HUD HCV Guidebook § 5.7

Some receiving PHAs require ported families to attend a briefing about the receiving PHA’s policies and
procedures. This is allowable as long as the briefing does not unduly delay the family’s housing search and
reasonable accommodation requests are granted for persons with disabilities. It would not be reasonable, for
example, to require the family to wait for a monthly briefing that was not scheduled for another three weeks.
Receiving PHAs may choose to conduct a new income reexamination for a participant family. In such cases,
the receiving PHA must71 not delay issuing the family a voucher or otherwise delay approval of a unit until
those processes are completed. However, the PHA may take subsequent action against the family based on
the results (e.g., recalculating the HAP payment based on updated income information).
In the case of an applicant family, the receiving PHA may delay issuing a voucher or otherwise delay approval
of a unit only if it is necessary to re-determine income eligibility. For example, if the applicant family initially
reported they had no earned income but they subsequently obtain new employment, the receiving PHA shall
re-determine income eligibility for the applicant family to ensure the family is income eligible in the receiving
PHA’s jurisdiction. As a reminder, the receiving PHA does not re-determine income eligibility for a portable
family that was already receiving voucher assistance.
In the case of an applicant family, the receiving PHA may delay issuing a voucher or otherwise delay approval
of a unit only if the re-certification is necessary to determine income eligibility. For example, if the applicant
family initially reported that they had no earned income but subsequently obtain new employment prior to
leasing, the receiving PHA may need to conduct a recertification of income to ensure the family is income
eligible in the receiving PHA’s jurisdiction.