Housing Choice Voucher Specialist UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
1. Family Rent to the portion of rent to owner paid by the family
Owner
2. Family Share portion of rent and utilities paid by the family
3. Family Unit Size the appropriate number of bedrooms for a family as (determined by the PHA under
the PHA subsidy standards)
4. Gross Rent the entire housing cost and is calculated by adding the rent to the owner and the
utility allowance for the unit. Note: If all the utilities are included in the rent, the
rent to the owner and the gross rent will be the same
5. Housing Assis- the monthly assistance payment by a PHA and is calculated as the lower of: 1) the
tance Payment payment standard for the family minus the total tenant payment (TTP); or 2) the
(HAP) gross rent minus the TTP
6. Maximum Initial the maximum rent burden at initial occupancy (when the family initially moves into
Rent Burden; also the unit or signs the first assisted lease for a unit). The family may pay the total
known as the tenant payment plus the amount by which the gross rent for the unit selected
Maximum Family exceeds the applicable payment standard so long as the resulting family share
Share or "The 40 does not exceed 40 percent of the family's monthly adjusted income.
Percent Rule"
7. Maximum Sub- the maximum amount of subsidy that the PHA can pay for a participant in the HCV
sidy program and is calculated as the payment standard minus the total tenant payment
(TTP)
8. Minimum Rent is the PHA-determined minimum TTP amount. The minimum rent is the least a
family will contribute toward rent and utilities. The PHA can set the minimum rent
anywhere from $0 to $50
9. Monthly Adjust- one twelfth of adjusted income.
ed Income
CORRECT Answers
1. Family Rent to the portion of rent to owner paid by the family
Owner
2. Family Share portion of rent and utilities paid by the family
3. Family Unit Size the appropriate number of bedrooms for a family as (determined by the PHA under
the PHA subsidy standards)
4. Gross Rent the entire housing cost and is calculated by adding the rent to the owner and the
utility allowance for the unit. Note: If all the utilities are included in the rent, the
rent to the owner and the gross rent will be the same
5. Housing Assis- the monthly assistance payment by a PHA and is calculated as the lower of: 1) the
tance Payment payment standard for the family minus the total tenant payment (TTP); or 2) the
(HAP) gross rent minus the TTP
6. Maximum Initial the maximum rent burden at initial occupancy (when the family initially moves into
Rent Burden; also the unit or signs the first assisted lease for a unit). The family may pay the total
known as the tenant payment plus the amount by which the gross rent for the unit selected
Maximum Family exceeds the applicable payment standard so long as the resulting family share
Share or "The 40 does not exceed 40 percent of the family's monthly adjusted income.
Percent Rule"
7. Maximum Sub- the maximum amount of subsidy that the PHA can pay for a participant in the HCV
sidy program and is calculated as the payment standard minus the total tenant payment
(TTP)
8. Minimum Rent is the PHA-determined minimum TTP amount. The minimum rent is the least a
family will contribute toward rent and utilities. The PHA can set the minimum rent
anywhere from $0 to $50
9. Monthly Adjust- one twelfth of adjusted income.
ed Income
