HCV Eligibility 

PURPOSE: Maximize SEMAP points for selection from the waiting list and ensure that you and your staff understand the critical basics of housing choice voucher eligibility by enrolling in this 2-day training. Final rule changes regarding social security number verification and EIV mandatory implementation are incorporated in this training.
 
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon completion of the HCV Eligibility Training, using HUD regulations and guidance, you should be able to:  

• Demonstrate knowledge of basic HCV program information through discussion and directed instruction
  • Identify the key roles and relationships in the HCV program
  • Read HUD notices, regulations, and other  resources with a focus on critical information
  • Be aware of PHA responsibilities and owner responsibilities throughout the program
• Apply HUD requirements regarding fair housing to HCV program operations through discussion and narrative instruction
• Recognize the factors of eligibility and how they affect families as they apply to the program through narrative instruction and discussion
  • Identify the different family types that HUD defines
  • Understand required HUD forms
  • Understand the process of verifying social security numbers or the absense of those numbers
  • Categorize the different potential citizenship statuses of individual applicants as well as resulting family types 
  • Discuss income limits and their role in the eligibility process
  • Review the student rule and discuss how it affects eligibility in the HCV program
• Discuss wait list management as it applies to application, preferences, and removal through discussion and narrative instruction
  • Discuss the initial application process
  • Understand how to organize wait lists including special admissions and targeted funding
  • Discuss the process for removal from the wait list
  • Discuss the different preferences that the PHA can have for placement on the waiting list
• Review the final eligibility determination stage through discussion, narrative instruction, and examination of the Screening and Eviction Rule
  • Discuss the full application stage of final eligibility determination including the interview and timelines
  • Identify reasons to deny admission both mandatory and discretionary, including a discussion of the Screening and Eviction Rule
  • Discuss the process leading up to conducting informal reviews