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Nan Mckay Housing Choice Voucher Specialist Exam: Questions & Complete Answers
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Nan Mckay Housing Choice Voucher Specialist Exam:Questions & Complete Answers
Owner responsibilities Right Ans - Selects and screens tenants
Enforces lease
State responsibilities Right Ans - Passes legislation establishing PHAS
PHA administrative plan Right Ans - establishes local policies for
administering the HCV program
HUD vs ADA definition of disability Right Ans - HUD definition is more
specific, used for eligibility determination and allowances/deductions
ADA definition - broader, used for reasonable accommodations
Live in aide Right Ans - would not be living in the unit except to provide
necessary supportive services
Occupancy cycle Right Ans - 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 Right Ans - 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 Right Ans - 60 day
window to obtain verification docs
elderly family: Right Ans - head or spouse is 62+
disabled family: Right Ans - head/spouse is disabled
two+ people in hh are disabled
one+ people w/ one+ live-in aides
exemptions from SSN disclosure Right Ans - Noncontending family
member (someone not declaring citizenship/eligible non-citizen status)
Noncontending family member Right Ans - someone not declaring
citizenship/eligible non-citizen status
exempt from SSN disclosure
Mixed family Right Ans - Citizens + eligible noncitizens/non-eligible non-
citizens
To declare citizenship/national status: Right Ans - complete signed
declaration (section 214 status)
Section 214 Right Ans - to declare citizenship/national status
When is income eligibility not tested? Right Ans - After lease-up/admission
Student rule for eligibility Right Ans - 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
Right Ans - Notify household and provide an opportunity to dispute
PHA must deny if applicant fails to: Right Ans - sign consent forms
not disclose SSN
no citizens/eligible nationals
PHA may deny for Right Ans - debts owed
Family obligations are listed on Right Ans - the voucher
PHA is not obligated to approve tenancy when: Right Ans - voucher is
issued
Oral briefing must include: Right Ans - Description of how program works
Family/owner responsibilities
Where family may lease (inside and outside of PHA jurisdiction)
Explanation of portability + list of contacts at neighboring PHAs
Oral briefing must be done prior to: Right Ans - voucher issuance
Voucher suspension (stopping the clock) Right Ans - must be done by the
PHA
PHA must give owner these records: Right Ans - current/prior family
addresses
current/prior landlord names + addresses (if known)
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