HCV SPECIALIST TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔The PHA has an obligation to inform applicants & participants of the right for any
person with disabilities to request a ____________ __________________. -
✔✔Reasonable Accommodation
✔✔Should a PHA give appropriate consideration to reasonable accommodation
requests from participants that do not use the PHA's preferred forms or procedures,
such as making a verbal request? - ✔✔Yes, appropriate consideration should be given
✔✔Are you able to request verification of a disability if the participant requests a
reasonable accommodation? - ✔✔Yes, but the verification form should only ask for as
much information about the applicant's or tenant's disability as is necessary for the PHA
to consider whether or not they qualify for the RA they have requested.
✔✔If a participant has an obvious disability, or it is already known that the participant
has a disability, is the provider able to request additional information for a reasonable
accommodation? - ✔✔No
✔✔Why would a reasonable accommodation be denied? - ✔✔(1) it would impose an
undue financial & administrative burden on the PHA
(2) it would fundamentally alter the nature of the PHA's operations
✔✔Must the PHA grant an alternative accommodation if it would effectively meet the
requester's disability-related needs & is reasonable? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔If a request to modify a unit for access is unreasonable, should a property owner
offer alternatives to the family? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Is the PHA able to approve a higher payment standard for a family with a disabled
person as a means of reasonable accommodation? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔The PHA can't refuse a live-in aide just because they have children or are a family
member, why would a live-in aide not be approved? - ✔✔(1) they would cause the unit
or property to be overcrowded
(2) they would create an undue financial burden
✔✔Victims of VAWA include domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and
stalking, who has HUD included in this list? - ✔✔human trafficking victims
✔✔PHAs and owners are required to provide the _________________ and
__________________ at the time the individual is provided assistance or admission,
, along with any notice of denial or eviction. - ✔✔(1) Notice of Occupancy Rights (HUD-
5380)
(2) certification form (HUD-5382)
✔✔What do VAWA regulations require PHAs to establish as part of their administrative
plan or ACOP? - ✔✔emergency transfer plan (ETP)
✔✔WAITING LIST MANAGEMENT - ✔✔
✔✔This form must be given to families at the time of their application; it gives the family
the option to provide contact information for a friend, family member, organization, or
advocate that can assist in providing services or special care to the family, and in
resolving any tenancy issues that may arise. - ✔✔Form HUD-92006, Supplement to
Application for Federally Assisted Housing
✔✔If a family is obviously ineligible, the PHA must notify the applicant in writing of the: -
✔✔(1) Reasons for the determination, and
(2) Family's right to an informal review
(3) How to arrange for the review
✔✔The PHA should do what 3 things in regards to other programs when the applicant is
applying? - ✔✔(1) make applicants aware of other housing programs it operates
(2) how to apply
(3) offer to place them on the appropriate waiting list for such programs if those lists are
open
✔✔What is a special admission? - ✔✔Admission of an applicant not on the PHA waiting
list, or admission without considering the family's position on the waiting list.
✔✔The order of admission cannot be based on _________ _______ or the _______
________ for which the family qualifies. PHAs are not permitted to select families based
on predetermined _______ __________. - ✔✔family size
unit size
unit size
✔✔How are families selected for the program? - ✔✔In order
✔✔If funds are not available to assist the next family on the list, can that family be
skipped in order to help a smaller family? - ✔✔No
✔✔What funds are received by the PHA each year? - ✔✔(1) HCV to be issued to
families
(2) Annual Budget Authority (ABA), which is funding to pay HAP to owners, make family
self-sufficiency(FSS) escrow deposits, and make utility reimbursement payments
WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔The PHA has an obligation to inform applicants & participants of the right for any
person with disabilities to request a ____________ __________________. -
✔✔Reasonable Accommodation
✔✔Should a PHA give appropriate consideration to reasonable accommodation
requests from participants that do not use the PHA's preferred forms or procedures,
such as making a verbal request? - ✔✔Yes, appropriate consideration should be given
✔✔Are you able to request verification of a disability if the participant requests a
reasonable accommodation? - ✔✔Yes, but the verification form should only ask for as
much information about the applicant's or tenant's disability as is necessary for the PHA
to consider whether or not they qualify for the RA they have requested.
✔✔If a participant has an obvious disability, or it is already known that the participant
has a disability, is the provider able to request additional information for a reasonable
accommodation? - ✔✔No
✔✔Why would a reasonable accommodation be denied? - ✔✔(1) it would impose an
undue financial & administrative burden on the PHA
(2) it would fundamentally alter the nature of the PHA's operations
✔✔Must the PHA grant an alternative accommodation if it would effectively meet the
requester's disability-related needs & is reasonable? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔If a request to modify a unit for access is unreasonable, should a property owner
offer alternatives to the family? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Is the PHA able to approve a higher payment standard for a family with a disabled
person as a means of reasonable accommodation? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔The PHA can't refuse a live-in aide just because they have children or are a family
member, why would a live-in aide not be approved? - ✔✔(1) they would cause the unit
or property to be overcrowded
(2) they would create an undue financial burden
✔✔Victims of VAWA include domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and
stalking, who has HUD included in this list? - ✔✔human trafficking victims
✔✔PHAs and owners are required to provide the _________________ and
__________________ at the time the individual is provided assistance or admission,
, along with any notice of denial or eviction. - ✔✔(1) Notice of Occupancy Rights (HUD-
5380)
(2) certification form (HUD-5382)
✔✔What do VAWA regulations require PHAs to establish as part of their administrative
plan or ACOP? - ✔✔emergency transfer plan (ETP)
✔✔WAITING LIST MANAGEMENT - ✔✔
✔✔This form must be given to families at the time of their application; it gives the family
the option to provide contact information for a friend, family member, organization, or
advocate that can assist in providing services or special care to the family, and in
resolving any tenancy issues that may arise. - ✔✔Form HUD-92006, Supplement to
Application for Federally Assisted Housing
✔✔If a family is obviously ineligible, the PHA must notify the applicant in writing of the: -
✔✔(1) Reasons for the determination, and
(2) Family's right to an informal review
(3) How to arrange for the review
✔✔The PHA should do what 3 things in regards to other programs when the applicant is
applying? - ✔✔(1) make applicants aware of other housing programs it operates
(2) how to apply
(3) offer to place them on the appropriate waiting list for such programs if those lists are
open
✔✔What is a special admission? - ✔✔Admission of an applicant not on the PHA waiting
list, or admission without considering the family's position on the waiting list.
✔✔The order of admission cannot be based on _________ _______ or the _______
________ for which the family qualifies. PHAs are not permitted to select families based
on predetermined _______ __________. - ✔✔family size
unit size
unit size
✔✔How are families selected for the program? - ✔✔In order
✔✔If funds are not available to assist the next family on the list, can that family be
skipped in order to help a smaller family? - ✔✔No
✔✔What funds are received by the PHA each year? - ✔✔(1) HCV to be issued to
families
(2) Annual Budget Authority (ABA), which is funding to pay HAP to owners, make family
self-sufficiency(FSS) escrow deposits, and make utility reimbursement payments
