tenancy addendum? - ✔✔- Renewal terms
- Family notice to owner
- Utility responsibilities
✔✔(T or F) The PHA must not approve an assisted tenancy if the
owner is the parent, child, grandparent, grandchild,
sister, or brother of any member of the family unless
approving the unit would provide reasonable
accommodation for a family member with disabilities. - ✔✔T
✔✔(T or F) The PHA may approve an assisted tenancy if it has
been notified that the owner is debarred, suspended, or
subject to a limited denial of participation under 24 CFR Part 24. - ✔✔(F) The PHA must
not approve an assisted tenancy if it has
been notified that the owner is debarred, suspended, or
subject to a limited denial of participation under
24 CFR Part 24.
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Minimum nationwide standards applied to all units assisted under the HCV program.
- ✔✔Housing Quality Standards (HQS)
✔✔Who must inspect a unit, determine whether the unit satisfies HQS, and notify the
family & owner of the determination? - ✔✔The PHA
✔✔(T or F) The 15 day clock is suspended during any period the unit is not available for
inspection. - ✔✔T
✔✔If a unit has failed inspection, the items must be verified as corrected before the
beginning of the _____________________________ and prior to
_____________________________. - ✔✔- initial lease term
- HAP contract execution
✔✔Under which Act do PHAs have options regarding
approving tenancy prior to passing HQS? These involve
approving tenancy if HQS reveals only non-lifethreatening
fails, and for approval prior to HQS
inspection if the unit passed an alternative type of
inspection within the past 24 months. - ✔✔Under the Housing Opportunity through
Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA)
✔✔What must the lease contain? - ✔✔- The name of the owner and tenant
- The address of the unit rented (including the
apartment number)
- The amount of the monthly rent to owner
- Specifications about which utilities and appliances
are to be supplied by the owner and which are to be
supplied by the family
✔✔What does the lease form used by the owner set? - ✔✔- Tenant termination notice
- Owner rent increase periods
- The term of the lease (initial & any provisions for renewal)
✔✔Typically the initial term of the lease must be for one year, however the PHA may
approve a shorter term if the PHA determines that: - ✔✔-A shorter term would improve
housing opportunities
for the tenant
- Shorter terms are the prevailing market practice
, ✔✔(T or F) The tenancy addendum, which sets forth tenancy requirements for the
program, supersedes the lease. - ✔✔(T) The tenant shall have the right to enforce the
tenancy
addendum against the owner, and the terms of the
tenancy addendum shall prevail over any other
provisions of the lease.
✔✔Indicate whether any of the following changes would
require the PHA approve a new tenancy and execute a
new HAP contract:
- The owner was paying for water but has offered the
tenant a new lease that would require the tenant to
pay for water.
- The owner raised the family's rent.
- A change in family composition.
- A change in ownership.
- The owner's lease renewal terms are month-tomonth.
The owner wants to change those terms to
have the lease extended for a 12-month period
- At the family's annual reexamination.
- The family moves to a new unit in the same complex. - ✔✔- The owner was paying for
water but has offered the
tenant a new lease that would require the tenant to
pay for water.
- The owner's lease renewal terms are month-to-month.
The owner wants to change those terms to have the lease extended for a 12-month
period.
✔✔What is not included on the tenancy addendum? - ✔✔- Renewal terms
- Family notice to owner
- Utility responsibilities
✔✔(T or F) The PHA must not approve an assisted tenancy if the
owner is the parent, child, grandparent, grandchild,
sister, or brother of any member of the family unless
approving the unit would provide reasonable
accommodation for a family member with disabilities. - ✔✔T
✔✔(T or F) The PHA may approve an assisted tenancy if it has
been notified that the owner is debarred, suspended, or
subject to a limited denial of participation under 24 CFR Part 24. - ✔✔(F) The PHA must
not approve an assisted tenancy if it has
been notified that the owner is debarred, suspended, or
subject to a limited denial of participation under
24 CFR Part 24.
