NAN MCKAY HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER SPECIALIST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Owner responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Selects and screens tenants
Enforces lease
State responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Passes legislation establishing PHAS
PHA administrative plan - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅establishes local policies for administering the HCV
program
HUD vs ADA definition of disability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅HUD definition is more specific, used for
eligibility determination and allowances/deductions
ADA definition - broader, used for reasonable accommodations
Live in aide - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅would not be living in the unit except to provide necessary
supportive services
Occupancy cycle - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅60 day window to obtain
verification docs
elderly family: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅head or spouse is 62+
disabled family: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅head/spouse is disabled
two+ people in hh are disabled
one+ people w/ one+ live-in aides
exemptions from SSN disclosure - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Noncontending family member (someone not
declaring citizenship/eligible non-citizen status)
Noncontending family member - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅someone not declaring citizenship/eligible non-
citizen status
exempt from SSN disclosure
Mixed family - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Citizens + eligible noncitizens/non-eligible non-citizens
, To declare citizenship/national status: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅complete signed declaration (section
214 status)
Section 214 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅to declare citizenship/national status
When is income eligibility not tested? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅After lease-up/admission
Student rule for eligibility - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Notify household and provide an opportunity to dispute
PHA must deny if applicant fails to: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sign consent forms
not disclose SSN
no citizens/eligible nationals
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Owner responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Selects and screens tenants
Enforces lease
State responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Passes legislation establishing PHAS
PHA administrative plan - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅establishes local policies for administering the HCV
program
HUD vs ADA definition of disability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅HUD definition is more specific, used for
eligibility determination and allowances/deductions
ADA definition - broader, used for reasonable accommodations
Live in aide - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅would not be living in the unit except to provide necessary
supportive services
Occupancy cycle - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅60 day window to obtain
verification docs
elderly family: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅head or spouse is 62+
disabled family: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅head/spouse is disabled
two+ people in hh are disabled
one+ people w/ one+ live-in aides
exemptions from SSN disclosure - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Noncontending family member (someone not
declaring citizenship/eligible non-citizen status)
Noncontending family member - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅someone not declaring citizenship/eligible non-
citizen status
exempt from SSN disclosure
Mixed family - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Citizens + eligible noncitizens/non-eligible non-citizens
, To declare citizenship/national status: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅complete signed declaration (section
214 status)
Section 214 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅to declare citizenship/national status
When is income eligibility not tested? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅After lease-up/admission
Student rule for eligibility - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Notify household and provide an opportunity to dispute
PHA must deny if applicant fails to: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sign consent forms
not disclose SSN
no citizens/eligible nationals
