Income Eligibility

(1) Income limits for admission of an applicant to state aided public housing and for participation in the AHVP shall be set at two year intervals. The income limits shall be the "Low Income Limits", set by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), then in effect, for a similarly sized household in the city or town in which the LHA is located. Household income shall be determined in the same manner as net household income for rent determination provided that income shall be imputed to assets which have been disposed of in accordance with 760 CMR 6.05(2)(c). (2) A household occupying a Unit in Elderly/Disabled housing shall remain eligible for continued occupancy until six months after such time as 30% of its monthly net household income equals or exceeds the fair market rent (FMR) then in effect for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program for a Unit of Appropriate Unit Size in the area in which the LHA is located. (3) A household occupying a Unit in Family Housing shall remain eligible for continued occupancy until six months after such time as 32% of its monthly net household income equals or exceeds the fair market rent (FMR) then in effect for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program for a Unit of Appropriate Unit Size in the area in which the LHA is located. (4) An AHVP participant shall remain eligible for continued occupancy in a Unit until such time as the participant's rent share equals or exceeds the contract rent. The participant shall retain his or her AHVP voucher for 90 days from the date on which the LHA determines that the participant's share equals or exceeds the contract rent. At the end of that period, if the participant's share continues to equal or exceed the contract rent, the household will not be eligible for continued assistance under the AHVP.