HUD PIH Notice § 2012-39
Funding for Tenant-Protection Vouchers for Certain At-Risk Households in Low-Vacancy Areas -- Request for Comments (HUD PIH Notices)
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HUD PIH Notice § 2012-39
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Public and Indian Housing
Office of Housing
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Special Attention of: Notice HUD PIH-2012-39
Regional and Field Office Directors of
Public Housing; Multifamily Hub Issued: September 10, 2012
Directors; Multifamily Program Center
Directors; Public Housing Agencies;
and Owners/Agents Expires: This notice remains in effect until
amended, revoked, or superseded
Cross References:
HUD Notice PIH 2008-12 (HA);
HUD Notice PIH 2011-20 (HA);
HUD Notice PIH 2011-46 (HA);
“Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2012” (PL 112-55)
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Subject: Funding for Tenant-Protection Vouchers for Certain At-Risk Households in
Low-Vacancy Areas – Request for Comments
1. Purpose. This Notice provides instructions, eligibility, and selection criteria on the funding
process for tenant protection vouchers for certain at-risk households in low-vacancy areas, as
provided for in the “Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012” (PL
112-55), referred to hereafter as “the 2012 Appropriations Act,” enacted on November 18,
2011, and seeks public comment on these instructions and criteria. Following receipt and
consideration of public comment, another notice (Final Notice) will be issued with final
instructions, eligibility, and selection criteria, which may include revisions to the instructions
and criteria contained in this Notice.
2. Summary. The 2012 Appropriations Act provides that up to $10,000,000 of the
$75,000,000 appropriated for tenant protection actions may be made available to provide
housing choice voucher rental assistance to residents residing in low-vacancy areas and who
may have to pay rents greater than 30 percent of household income, as the result of:
1) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that requires the permission
of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment;
2) the expiration of a rental assistance contract for which the tenants are not eligible for
enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under existing law; or
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3) the expiration of affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or preservation
program administered by the Secretary.
HUD is initially making up to $6,000,000 in voucher assistance available under this Notice,
due to concerns that the needs under the other eligible categories of tenant protection actions
may otherwise exceed the funds appropriated for tenant protection actions. However, if the
needs under the other eligible categories of tenant protection actions do not exceed the funds
appropriated for tenant protection actions, HUD may increase the amount available under
this Notice up to $10,000,000.
The 2012 Appropriations Act provides that the tenant protection assistance may be provided
as either enhanced vouchers or project-based voucher (PBV) assistance. As is the case for
Housing Conversion Actions, public housing agencies (PHAs) will receive a special fee of
$200 per unit under the Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) funding increment for the
extraordinary costs associated with administering the enhanced voucher or PBV assistance
under this Notice.
This Notice describes the funding process for this assistance, including instructions for
owners on how to apply for this rental assistance. The deadline for owners to apply for this
assistance will be after the publication of the Final Notice. After the deadline for owners to
request the assistance, HUD will rank applicants according to the date of the mortgage
maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or use agreement expiration to determine the
order of funding. HUD is also prioritizing funding for the families facing the greatest rent
burden in the absence of voucher assistance.
3. Submission of Comments. Interested persons are invited to submit comments on this
Notice. Submissions must refer to companion Federal Register notice published on
September 10, 2012 (FR-5657-N-01). There are two methods for submitting public
comments (note: Facsimile (FAX) comments are not acceptable):
Electronic submission of comments. Interested persons may submit comments
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. HUD
strongly encourages commenters to submit comments electronically. Electronic
submission of comments allows the commenter maximum time to prepare and submit
comment, ensures timely receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make comments
immediately available to the public. Comments submitted electronically through
www.regulations.gov can be viewed by other commenters and interested members of
the public. Commenters should follow the instructions provided on the site to submit
comments electronically.
Submission of comments by mail. Comments may be submitted by mail to the
Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410-0500.
To receive consideration as public comments, comments must be submitted through one of
the two methods specified above. Also, to expedite review of public comments, it is
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recommended that commenters reference the specific section(s) of the Notice in their
comments.
Public inspection of comments. Copies of all comments submitted are available for
inspection and downloading at www.regulations.gov.
Due date for public comment. All comments are due no later than October 10, 2012. HUD
will issue a Final Notice that takes into consideration the comments received in response to
solicitation of comment on this Notice.
4. Eligibility. An owner is eligible to request assistance for unassisted households/units at the
property if the owner is in compliance civil rights threshold requirements (as described
below), the property is in a low-vacancy area1, there are at-risk households residing at the
property, these at risk households are not currently receiving other project-based or tenant-
based rental assistance under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act, and the property
experienced (or will experience) one of the following three events in FY 2012 or prior to FY
2012:
1) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that requires the permission
of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment;
2) the expiration of a rental assistance contract for which the tenants are not eligible for
enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under existing law; or
3) the expiration of affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or preservation
program administered by the Secretary.
Category 1 above includes only properties with maturing/matured Section 202 Direct Loans,
FHA-insured primary mortgages, or HUD-held primary mortgages. Please note that maturity
of any mortgage instrument other than a Section 202 Direct Loan, FHA-insured primary
mortgage, or HUD-held primary mortgage (for example, the maturity of a mortgage made by
a state Housing Finance Agency) does not qualify as a maturing/matured mortgage for
purposes of this Notice under category 1 of the 2012 Appropriations Act. Further, only the
maturing/matured properties where the Secretary’s consent to prepayment is required are
eligible under Category 1. The Direct or FHA-insured mortgage note will specify if the
approval of HUD is a requirement for the prepayment.
Category 2 includes only properties where a Rental Assistance Payments (RAP) contract
expired prior to FY 2012, or where a Rent Supplement contract expired prior to 2001. RAP
contract expirations in FY 2012 and Rent Supplement contract expirations in 2001 or later
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“Low-vacancy area” was defined for the purposes of this assistance as a county that currently and historically
demonstrates a moderate to tight rental housing market for low-income renters. HUD determined this definition with
two thresholds. First, the county must be below the national vacancy rate for units affordable to low-income
household in 2000, which is 7.3%. Second, the county must be below the 80th percentile vacancy rate for low-
income renters as estimated by the 2005-2009 American Community Survey 5 year estimates, which is 8.7%. A list
of low-vacancy areas is included in Attachment A.
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are not eligible for assistance under this Notice because tenants in such properties are/were
eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under existing law, and
therefore do not meet the criteria under category 2 of the 2012 Appropriations Act. Please
note that some properties with RAP contract expirations prior to FY 2012 already received
tenant protection assistance, and are therefore not eligible for assistance under this Notice.
Category 3 includes two groups of properties, as follows:
Maturing/matured FHA-insured or Direct mortgages, where permission of the
Secretary is not required prior to mortgage prepayment. (In such properties, tenant-
based voucher assistance is provided to eligible residents of unassisted units at the
time of prepayment, but, outside of the process described in this Notice, is not
provided at the time of mortgage maturity). To be eligible under Category 3, the
underlying affordability restrictions at the property must expire/have expired along
with maturity of the mortgage. Where mortgages have matured, the use agreement
must have expired prior to the owner’s request under this Notice. Where the maturity
will occur in FY2012, the underlying affordability restrictions must expire
concurrently with the mortgage maturity.
Expiring “stand alone” Use Agreements: This includes only those properties that have
HUD-imposed affordability use agreements expiring/expired but no active Section
202 Direct Loan, FHA-insured primary mortgage, or HUD-held primary mortgage
expiring/expired (properties with expiring/expired “stand alone use agreements”).
Please note that the expiring/expired use agreement must be a HUD-imposed use
agreement that restricts the property to operate as affordable housing to very low,
low, and/or moderate income households. This may include, but is not limited to, the
Preservation programs under the Title II Emergency Low Income Housing
Preservation Act (ELIHPA) and the Title VI Low-Income Housing Preservation and
Resident Homeownership Act (LIHPRHA). An Interest Reduction Payments
Agreement associated with a state non-insured 236 mortgage also meets the criteria
under category 3 of the 2012 Appropriations Act. The expiration of a project use
agreement imposed by another agency or funder does not meet the criteria under
category 3 of the 2012 Appropriations Act.
Owners may verify that their property is in a low-vacancy area by using the list of low-
vacancy areas in Attachment A.
“At-risk households” are those households residing at the property at the time of the owner’s
request whose annual income is equal to or less than HUD’s Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2012
low income limit; and are rent burdened currently or will be rent burdened after the mortgage
maturity or use agreement expiration. For those properties where the mortgage maturity,
rental assistance contract expiration, or use agreement expiration, occurred prior to the date
of the owner’s request for assistance, a family must have resided at the property at the time of
the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or use agreement expiration to
be considered an at-risk household. This Notice provides further information on identifying
at-risk households, including a threshold for determining rent burden, in section 6 below.
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Additionally, an owner must be in compliance with civil rights threshold requirements. An
owner is not eligible to request assistance if such owner:
i) has been charged with an ongoing systemic violation of the Fair Housing Act or received
a cause determination from a substantially equivalent state or local fair housing agency
concerning a systemic violation of a substantially equivalent state or local fair housing law
proscribing discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or
familial status;
ii) is a defendant in a Fair Housing Act lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice alleging a
pattern or practice of discrimination or denial of rights to a group of persons raising an issue
of general public interest pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 3614(a);
iii) has received a letter of findings identifying systemic noncompliance under Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or Section 109
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974;
iv) has received a cause determination from a substantially equivalent state or local fair
housing agency concerning a systemic violation of provisions of a state or local law
proscribing discrimination in housing based on sexual orientation or gender identity; or
v) has received a cause determination from a substantially equivalent state or local fair
housing agency concerning a systemic violation of a state or local law proscribing
discrimination in housing based on lawful source of income; and
vi) if applicable, has not resolved to HUD’s satisfaction, the charge, lawsuit, letter of
findings or cause determination referenced in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) and/or is
not in current compliance with any agreement or consent order resolving the matter.
Owners who wish to request assistance under this Notice must request the assistance by [a
date to be specified in the Final Notice], in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
Final Notice.
Upon receiving an owner’s request, HUD will verify that the maturity of the mortgage and/or
expiration of the use agreement in fact removes/removed the affordability restrictions at the
property and resulted or may result in tenants being rent burdened; that the RAP contract
expired prior to FY 2012, or that Rent Supplement contract expired prior to 2001; or that the
mortgage maturity or use agreement expiration takes place in FY 2012 or prior to FY 2012;
and that the owner’s property is in a low-vacancy area.
Please note that while assistance under this Notice for properties in categories 1 or 3 of the
2012 Appropriations Act is limited to mortgage maturities or use agreement expirations that
take place in FY 2012 or prior to FY 2012, any funding leftover after all eligible properties’
requests for assistance have been funded will be carried over to the next fiscal year to fund
mortgage maturities or use agreement expirations that occur after FY 2012.
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5. Enhanced Vouchers or Project-Based Voucher Assistance. Owners may request either
enhanced vouchers or project-based voucher (PBV) assistance for the at-risk households
residing in their property. Both types of assistance are administered through Public Housing
Agencies (PHAs). The HUD Public Housing (PH) Field Office Director will identify PHAs
to administer the voucher assistance, in accordance with the procedures in section 7 below.
Any PHA identified for this purpose may decline to participate entirely, or may agree to
participate but only to administer enhanced vouchers, even if the owner has requested PBV
assistance. If a PHA declines to participate, the HUD PH Field Office Director will take
steps to identify a PHA that will agree to administer the assistance, as described in section 7
below. Owners should be aware that in some cases, enhanced vouchers may be provided
even if the owner requests PBV assistance; please see section 7 (step 9), and section 8, for
more details.
Enhanced vouchers
Enhanced vouchers are tenant-based assistance. Households issued enhanced vouchers may
elect to use the assistance in the same property (as long as the property continues as rental
housing and the tenancy can be approved in accordance with the enhanced voucher policies
described in section 9 below), and in all cases may choose to move from the property
immediately. There is no guarantee to the owner that any enhanced voucher assistance will
be used at the property for any period of time. Enhanced vouchers are different from regular
housing choice vouchers (HCVs) in two major respects. If the family remains in the same
property, the family must continue to contribute towards rent at least the amount the family
was paying for rent on the date of the maturity of the mortgage and/or expiration of the use
agreement that removes the affordability restrictions at the property, and a higher “enhanced”
payment standard is used to determine the amount of subsidy when the gross rent exceeds the
normally applicable PHA payment standard.
Project-based voucher assistance
PBV assistance is project-based assistance. Under the PBV program, a PHA enters into a
Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract with the owner for specified units and for a
specified term. When families move from the assisted units, the PHA refers families from its
waiting list to the owner to fill vacancies. PBV assistance provided through this Notice must
follow all regulations at 24 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 983, with one
exception: selection requirements under §983.51 (Owner proposal selection procedures) are
not applicable to assistance provided via this Notice, because the 2012 Appropriations Act
defines the categories of projects that are potentially eligible for PBV assistance. Moving to
Work (MTW) agencies may administer the PBV assistance according to their MTW
agreement.
For further details on processing enhanced vouchers or project-based vouchers, see sections 8
and 9 below.
6. Identifying At-Risk Households. In order to identify which of the residents of their
property may be “at-risk households,” owners must first identify the current residents that
resided at the property at the time of the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract
expiration, or use agreement expiration (if such event occurred before the owner submits the
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request for assistance). The owner must then determine the annual income of the residents,
and compare this annual income to HUD’s low income limits. The owner then determines
whether the residents qualify as rent burdened, by comparing the adjusted monthly income of
the residents to the owner’s applicable monthly rent (as defined in step 5 below). In order to
prioritize assistance to those households most at-risk, HUD is using a 40 percent threshold
for rent burden in order to identify at-risk households. By focusing on families who, in the
absence of this voucher assistance, would have to pay 40 percent or more of their adjusted
monthly income on rent, HUD is ensuring that the limited number of vouchers available
under this Notice are provided to households with the highest needs..
Owners and families should be aware that the final determination of a family’s income
eligibility will be made by the PHA. Families identified as at-risk households in the process
described in steps 1 – 5 below ultimately may be determined to be over-income (and
therefore ineligible for assistance) by the PHA, which will reduce the number of vouchers
that will be made available either as enhanced vouchers or PBV assistance, accordingly.
The process to identify at-risk households is described in steps 1 - 5 below. Owners that
have verified resident incomes within 12 months of the submission of the request for
assistance under this Notice can skip steps 2 and 3 below.
Steps
1. Notification of residents. The owner must notify (in writing) all current residents of
unassisted units at the property who resided at the property at the time of the
mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or use agreement expiration,
if such event occurred before the owner submits the request for assistance, that the
owner will be applying for assistance under this Notice. This notification must be
provided at least 30 days prior to the submission of the request under this Notice. In
accordance with 24 CFR Part 245, those properties assisted with active project-based
rental assistance contracts under Section 8 of the US Housing Act, and those
properties with FHA-insured or Direct loans, must also notify legitimate tenant
organizations at the property. For properties where the mortgage maturity, rental
assistance contract expiration, or use agreement expiration has not yet occurred, the
owner must notify all current residents of unassisted units. The owner’s notification
must state that he or she will be identifying at-risk households according to the
residents’ income. In addition, the owner’s notice must state that if any resident
contests the income determination made by the owner (and if the owner’s request for
assistance is selected for funding), such resident will have the opportunity to have
their income calculated for eligibility purposes by the administering PHA. The
owner’s notification to the residents must also inform them that the owner’s
application for assistance is not a guarantee that the property and residents will
receive assistance under this Notice.
Owners must provide such notification in a manner that is effective for persons with
disabilities, see 24 CFR § 8.6, and for persons who have limited English proficiency.
Owners should refer to HUD’s published Final Guidance to Federal Financial
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Assistance Recipients: Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination
Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons (LEP Guidance) (72 FR 2732) for
assistance and information regarding LEP obligations.
2. Request for income information. If an owner has not verified resident income within
12 months of the submission of the request for assistance under this Notice, the owner
may request income information from each resident of the affected property.
Residents are not required to share this information with the owner. If a resident
chooses not to disclose income information, such resident will be identified in the
owner’s request for assistance as a household that did not provide income information
to the owner, and such household will not receive assistance through this Notice. For
all residents identified in the owner’s request for assistance as a household that did
not provide income information to the owner, the owner must maintain
documentation showing that the family did not provide the requested information, and
that the family was notified in writing that their failure to provide income information
to the owner means the family will not have the opportunity to receive rental
assistance through this Notice.
3. Calculation of annual income. The owner determines annual income by adding all
sources of income for all adults (age 18 or older) in the household that are anticipated
to be received by the household in the next 12 months, excluding income from any of
the following: the income of live-in aides or full-time students; student financial
assistance; foster care or adoption assistance payments; Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP; formerly known as Food Stamps); Low Income Home
Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); and Earned Income Tax Credit refunds. This
amount is the household’s annual income. As discussed below, this calculation is a
streamlined version of the calculation that PHAs use to determine income eligibility
for the voucher program.
4. Comparison to HUD’s low income limits. The owner must compare the household’s
annual income with HUD’s FY 2012 low income limits. For this comparison, owners
must know the size of the household (e.g., 4 person household). Owners may find
HUD’s low income limits by visiting
http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/il/il12/index_il2012.html. At this site, owners
click “Click Here for FY 2012 IL Documentation.” The owner then selects the state
and county in which the property is located, and clicks “Next Screen.” The relevant
information is located in the row labeled “Low (80%) Income Limits.” If the
household’s annual income is greater than the low income limit found in this row, the
household is not an at-risk household (as discussed above, any resident who contests
this determination will have the opportunity to have their income calculated for
eligibility purposes by the administering PHA, should the owner’s request be selected
for funding). For example, if the “Low (80%) Income Limits” row lists $60,000 as
the limit for a 4 person household, and the annual income for the 4 person household
in question is $60,001, then this household is not an at-risk household. If the
household’s annual income is equal to or less than the low income limit, then the
owner moves on to step 5 below.
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5. Calculation of adjusted monthly income and rent burden. The owner adjusts the
annual income by deducting $480 from the annual income for each dependent in the
household, and deducting $400 from the annual income if the household’s head,
spouse, or sole member is a person with disabilities or is at least 62 years of age. The
owner then divides this adjusted annual income by 12 to determine the household’s
adjusted monthly income. The owner then multiplies the household’s adjusted
monthly income by 40 percent, and if the resulting number is less than the applicable
monthly rent for that household’s unit, then such household meets the 40 percent rent
burdened threshold, and qualifies as an at-risk household.
For example, if the household’s adjusted monthly income is $2000 and the applicable
monthly rent is $1200, the owner multiples $2000 by 0.40, which equals $800.
Because $800 is less than the applicable monthly rent, this household is an at-risk
household. Similarly, if a household’s adjusted monthly income is $3000 and the
applicable monthly rent is $1200, the household is not an at-risk household, because
40 percent of their adjusted monthly income is $1200, which is not less than the
applicable monthly rent. As discussed above, any resident who contests this
determination will have the opportunity to have their income calculated for eligibility
purposes by the administering PHA, should the owner’s request be selected for
funding.
Please note that the “applicable monthly rent” has a different meaning for the
following different property circumstances:
For properties with a mortgage maturity or use agreement expiration that will
occur in FY 2012 after the owner submits the request for assistance,
“applicable monthly rent” means the rent the owner intends to charge after the
mortgage maturity or use agreement expiration.
For properties with a mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration,
or use agreement expiration that occurred before the owner submits the
request for assistance, “applicable monthly rent” means the rent the owner
charged as of [a date to be specified in the Final Notice; e.g., May 1, 2012],
except as follows:
For properties with a mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration,
or use agreement expiration that occurred before the owner submits the
request for assistance, and the owner has chosen to continue charging below
market rents to households that resided at the property at the time of the
mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or use agreement
expiration, “applicable monthly rent” means the rent the owner charged as of
[a date to be specified in the Final Notice; e.g., May 1, 2012] to households
that moved to the property after the mortgage maturity, rental assistance
contract expiration, or use agreement expiration, and reside in a similarly-
sized unit.
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The owner’s identification of at-risk households will be used to determine whether a request
for assistance is eligible for funding under this set-aside (because the presence of at-risk
households at the property is a requirement of receiving assistance). This calculation will
also be helpful for the owner to predict and forecast how many households may qualify to
receive enhanced vouchers; if the owner is requesting PBV assistance, the calculation will
help the owner anticipate how many units may be assisted under the PBV HAP contract.
This exercise will be helpful for owners seeking new debt or equity financing for the project
that will be supported by income from the PBV HAP contract.
While the eligibility calculation by the owner is an important initial calculation, owners are
advised that PHAs are still required to calculate income for each household before admitting
that household to the voucher program, whether for enhanced vouchers or PBV assistance.
Because the calculations performed by the owner at steps 3 and 5 above are a streamlined
version of the calculations that PHAs use, some families identified by the owner as at-risk
may in fact be ineligible for assistance due to being over-income. If a household identified
by the owner as at-risk is later determined to be ineligible for voucher assistance due to being
over-income, that household will not be issued an enhanced voucher (or, in the case of PBV
assistance, the unit will not be included in the PBV contract). Additionally, as discussed
above, families who contest the owner’s determination that they are not at-risk households
will have the opportunity to have their income calculated for eligibility purposes by the
administering PHA (should the owner’s request be selected for funding). It is for this reason
that the owner’s request for assistance must also include a list of the households determined
not to be at-risk, as described in Section 7 below.
Please also note that the applicable monthly rent will be reviewed by the PHA for rent
reasonableness before any tenancy is approved (for enhanced vouchers), or before the initial
rent to owner is established at the beginning of the HAP contract term (for PBV assistance).
Before HAP can be paid for the unit, PHAs must determine the rents to be reasonable under
983.303 (Reasonable Rent) for PBV assistance or 982.507 (Rent to Owner: Reasonable Rent)
for enhanced vouchers (see also section 9.1(b)(2) below for more information on rent
reasonableness and enhanced vouchers). Owners are encouraged to contact a PHA in the
local area prior to submitting the request for assistance to obtain information on the likely
rent levels the enhanced vouchers or PBV HAP contract will provide.
7. Procedures for Requesting and Processing Assistance. This section describes each of the
steps necessary to process the owner’s request for assistance. The following steps must
occur before the owner’s request for assistance can be approved and the PHA’s Annual
Contributions Contract (ACC) amended to reflect the assistance.
Steps
1. Owners who wish to request assistance under this Notice must request the assistance
by [a date to be specified in the Final Notice].
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The owner must submit a letter requesting assistance to the HUD Multifamily
Hub/Program Center (PC) Director, with a copy to the HUD Project Manager. The
request must include the following information:
The property name and address;
The date of the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or use
agreement expiration. The mortgage maturity or use agreement expiration
date must be in FY 2012 (i.e., October 1, 2011 – September 30, 2012) or prior
to FY 2012. The date of the rental assistance contract expiration must be
before FY 2012 for RAP contracts and before 2001 for Rent Supplement
contracts;
A copy of all use agreement, rental assistance contract, and mortgage note
documents related to the expiring/expired mortgage, contract or use
agreement;
A narrative statement explaining how the property meets the description of
Category 1, Category 2 or Category 3, as defined in this Notice;
Whether the owner is seeking enhanced vouchers or PBV assistance;
A statement certifying that the owner is in compliance with the civil rights
threshold requirements set forth at section 4 “Eligibility” of this Notice;
A list of unassisted units (identified by unit number and household name)
currently occupied by at-risk households, and a list of unassisted units
(identified by unit number and household name) currently occupied by
households determined not to be at-risk. These households must have resided
at the property at the time of the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract
expiration, or use agreement expiration, if such event occurred before the
owner’s request for assistance.
o The list of at-risk households must be accompanied by a calculation
that demonstrates that each at-risk household has an annual income
equal to or less than HUD’s Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 low
income limit, and 40 percent of the household’s adjusted monthly
income is less than the applicable monthly rent for the unit.
o The list of households determined not to be at-risk must be
accompanied by a calculation that demonstrates that each household
has an annual income greater than HUD’s FY 2012 low income limit,
or 40 percent of the household’s adjusted monthly income is equal to
or more than the applicable monthly rent for the unit.
o The calculation for each list of households must include size of the
household, household’s annual income, the applicable HUD FY 2012
low income limit for a household this size, the household’s adjusted
monthly income, 40 percent of the household’s adjusted monthly
income, and the applicable monthly rent of the unit (see section 6, step
5 for the different meanings of “applicable monthly rent”);
For properties where the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract
expiration, or use agreement expiration happened before the owner submits
the request for assistance, documentation (such as a lease) showing that the at-
risk households and the households determined not to be at-risk resided at the
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property at the time of the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract
expiration, or use agreement expiration; and
A list of unassisted units (identified by unit number and household name)
currently occupied by households (that also resided at the property at the time
of the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or use
agreement expiration, if such event occurred before the owner submits the
request for assistance) that did not provide income information to the owner.
(Please note that these households will not receive assistance through this
Notice. For all residents identified in the owner’s request for assistance as a
household that did not provide income information to the owner, the owner
must maintain documentation showing that the family did not provide the
requested information, and that the family was notified in writing that their
failure to provide income information to the owner means the family will not
have the opportunity to receive rental assistance through this Notice.)
Owners must provide all of the information listed above in their request for
assistance. Owners may wish to refer to Attachment B for a sample format to provide
the information required in the owner’s request for assistance. Owners may find the
suggested format helpful, but are not required to use the format provided in
Attachment B.
2. Once the Multifamily Hub/PC Director has received the owner’s complete request for
assistance (submitted by [a date to be specified in the Final Notice]), the Multifamily
Hub/PC Director or designee will review the applications by [a date to be specified in
the Final Notice], to verify that:
a) For properties in category 1, the mortgage is an FHA-insured, HUD held or Direct
loan that is maturing/has matured in FY 2012 or prior to FY2012, and the permission
of the Secretary is/was a requirement prior to mortgage prepayment, as indicated on
the mortgage note document. Please note: the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or
designee must verify this date (day, month, and year) by reviewing the actual
mortgage note, use agreement or contract document, rather than relying on HUD
database information. Staff should also verify that the mortgage was not prepaid
prior to mortgage maturity.
b) For properties in category 2, the owner’s RAP contract expired prior to FY 2012,
or Rent Supplement contract expired prior to 2001. This includes verifying that the
contract reached its expiration date, and did not terminate prior to the expiration date
due to the prepayment of the underlying mortgage at the property.
c) For properties in category 3, the FHA-insured, HUD Held or Direct loan is
maturing/has matured in FY2012 or prior to FY2012, that permission of the Secretary
is not required prior to prepayment, that the mortgage has not been prepaid, and that
the underlying affordability use agreement also is terminating/has terminated. If
there is no active HUD Held or Direct loan at the property, verify that the “stand
alone” use agreement or state Interest Reduction Payments (IRP) agreement
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expires/expired in FY 2012 or prior to FY 2012. Please note: the Multifamily Hub/PC
Director or designee must verify this date (day, month, and year) by reviewing the
actual mortgage note, use agreement or contract document, rather than relying on
HUD database information. Please note: the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or
designee must review the specific provisions of the use agreement and mortgage note
to verify that the expiration or maturity will in fact remove affordability restrictions
on unassisted units at the property;
d) The property is located in a low-vacancy area (low-vacancy areas are listed in
Attachment A);
e) The number of households identified by the owner as at-risk households does not
exceed the total number of unassisted units at the property (in the case of a mortgage
maturity or use agreement expiration), or in the case of a Rent Supplement or RAP
contract expiration, the number of households identified by the owner as at-risk
households does not exceed the number of units on the original Rent Supplement or
RAP contract. If the application involves the expiration of a Rent Supplement or
RAP contract, the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee must review the Rent
Supplement or RAP contract to verify the number of units on the original contract. If
the number of households identified by the owner as at-risk households does exceed
the total number of unassisted units at the property (or the number of units on the
original Rent Supplement or RAP contract), the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or
designee must advise the owner to reduce the number of at-risk households to the
allowable amount (no more than the total number of unassisted units at the property
or the number of units on the original Rent Supplement or RAP contract) if the owner
wishes to be further considered for funding. This revised request must be received by
the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee no later than [a date to be specified in
the Final Notice]; and
f) The households identified by the owner as at-risk households, and the households
determined by the owner not to be at-risk, resided at the property at the time of the
mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or use agreement expiration
(for properties where the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or
use agreement expiration happened before the owner submits the request for
assistance). If the documentation submitted in the owner’s request fails to show that
every household (at-risk and not at-risk) resided at the property at the time of the
mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or use agreement expiration,
the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee must advise the owner to submit
corrected documentation or remove these households from the request if the owner
wishes to be further considered for funding. This revised request must be received by
the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee no later than [a date to be specified in
the Final Notice].
Applications that meet the above requirements shall be deemed acceptable to proceed.
Please note: the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee will not be responsible for
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verifying the accuracy of the reported tenant income or the calculations of at-risk
households.
If the owner’s request for assistance does not meet the above requirements, the
owner’s request for assistance will be denied. The Multifamily Hub/PC Director or
designee will notify the owner of the denial of the request.
Requests deemed acceptable by the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee under
step 2 will proceed to step 3 below.
3. By [a date to be specified in the Final Notice], the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or
designee will send an email to the HUD Office of Housing Voucher’s Financial
Management Division (FMD) at PIHConversionActions@hud.gov (with “$6 Million
TPV Set-Aside” in the subject line) to inform FMD of those requests for assistance
that have been deemed acceptable. This email must include the name of the owner,
the property name address, the name of the Multifamily Hub/PC point of contact, the
date of the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or use agreement
expiration, the number of at-risk households identified by the owner, and the number
of households determined by the owner not to be at-risk.
4. HUD will then rank the requests according to the date of the mortgage maturity,
rental assistance contract expiration, or use agreement expiration to determine the
order of funding. The earliest date will be ranked number one, and the most recent
date will be ranked last. This ranking prioritizes those households that have been
without affordability restrictions or rental assistance the longest.
If two or more requests have the same date of mortgage maturity, rental assistance
contract expiration, or use agreement expiration, a lottery will be conducted to
determine the rank of these requests. For example, if two requests have the earliest
date, a lottery will determine which request is ranked number one and which request
is ranked number two.
5. Starting from the owner request ranked number one, the FMD conducts a preliminary
budget calculation, using the number of the owner-identified at-risk households plus
the number of households determined by the owner not to be at-risk to estimate the
amount needed to fund the owner’s request for assistance, in order to account for the
possibility that some or all of the households determined by the owner not to be at-
risk are actually eligible for assistance (as determined by the PHA at step 12 below).
Only those requests that FMD estimates may be funded with the $6,000,000 available
under this Notice proceed to step 6 below. HUD may resume funding applications in
the ranked order should additional resources become available after the initial
selections are made.
6. By [a date to be specified in the Final Notice], the FMD will notify the Multifamily
Hub/PC point of contact for each request identified as eligible to proceed.
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7. By [a date to be specified in the Final Notice], the Multifamily Hub/PC Director or
designee will submit a copy of the owner’s request for assistance to the PH Field
Office Director and request that the PH Field Office Director identify and invite a
PHA (that currently administers the HCV program and has jurisdiction over the area
in which the property is located) to administer the voucher assistance.
8. By [a date to be specified in the Final Notice], the PH Field Office Director or
designee will determine the appropriate PHA to administer the assistance in
accordance with established criteria for selection of PHA administration of tenant
protection vouchers, including, but not limited to, jurisdiction, and PHA
administrative capacity. The PHA will have the opportunity to agree or decline to
administer the enhanced vouchers or PBV assistance.
9. For PBV requests: If the identified PHA does not wish to or is unable to administer
PBV assistance, the PH Field Office Director or designee will make a reasonable
effort to find a PHA with jurisdiction and administrative capacity willing to
administer PBV assistance. Please note that any PHA willing to administer PBV
assistance at this step is agreeing to do so in accordance with all the statutory and
regulatory requirements of the PBV program (see section 8 below), including the
statutory limit of 20 percent for the amount of the PHA’s HCV budget authority that
may be project-based. The PHA identified by the PH Field Office Director or
designee at this step must also be willing to administer enhanced voucher assistance,
in case the PHA determines that it will be unable to enter into a PBV HAP contract
with the owner due to the statutory and regulatory requirements of the PBV program.
If the invited PHA agrees to administer PBV assistance (and enhanced voucher
assistance, if the PHA determines that that it will be unable to enter into a PBV HAP
contract with the owner due to the statutory and regulatory requirements of the PBV
program), the owner’s request for assistance will move on to step 11 below.
If the PH Field Office Director or designee is unable to identify a PHA willing or able
to administer PBV assistance, the owner’s request will move on to step 10 below in
order to identify a PHA willing to administer enhanced voucher assistance.
10. For enhanced voucher requests: If the PH Field Office Director or designee is able to
identify a PHA willing to administer the enhanced vouchers, the owner’s request for
assistance will move on to step 11 below.
If the PH Field Office Director or designee is unable to identify a PHA willing to
administer enhanced vouchers, the owner’s request for assistance will be denied. The
PH Field Office Director or designee will notify the Multifamily Hub/PC Director
and FMD (at PIHConversionActions@hud.gov, with “$6 Million TPV Set-Aside” in
the subject line) of the denial. The Multifamily Hub/PC Director or designee will
then notify the owner of the denial, and FMD will determine whether the next owner
request for assistance (in the order determined by the ranking at step 4) may proceed
(from step 5 above), based on the funding available.
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11. The PH Field Office Director or designee provides a copy of the owner’s request for
assistance to the PHA that agrees to administer the enhanced vouchers or PBV
assistance.
12. The PHA must determine the eligibility of all at-risk households identified by the
owner. For purposes of determining income eligibility, the PHA uses the applicable
low income limits (not the very low income limits).
Additionally, households must meet the 40 percent rent burden threshold described in
section 6 above to be eligible for assistance through this Notice. If 40 percent of the
household’s adjusted monthly income, as calculated by the PHA (in accordance with
24 CFR 5.611), is not less than the applicable monthly rent for that household’s unit
(see section 6, step 5 for the different meanings of “applicable monthly rent”), then
the household is not eligible for assistance through this Notice.
Families admitted to the HCV program are special admissions under 24 CFR 982.203
and are not subject to targeting requirements under 24 CFR 982.201(b)(2) for families
selected from the PHA’s waiting list. The PHA must also notify all residents of the
unassisted units at the owner’s property determined by the owner not to be at-risk
(and are still residing at the property), informing them that if they believe they meet
the HCV income limits, they may request to have their income calculated by the PHA
for eligibility purposes. This notification does not include any of the households that
did not provide income information to the owner (as identified in the owner’s request
for assistance).
In order to reduce processing time, HUD will permit the PHA to use the owner’s most
recent family income examination (form HUD-50059) if the owner’s current
certification for the family (form HUD-50059) is no more than six months old and the
PHA determines that the owner certifications are acceptable after reviewing a small
sample for accuracy. The PHA is never required to use the owner certifications and
may choose to conduct its own income determination and verification. PHAs should
be aware that many owners will not have form HUD-50059 for the households being
assisted through this Notice
13. The PHA submits the Section 8 Tenant-Based Assistance Funding Application (Form
HUD-52515) to the PH Field Office Director. PHAs are requested to enter their PHA
code number (for example, CT002) as well as their electronic mail address, telephone
number, and facsimile telephone number in the same place at the top of the form
where they are also to enter the PHA’s name and mailing address. Instructions for
completing the remainder of the form are as follows:
a) Do not complete Section A.
b) Under Section B of this form, only complete the box for total dwelling units under
vouchers. Insert the number of eligible families as determined by the PHA’s
eligibility determinations in step 12.
c) Do not complete Section C.
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d) Under Section D of this form, the PHA must identify whether the assistance will be
for enhanced vouchers or PBV assistance.
14. The PH Field Office Director or designee reviews Section B of the PHA’s HUD-
52515 to ensure that it accurately reflects the number of eligible families as
determined by the PHA’s eligibility determinations in step 12. The PH Field Office
Director or designee submits the PHA’s HUD-52515, as well as the name of the
owner and the property name and address, to the FMD (at
PIHConversionActions@hud.gov, with “$6 Million TPV Set-Aside” in the subject
line).
15. The FMD calculates the budget authority, using the information from Section B of the
HUD-52515 to determine the amount of funding the PHA will be assigned. The
FMD also calculates the special fee of $200 per unit under the ACC funding
increment for the extraordinary costs associated with administering the enhanced
voucher or PBV assistance under this Notice. The FMD assigns funds to the PHA.
16. The Financial Management Center (FMC) prepares the ACC documents and ACC
transmittal letter, and forwards these to the PHA with a copy of the letter to the PH
Field Office Director.
8. Procedures for Processing PBV Assistance.
After receiving the ACC documents and transmittal letter, the PHA must verify whether the
owner’s request for PBV assistance meets the statutory and regulatory requirements of the
PBV program, including the prohibition of assistance for ineligible units (24 CFR 983.53),
prohibition of assistance for units in subsidized housing (24 CFR 983.54), prohibition of
excess public assistance (24 CFR 983.55), the cap on number of PBV units in each building
(24 CFR 983.56), site selection standards (24 CFR 983.57), the environmental review (24
CFR 983.58), and all other program requirements, including all applicable fair housing and
civil rights requirements. Please note that the owner’s property may be partially assisted
with pre-existing Project-Based Section 8 contracts; units subsidized with such assistance
may not be included in the PBV HAP contract (see 24 CFR 983.54(b)), and such units do not
count against the 25 percent PBV cap described at 24 CFR 983.56.
Please note that only the units occupied by eligible families may be covered by the PBV
HAP contract. Units that were occupied by at-risk households at the time of the owner’s
request for assistance, and are either vacant or the occupant family was determined ineligible
for admission to the HCV program at the time of the PHA’s eligibility determinations, must
not be covered by the HAP contract.
8.1 When a PHA is unable to enter into a PBV HAP contract with the owner. If the
PHA determines that it will be unable to enter into a PBV HAP contract with the owner
due to the statutory and regulatory requirements of the PBV program (e.g., the property
does not meet the PHA’s site selection standards), then the funding provided to the PHA
under this notice must be used to provide enhanced voucher assistance for all eligible
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families. Please see section 9 below for procedures for processing enhanced voucher
assistance.
8.2 When a PHA enters a PBV HAP contract for fewer units than requested. If the
PHA determines that it will be able to enter into a PBV HAP contract, but there are more
eligible families than there are eligible units under the PBV program (e.g., because the
number of eligible families exceeds the 25 percent per building cap described at 24 CFR
983.56), then the PHA will administer enhanced vouchers for the eligible families whose
units are not eligible to be included in the property’s PBV HAP contract; please see
section 9 below for procedures for processing enhanced voucher assistance. When the
number of eligible families exceeds the 25 percent building cap, owners may decide
which units will be included in the PBV HAP contract.
9. Procedures for Processing Enhanced Voucher Assistance. After receiving the ACC
documents and transmittal letter, the PHA must issue vouchers to the eligible families. If any
vouchers remain unused after issuance to the eligible families at the property (for example, if
a family chooses to move from the property but is unable to successfully lease up under the
program), the PHA retains the vouchers and may use them to assist families on the PHA
waiting list. If the PHA uses remaining voucher funding to assist families on the PHA
waiting list, the voucher is simply a regular voucher and does not have any enhanced
features.
9.1 Characteristics of Enhanced Voucher Assistance. Enhanced vouchers have several
special requirements but in all other respects are subject to normal housing choice
voucher program rules. For example, the PHA may not make payments to the owner until
after execution of the HAP contract on behalf of an individual family, and the assistance
may not be paid to cover any period of time before the PHA inspection and determination
that the unit meets the housing quality standards of the program.
a) Enhanced voucher family right to remain. A family that receives an enhanced voucher
has the right to remain in the project as long as the units are used for rental housing and
are otherwise eligible for housing choice voucher assistance (e.g., the rent is reasonable,
unit meets HQS, etc.). The owner may not terminate the tenancy of a family that
exercises its right to remain except for a serious or repeated lease violation or other good
cause. If an owner refuses to honor the family’s right to remain, the family may exercise
any judicial remedy that is available under State and/or local law.
b) Payment standard where the family chooses to stay in the same project.
(1) Special payment standard. For a family that stays in the project, the payment
standard used to calculate the voucher housing assistance payment is the gross
rent (rent to owner plus the applicable PHA utility allowance for any tenant-
supplied utilities) of the family's unit (provided the proposed gross rent is
reasonable), regardless of whether the gross rent exceeds the normally
applicable PHA payment standard.
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(2) Rent reasonableness documentation and lease requirements. All regular
program requirements concerning the reasonableness of the rent and the
provisions of the HUD-prescribed lease addendum apply to enhanced
vouchers. The PHA must determine that the proposed rent for the family's unit
is reasonable. The PHA determines whether the proposed new rents for the
property are reasonable just as it does for any other potential units under the
tenant-based assistance programs.
The PHA determines whether the rent requested by the owner is a reasonable
rent for the unit in comparison to other comparable unassisted units based on
the current condition of the unit. The PHA does not base the rent
reasonableness determination on any planned future enhancements to the
property. If the PHA determines the owner’s proposed new rent is not
reasonable, the owner must either lower the rent or the family will have to
find another unit in order to benefit from the voucher.
The special payment standard for enhanced tenant-based assistance for a
family that stays in the unit sometimes results in the PHA approving a tenancy
for a unit that otherwise would be ineligible or unaffordable to a family with
regular tenant-based assistance. If the rent is reasonable in comparison to the
rents of comparable unassisted units, there is nothing improper or incorrect in
approving the owner’s new rent even if the rent would not normally be
affordable for a family with regular voucher. However, it is very important
for the PHA to make sure the owner’s new rent is reasonable and to properly
document this determination. The PHA must document the rent
reasonableness of the owner’s rent in the family’s file by including the rents
and addresses of the comparable units used to make the determination. The
PHA should use the guidance provided in Notice PIH 2011-46 when
determining whether the rent is reasonable.
c) Family move: Normal payment standard is applicable. The normally applicable PHA
payment standard is always used to determine the family’s maximum voucher subsidy
when the family moves from the project. This includes cases where the proposed new
rent for the family's current unit is not reasonable or the unit fails HQS, requiring the
family to move in order to receive tenant-based assistance.
d) Enhanced voucher minimum rent requirement for stayers. Families assisted with
enhanced housing choice voucher assistance have a special statutory minimum rent
requirement. The law requires that a family receiving enhanced voucher assistance must
pay for rent no less than the rent the family was paying on the date of the rental assistance
contract expiration, maturity of the mortgage and/or expiration of the use agreement
that removed the affordability restrictions at the property.
The method for calculating the minimum rent changes if the family’s income
subsequently decreases to a significant extent (15 percent or more) from the family’s
gross income on the effective date of the rental assistance contract expiration, maturity of
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the mortgage and/or expiration of the use agreement that removed the affordability
restrictions at the property. Guidance on recalculating the minimum rent in cases when a
family’s income significantly decreases is discussed in detail in subsection (1) below.
The enhanced voucher minimum rent only applies if the family remains in the project.
The enhanced voucher minimum rent does not apply if the family moves from the
project.
(1) Significant decline in family income – effect on enhanced voucher
minimum rent. If an enhanced voucher family suffers a significant decline
in family income, the minimum family share required of the family shall
be reduced so that the percentage of income for rent does not exceed the
greater of 30 percent or the percentage of monthly adjusted income
actually paid by the family for rent (the rent to owner plus tenant-paid
utilities) on the effective date of the rental assistance contract expiration,
maturity of the mortgage and/or expiration of the use agreement that
removed the affordability restrictions at the property. HUD is defining a
significant decrease as a decrease in gross family income of at least 15
percent from the gross family income on the date of the rental assistance
contract expiration, maturity of the mortgage and/or expiration of the use
agreement that removed the affordability restrictions at the property.
The PHA normally uses the specific dollar amount the family was paying
for rent on the effective date of the maturity of the rental assistance
contract expiration, mortgage and/or expiration of the use agreement that
removed the affordability restrictions at the property in determining the
family’s enhanced voucher minimum rent. However, if the family
subsequently suffers a significant decline in family income, the PHA uses
a different method for calculating the family’s enhanced voucher
minimum rent. The enhanced voucher minimum rent changes from an
actual dollar amount to a specific percentage of income.
The family’s new enhanced voucher minimum rent is the greater of (A)
the percentage of the monthly adjusted income the family paid for gross
rent on the effective date of the rental assistance contract expiration,
maturity of the mortgage and/or expiration of the use agreement that
removed the affordability restrictions at the property, or (B) 30 percent of
the family’s current adjusted monthly income.
The new enhanced voucher minimum rent for these families is a
percentage of income as opposed to a specific dollar amount. Once this
change in the enhanced voucher minimum rent becomes effective for a
family, the enhanced voucher minimum rent for the family remains that
specific percentage of income (e.g., 32 percent) and will not revert to a
specific dollar amount, even if the family income subsequently increases
or decreases.
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For instance, assume a family paid $500 for gross rent on the effective
date of the rental assistance contract expiration, maturity of the mortgage
and/or expiration of the use agreement that removed the affordability
restrictions at the property, which equaled 35 percent of the family’s
monthly adjusted income at that time. After receiving enhanced voucher
assistance for ten months, the family suffered a 50 percent decrease in
monthly gross income. The PHA now calculates the enhanced voucher
minimum rent for the family as the percentage of monthly adjusted
income the family paid for rent on the effective date of the rental
assistance contract expiration, maturity of the mortgage and/or expiration
of the use agreement that removed the affordability restrictions at the
property (35 percent) instead of the actual dollar amount ($500). The
enhanced voucher family in this example must now pay at least 35 percent
of the family monthly adjusted income for rent, regardless of any further
changes in family income.
If the family enhanced voucher minimum rent is changed to a percentage
of adjusted monthly income that is no greater than 30 percent of monthly
adjusted income, the enhanced voucher minimum rent is essentially
meaningless for the family. A family is already required to pay at least 30
percent of monthly adjusted income under the housing choice voucher
subsidy formula.
When a family reports a significant decrease in family income, the PHA
conducts an interim redetermination and verifies the change in income as
soon as possible to prevent hardship on the family, preferably by the first
of the month following the date the family reports the change and provides
the necessary documentation. The PHA may implement the reduction on a
provisional basis before completing the verification in order to prevent
undue hardship to the family.
The change in the determination of the enhanced voucher minimum rent
only applies if a family suffers a significant loss of income (at least a 15
percent decrease in the gross family income on the date of the rental
assistance contract expiration, maturity of the mortgage and/or expiration
of the use agreement that removed the affordability restrictions at the
property). Otherwise, the enhanced voucher minimum rent remains the
specific dollar amount.
Regardless of which method is used to calculate the enhanced voucher
minimum rent, the minimum rent represents the lowest amount the family
may pay as their family share for as long as the family remains in the
project. A family may pay no less than the enhanced voucher minimum
rent. Depending on the circumstances, the family may have to pay more
than the enhanced voucher minimum rent.
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e) Calculating HAP for enhanced voucher assistance. Regardless of whether the owner’s
new gross rent (after the rental assistance contract expiration, maturity of the mortgage
and/or expiration of the use agreement that removed the affordability restrictions at the
property) exceeds or is less than the PHA payment standard, the housing assistance
payment for a family that stays in their present unit (or moves from an oversized unit to
an appropriate size unit within the project) is the following:
the gross rent for the unit minus the greatest of:
(i) 30 percent of the adjusted family income;
(ii) 10 percent of the family monthly income (gross monthly income);
(iii) the welfare rent in as-paid states;
(iv) the enhanced voucher minimum rent; or
(v) such other minimum rent established by the PHA as authorized by Federal law (see
24 CFR §5.630.)
f) Movers from the project – all regular housing choice voucher rules apply. If a resident
decides to move from the project with the voucher assistance, the payment standard is not
enhanced and the enhanced voucher minimum rent does not apply. This is the case when
the family chooses to use the voucher to move from the property immediately, or if after
receiving enhanced voucher assistance for a period of time the family chooses to
subsequently move from the unit with continued voucher assistance. In either
circumstance, the housing assistance payment and the family share at the new unit are
calculated in accordance with the regular rules of the housing choice voucher program.
g) Administering voucher assistance. The special conditions of enhanced voucher
assistance (enhanced voucher minimum rent and the special payment standard rules) are
applicable for as long as the family receives voucher assistance at the project.
If an owner subsequently raises the rent for an enhanced voucher family in accordance
with the lease, State and local law, and voucher program regulations (including rent
reasonableness), the PHA will use the new gross rent to calculate the voucher HAP
payment for the family.
The PHA must identify an eligible family as an enhanced voucher family even if the
gross rent of the family’s unit does not currently exceed the normally applicable PHA
payment standard. Since the enhanced payment standard rule also covers any subsequent
rent increases, it is possible that the special payment standard may come into play later in
the family’s tenancy. An enhanced voucher family is also required by law to pay no less
than the enhanced voucher minimum rent, regardless of whether the gross rent exceeds
the normally applicable PHA payment standard.
(1) Enhanced voucher minimum rent. The enhanced voucher minimum rent
requirement remains in effect for all families who receive enhanced voucher
assistance and remain at the property.
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(2) Special payment standard. Subject to availability of appropriations, the
payment standard used to calculate the family subsidy will continue to be
enhanced to match the gross rent for the unit if the gross rent exceeds the
normally applicable payment standard and the PHA determines the rent is
reasonable for as long as the enhanced voucher family continues to reside in
the same project.
If the owner raises the rent for a family assisted with an enhanced voucher in
accordance with the lease, State and local law, and voucher program
regulations, the PHA will increase the enhanced payment standard to equal the
new gross rent (rent to owner and the applicable PHA utility allowance for
any tenant-supplied utilities) for the unit provided the PHA determines the
rent is reasonable. The additional cost of the subsidy will be covered through
the regular renewal process for the PHA’s voucher program.
If a change in the PHA utility allowance (either an increase or decrease)
affects the gross rent for a family assisted with an enhanced voucher, the PHA
must adjust the enhanced payment standard accordingly. The enhanced
payment standard may never exceed the gross rent for the assisted family’s
unit.
Again, it is emphasized that the PHA always applies the normally applicable
payment standard if the family subsequently moves from the project.
(3) Over-housed families. For the enhanced voucher policies that are applicable
to families residing in units where the actual number of bedrooms exceeds the
family unit size for which the family qualifies under the PHA subsidy
standards (i.e., “over-housed families”), please see Notice PIH 2008-12
(extended by Notice PIH 2011-20).
10. Paperwork Reduction Act. The information collection requirements contained in this
document have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The OMB control numbers are
2577-0169, 2502-0204, and 2502-0086. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act,
HUD may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless the collection displays a currently valid OMB control number.
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11. Further Information. Any questions concerning this Notice should be directed to the
Housing Voucher Management and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and
Voucher Programs, at (202) 708-0477 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing
or speech impairments may access these numbers via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339
/s/ /s/
Sandra B. Henriquez Carol J. Galante
Assistant Secretary for Acting Assistant Secretary for
Public and Indian Housing Housing – Federal Housing
Commissioner
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Attachment A
Low Vacancy Areas:
Vacancy Rate for
Units Affordable
to 80% of AMI
2009
County
ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
01007 Bibb County; Birmingham-Hoover, AL Metro Area; Alabama 0.6% 6.2%
01063 Greene County; Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area; Alabama 0.4% 3.4%
01065 Hale County; Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area; Alabama 0.9% 2.6%
01085 Lowndes County; Montgomery, AL Metro Area; Alabama 3.9% 6.6%
01091 Marengo County, Alabama 3.3% 7.1%
01107 Pickens County, Alabama 5.7% 5.9%
01131 Wilcox County, Alabama 3.6% 5.4%
02020 Anchorage Municipality; Anchorage, AK Metro Area; Alaska 4.8% 5.4%
02050 Bethel Census Area, Alaska 2.6% 6.8%
02110 Juneau City and Borough; Juneau, AK Micro Area; Alaska 1.8% 6.2%
02188 Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska 2.6% 4.9%
02195 Petersburg Census Area, Alaska 6.8% N/A
02220 Sitka City and Borough, Alaska 1.3% 5.1%
02270 Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska 1.0% 5.0%
04005 Coconino County; Flagstaff, AZ Metro Area; Arizona 6.8% 7.2%
05041 Desha County, Arkansas 6.2% 7.1%
05057 Hempstead County; Hope, AR Micro Area; Arkansas 3.2% 5.4%
05079 Lincoln County; Pine Bluff, AR Metro Area; Arkansas 6.8% 7.1%
Lonoke County; Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro
05085 Area; Arkansas 3.0% 6.2%
05099 Nevada County; Hope, AR Micro Area; Arkansas 2.4% 4.7%
Alameda County; San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro
06001 Area; California 6.7% 2.5%
06007 Butte County; Chico, CA Metro Area; California 4.7% 5.9%
06009 Calaveras County, California 6.2% 5.8%
06011 Colusa County, California 2.8% 2.9%
Contra Costa County; San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro
06013 Area; California 7.6% 3.0%
06019 Fresno County; Fresno, CA Metro Area; California 4.9% 6.9%
Humboldt County; Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna, CA Micro Area;
06023 California 6.3% 5.8%
06025 Imperial County; El Centro, CA Metro Area; California 5.6% 5.5%
06027 Inyo County; Bishop, CA Micro Area; California 3.4% 7.2%
06031 Kings County; Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area; California 3.7% 6.7%
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Los Angeles County; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
06037 Metro Area; California 2.4% 4.2%
06039 Madera County; Madera-Chowchilla, CA Metro Area; California 3.8% 6.2%
Marin County; San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area;
06041 California 2.6% 1.8%
06045 Mendocino County; Ukiah, CA Micro Area; California 5.0% 3.5%
06047 Merced County; Merced, CA Metro Area; California 6.3% 4.7%
06053 Monterey County; Salinas, CA Metro Area; California 5.7% 2.4%
06055 Napa County; Napa, CA Metro Area; California 5.1% 2.0%
06057 Nevada County; Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area; California 6.7% 3.2%
Orange County; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metro
06059 Area; California 2.7% 2.7%
Placer County; Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Metro
06061 Area; California 7.5% 4.3%
Sacramento County; Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA
06067 Metro Area; California 7.6% 5.2%
San Benito County; San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro
06069 Area; California 3.4% 2.6%
San Diego County; San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metro
06073 Area; California 4.7% 3.0%
San Francisco County; San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro
06075 Area; California 4.2% 2.3%
06077 San Joaquin County; Stockton, CA Metro Area; California 6.3% 4.5%
San Luis Obispo County; San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro
06079 Area; California 3.4% 3.0%
San Mateo County; San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro
06081 Area; California 4.0% 1.6%
Santa Barbara County; Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA
06083 Metro Area; California 3.7% 2.8%
Santa Clara County; San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro
06085 Area; California 3.3% 1.6%
Santa Cruz County; Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area;
06087 California 3.4% 2.1%
06089 Shasta County; Redding, CA Metro Area; California 6.5% 7.0%
06091 Sierra County, California 1.4% 6.9%
06095 Solano County; Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Metro Area; California 7.1% 4.0%
06097 Sonoma County; Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area; California 5.3% 1.8%
06099 Stanislaus County; Modesto, CA Metro Area; California 6.6% 4.1%
06101 Sutter County; Yuba City, CA Metro Area; California 7.1% 5.5%
06107 Tulare County; Visalia-Porterville, CA Metro Area; California 3.3% 6.6%
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FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
Tuolumne County; Phoenix Lake-Cedar Ridge, CA Micro Area;
06109 California 5.5% 6.9%
Ventura County; Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area;
06111 California 3.2% 2.8%
Yolo County; Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA Metro
06113 Area; California 3.9% 3.1%
Arapahoe County; Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metro Area;
08005 Colorado 8.5% 4.3%
08013 Boulder County; Boulder, CO Metro Area; Colorado 4.8% 3.6%
Broomfield County; Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metro Area;
08014 Colorado 6.5% N/A
08021 Conejos County, Colorado 7.5% 5.7%
08045 Garfield County, Colorado 2.6% 3.7%
Jefferson County; Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metro Area;
08059 Colorado 5.6% 4.0%
08069 Larimer County; Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area; Colorado 5.3% 4.3%
08071 Las Animas County, Colorado 8.3% 5.7%
08077 Mesa County; Grand Junction, CO Metro Area; Colorado 2.7% 6.1%
08079 Mineral County, Colorado N/A 6.2%
08087 Morgan County; Fort Morgan, CO Micro Area; Colorado 8.4% 6.0%
08097 Pitkin County, Colorado 4.7% 6.2%
Fairfield County; Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area;
09001 Connecticut 7.5% 4.4%
Hartford County; Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro
09003 Area; Connecticut 7.5% 6.6%
09005 Litchfield County; Torrington, CT Micro Area; Connecticut 7.5% 4.6%
Middlesex County; Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
09007 Metro Area; Connecticut 5.9% 5.0%
New Haven County; New Haven-Milford, CT Metro Area;
09009 Connecticut 7.3% 6.7%
New London County; Norwich-New London, CT Metro Area;
09011 Connecticut 5.6% 6.7%
Tolland County; Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro
09013 Area; Connecticut 6.2% 3.9%
09015 Windham County; Willimantic, CT Micro Area; Connecticut 4.3% 5.2%
District of Columbia; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-
11001 MD-WV Metro Area ; District of Columbia 5.8% 6.6%
12003 Baker County; Jacksonville, FL Metro Area; Florida 1.5% 7.1%
Miami-Dade County; Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
12086 Metro Area; Florida 7.8% 7.1%
13007 Baker County; Albany, GA Metro Area; Georgia 7.2% 1.1%
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FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
Barrow County; Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area;
13013 Georgia 8.6% 5.6%
Butts County; Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area;
13035 Georgia 4.0% 5.9%
13043 Candler County, Georgia 2.6% 6.2%
13079 Crawford County; Macon, GA Metro Area; Georgia 7.0% 6.6%
13083 Dade County; Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area ; Georgia 8.6% 6.4%
Dawson County; Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area;
13085 Georgia 3.5% 3.6%
13105 Elbert County, Georgia 7.5% 7.1%
Forsyth County; Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area;
13117 Georgia 6.5% 4.5%
13129 Gordon County; Calhoun, GA Micro Area; Georgia 8.4% 6.4%
13133 Greene County, Georgia 7.3% 3.4%
13139 Hall County; Gainesville, GA Metro Area; Georgia 7.3% 5.9%
Jasper County; Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area;
13159 Georgia 3.7% 3.2%
Lamar County; Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area;
13171 Georgia 4.6% 6.9%
13181 Lincoln County, Georgia 2.2% 4.7%
13197 Marion County; Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area ; Georgia 8.3% 3.7%
Meriwether County; Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro
13199 Area; Georgia 4.9% 6.2%
13205 Mitchell County, Georgia 2.2% 3.4%
13211 Morgan County, Georgia 3.1% 3.8%
Newton County; Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area;
13217 Georgia 7.7% 6.6%
Pike County; Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area;
13231 Georgia 8.1% 4.2%
13237 Putnam County, Georgia 1.0% 4.3%
13249 Schley County; Americus, GA Micro Area; Georgia 3.2% 6.4%
13293 Upson County; Thomaston, GA Micro Area; Georgia 2.7% 7.0%
Walton County; Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area;
13297 Georgia 4.0% 5.5%
13301 Warren County, Georgia 1.2% 4.7%
13307 Webster County, Georgia N/A N/A
15005 Kalawao County, Hawaii N/A N/A
16001 Ada County; Boise City-Nampa, ID Metro Area; Idaho 6.6% 5.6%
16017 Bonner County, Idaho 5.0% 7.0%
16027 Canyon County; Boise City-Nampa, ID Metro Area; Idaho 7.8% 7.1%
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FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
16041 Franklin County; Logan, UT-ID Metro Area ; Idaho 1.1% 3.0%
16045 Gem County; Boise City-Nampa, ID Metro Area; Idaho N/A 6.1%
16047 Gooding County, Idaho 4.7% 4.0%
16053 Jerome County; Twin Falls, ID Micro Area; Idaho 4.1% 6.9%
16057 Latah County; Moscow, ID Micro Area; Idaho 5.8% 5.3%
16065 Madison County; Rexburg, ID Micro Area; Idaho 3.0% 6.3%
16069 Nez Perce County; Lewiston, ID-WA Metro Area ; Idaho 3.3% 4.3%
16071 Oneida County, Idaho 5.3% 6.3%
16077 Power County; Pocatello, ID Metro Area; Idaho 3.8% 4.9%
16087 Washington County, Idaho 3.8% 6.4%
17007 Boone County; Rockford, IL Metro Area; Illinois 6.8% 6.5%
17009 Brown County, Illinois 2.4% 6.4%
17013 Calhoun County; St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area ; Illinois 4.1% 7.1%
17019 Champaign County; Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area; Illinois 8.5% 7.1%
17027 Clinton County; St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area ; Illinois 3.5% 4.4%
Cook County; Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area ;
17031 Illinois 8.0% 6.1%
DeKalb County; Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area ;
17037 Illinois 4.5% 3.8%
DuPage County; Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area ;
17043 Illinois 8.3% 5.2%
17053 Ford County; Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area; Illinois 2.5% 5.0%
17055 Franklin County, Illinois 6.8% 6.7%
17057 Fulton County; Canton, IL Micro Area; Illinois 5.2% 4.4%
17061 Greene County, Illinois 5.0% 5.6%
17071 Henderson County; Burlington, IA-IL Micro Area ; Illinois 1.0% 7.0%
Henry County; Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area ;
17073 Illinois 8.0% 5.5%
17075 Iroquois County, Illinois 6.7% 6.6%
17083 Jersey County; St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area ; Illinois 4.8% 5.2%
17087 Johnson County, Illinois 1.3% 3.4%
Kane County; Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area ;
17089 Illinois 7.2% 5.1%
17091 Kankakee County; Kankakee-Bradley, IL Metro Area; Illinois 7.2% 6.4%
Lake County; Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area ;
17097 Illinois 8.2% 5.5%
17109 McDonough County; Macomb, IL Micro Area; Illinois 3.4% 6.9%
McHenry County; Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area ;
17111 Illinois 7.1% 4.0%
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ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
17125 Mason County, Illinois 3.6% 5.8%
Mercer County; Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area ;
17131 Illinois 4.9% 5.2%
17139 Moultrie County, Illinois 8.0% 5.2%
17141 Ogle County; Rochelle, IL Micro Area; Illinois 5.8% 6.0%
17147 Piatt County; Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area; Illinois 5.7% 4.8%
17149 Pike County, Illinois 4.6% 6.6%
17153 Pulaski County, Illinois 5.2% 6.6%
Rock Island County; Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro
17161 Area; Illinois 7.0% 7.1%
17169 Schuyler County, Illinois N/A 6.3%
17171 Scott County; Jacksonville, IL Micro Area; Illinois 4.1% 6.8%
17173 Shelby County, Illinois 3.9% 6.7%
17181 Union County, Illinois 1.8% 4.4%
17195 Whiteside County; Sterling, IL Micro Area; Illinois 3.6% 7.0%
Will County; Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area;
17197 Illinois 8.0% 6.5%
17203 Woodford County; Peoria, IL Metro Area; Illinois 4.4% 6.7%
18001 Adams County; Decatur, IN Micro Area; Indiana 8.0% 6.2%
18007 Benton County; Lafayette, IN Metro Area; Indiana 4.3% 6.8%
18015 Carroll County; Lafayette, IN Metro Area; Indiana 4.2% 4.5%
Dearborn County; Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metro Area;
18029 Indiana 8.6% 7.0%
18031 Decatur County; Greensburg, IN Micro Area; Indiana 1.7% 6.4%
18037 Dubois County; Jasper, IN Micro Area; Indiana 6.1% 3.8%
Jasper County; Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area;
18073 Indiana 5.1% 5.2%
18085 Kosciusko County; Warsaw, IN Micro Area; Indiana 3.0% 6.4%
18087 LaGrange County, Indiana 5.7% 6.4%
Lake County; Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area;
18089 Indiana 7.8% 7.0%
18105 Monroe County; Bloomington, IN Metro Area; Indiana 8.5% 6.4%
Newton County; Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area;
18111 Indiana 5.9% 6.7%
18119 Owen County; Bloomington, IN Metro Area; Indiana 4.6% 5.5%
18121 Parke County, Indiana 7.5% 5.5%
Porter County; Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area;
18127 Indiana 7.1% 7.1%
18137 Ripley County, Indiana 6.0% 4.7%
18149 Starke County, Indiana 3.9% 4.5%
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ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
18157 Tippecanoe County; Lafayette, IN Metro Area; Indiana 6.6% 5.2%
18159 Tipton County; Kokomo, IN Metro Area; Indiana 1.8% 6.3%
18161 Union County, Indiana 5.7% 6.2%
18165 Vermillion County; Terre Haute, IN Metro Area; Indiana 7.5% 5.4%
18171 Warren County, Indiana 6.4% 5.8%
Washington County; Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro
18175 Area; Indiana 6.3% 6.5%
18181 White County, Indiana 8.5% 6.6%
18183 Whitley County; Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area; Indiana 6.7% 7.3%
19003 Adams County, Iowa 4.5% 6.9%
19005 Allamakee County, Iowa 7.4% 6.2%
19009 Audubon County, Iowa 4.3% 6.3%
19011 Benton County; Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area; Iowa 3.8% 6.7%
19013 Black Hawk County; Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area; Iowa 4.8% 4.9%
19015 Boone County; Boone, IA Micro Area; Iowa 2.9% 7.2%
19017 Bremer County; Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area; Iowa 3.0% 5.4%
19021 Buena Vista County; Storm Lake, IA Micro Area; Iowa 1.8% 5.7%
19023 Butler County, Iowa 2.5% 4.7%
19031 Cedar County, Iowa 0.9% 5.3%
19033 Cerro Gordo County; Mason City, IA Micro Area; Iowa 8.0% 5.4%
19037 Chickasaw County, Iowa 3.4% 6.8%
19041 Clay County; Spencer, IA Micro Area; Iowa 7.3% 4.2%
Dallas County; Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area;
19049 Iowa 4.5% 6.3%
19073 Greene County, Iowa 4.7% 6.3%
19075 Grundy County; Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area; Iowa 5.0% 4.7%
19079 Hamilton County, Iowa 6.4% 5.0%
19081 Hancock County, Iowa 5.3% 5.6%
19085 Harrison County; Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area; Iowa 5.5% 7.0%
19091 Humboldt County, Iowa 5.3% 5.7%
19097 Jackson County, Iowa 6.0% 5.2%
19103 Johnson County; Iowa City, IA Metro Area; Iowa 5.3% 3.4%
19105 Jones County; Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area; Iowa 6.5% 5.1%
19113 Linn County; Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area; Iowa 6.9% 5.9%
Madison County; Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area;
19121 Iowa 4.4% 7.2%
19131 Mitchell County, Iowa N/A 6.9%
19135 Monroe County, Iowa N/A 6.8%
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ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
19139 Muscatine County; Muscatine, IA Micro Area; Iowa 5.1% 6.3%
19153 Polk County; Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area; Iowa 5.7% 6.5%
19159 Ringgold County, Iowa 1.0% 5.3%
Scott County; Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metro Area;
19163 Iowa 8.0% 7.2%
19169 Story County; Ames, IA Metro Area; Iowa 4.2% 4.8%
19177 Van Buren County, Iowa 7.0% 5.9%
19179 Wapello County; Ottumwa, IA Micro Area; Iowa 7.4% 7.0%
Warren County; Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area;
19181 Iowa 2.8% 7.2%
19185 Wayne County, Iowa 2.2% 6.9%
19187 Webster County; Fort Dodge, IA Micro Area; Iowa 4.6% 7.3%
19191 Winneshiek County, Iowa 7.0% 5.9%
19197 Wright County, Iowa 6.7% 7.1%
20017 Chase County; Emporia, KS Micro Area; Kansas N/A 4.8%
20023 Cheyenne County, Kansas 5.8% 7.1%
20045 Douglas County; Lawrence, KS Metro Area; Kansas 6.3% 3.7%
20049 Elk County, Kansas N/A 7.3%
20059 Franklin County; Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area; Kansas 6.5% 5.4%
20073 Greenwood County, Kansas 3.7% 6.2%
20079 Harvey County; Wichita, KS Metro Area; Kansas 8.7% 7.0%
20087 Jefferson County; Topeka, KS Metro Area; Kansas 4.9% 4.8%
20091 Johnson County; Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area; Kansas 7.6% 7.2%
20107 Linn County; Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area; Kansas 4.7% 6.2%
20121 Miami County; Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area; Kansas 2.9% 5.9%
20131 Nemaha County, Kansas 4.7% 6.3%
20133 Neosho County, Kansas 3.3% 7.3%
20161 Riley County; Manhattan, KS Metro Area; Kansas 4.3% 3.7%
20183 Smith County, Kansas 6.3% 4.4%
20199 Wallace County, Kansas 4.8% 7.1%
21017 Bourbon County; Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area; Kentucky 4.7% 7.0%
Bracken County; Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metro Area;
21023 Kentucky 6.1% 3.5%
21025 Breathitt County, Kentucky 2.4% 7.0%
Bullitt County; Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area;
21029 Kentucky 6.1% 7.0%
21031 Butler County, Kentucky 7.3% 7.0%
21045 Casey County, Kentucky 2.1% 6.3%
21051 Clay County, Kentucky 4.0% 5.2%
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FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
21069 Fleming County, Kentucky 4.5% 6.9%
21097 Harrison County, Kentucky 7.3% 6.2%
21101 Henderson County; Evansville, IN-KY Metro Area; Kentucky 6.7% 6.4%
Henry County; Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area;
21103 Kentucky 1.8% 6.3%
21105 Hickman County, Kentucky N/A 4.5%
21109 Jackson County, Kentucky 4.7% 4.9%
21113 Jessamine County; Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area; Kentucky 5.6% 5.4%
21129 Lee County, Kentucky 5.9% 6.9%
21153 Magoffin County, Kentucky 8.3% 6.6%
Oldham County; Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area;
21185 Kentucky 5.7% 4.8%
21189 Owsley County, Kentucky 1.1% 6.4%
21197 Powell County, Kentucky 3.1% 7.2%
Shelby County; Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area;
21211 Kentucky 7.1% 5.0%
21221 Trigg County; Clarksville, TN-KY Metro Area; Kentucky 7.6% 4.6%
21229 Washington County, Kentucky 6.3% 1.9%
21239 Woodford County; Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area; Kentucky 3.2% 6.0%
22007 Assumption Parish; Pierre Part, LA Micro Area; Louisiana 6.0% 4.5%
22009 Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana 6.1% 4.9%
22025 Catahoula Parish, Louisiana 2.9% 6.2%
22029 Concordia Parish; Natchez, MS-LA Micro Area; Louisiana 5.6% 5.8%
22037 East Feliciana Parish; Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area; Louisiana 1.2% 6.9%
22039 Evangeline Parish, Louisiana 8.5% 6.4%
22041 Franklin Parish, Louisiana 1.8% 5.4%
22045 Iberia Parish; New Iberia, LA Micro Area; Louisiana 4.0% 5.9%
22065 Madison Parish; Tallulah, LA Micro Area; Louisiana 3.7% 5.7%
Plaquemines Parish; New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metro
22075 Area; Louisiana 2.6% 5.0%
22081 Red River Parish, Louisiana 2.9% 7.1%
22083 Richland Parish, Louisiana 5.4% 6.6%
St. Bernard Parish; New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metro Area;
22087 Louisiana 4.4% 6.0%
22091 St. Helena Parish; Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area; Louisiana N/A 4.6%
22125 West Feliciana Parish; Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area; Louisiana 2.5% 7.1%
Cumberland County; Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME
23005 Metro Area; Maine 5.7% 3.7%
23009 Hancock County, Maine 8.1% 4.9%
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ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
23013 Knox County; Rockland, ME Micro Area; Maine 7.3% 5.1%
23019 Penobscot County; Bangor, ME Metro Area; Maine 5.9% 6.2%
Sagadahoc County; Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME Metro
23023 Area; Maine 7.5% 6.2%
Anne Arundel County; Baltimore-Towson, MD Metro Area;
24003 Maryland 6.3% 4.7%
24005 Baltimore County; Baltimore-Towson, MD Metro Area; Maryland 6.2% 6.0%
Calvert County; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
24009 Metro Area; Maryland 3.9% 7.2%
24011 Caroline County, Maryland 4.5% 7.1%
24013 Carroll County; Baltimore-Towson, MD Metro Area; Maryland 6.0% 4.9%
Charles County; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-
24017 WV Metro Area; Maryland 5.4% 4.4%
24019 Dorchester County; Cambridge, MD Micro Area; Maryland 4.7% 7.1%
Frederick County; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-
24021 WV Metro Area; Maryland 5.5% 4.8%
24025 Harford County; Baltimore-Towson, MD Metro Area; Maryland 6.0% 5.9%
Montgomery County; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-
24031 MD-WV Metro Area; Maryland 5.3% 3.1%
Prince George's County; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-
24033 VA-MD-WV Metro Area; Maryland 8.1% 5.4%
Queen Anne's County; Baltimore-Towson, MD Metro Area;
24035 Maryland 4.9% 5.2%
24041 Talbot County; Easton, MD Micro Area; Maryland 3.1% 5.9%
Washington County; Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro
24043 Area; Maryland 7.4% 5.7%
24045 Wicomico County; Salisbury, MD Metro Area; Maryland 5.6% 5.2%
Barnstable County; Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area;
25001 Massachusetts 6.5% 5.8%
Bristol County; Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA Metro
25005 Area; Massachusetts 5.1% 5.6%
25007 Dukes County, Massachusetts 6.6% 4.3%
Essex County; Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro Area;
25009 Massachusetts 6.3% 3.4%
25011 Franklin County; Springfield, MA Metro Area; Massachusetts 2.3% 2.9%
25013 Hampden County; Springfield, MA Metro Area; Massachusetts 5.0% 5.5%
25015 Hampshire County; Springfield, MA Metro Area; Massachusetts 4.8% 2.4%
Middlesex County; Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro
25017 Area; Massachusetts 5.8% 2.4%
Norfolk County; Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro Area;
25021 Massachusetts 3.8% 2.8%
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ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
Plymouth County; Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro
25023 Area; Massachusetts 4.4% 3.4%
Suffolk County; Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro Area;
25025 Massachusetts 5.5% 3.4%
25027 Worcester County; Worcester, MA Metro Area; Massachusetts 7.8% 4.5%
26005 Allegan County; Allegan, MI Micro Area; Michigan 6.5% 7.1%
26007 Alpena County; Alpena, MI Micro Area; Michigan 6.8% 5.5%
26015 Barry County; Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metro Area; Michigan 7.6% 6.6%
Cass County; South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area;
26027 Michigan 8.5% 6.3%
26029 Charlevoix County, Michigan 5.9% 5.4%
26031 Cheboygan County, Michigan 8.0% 6.3%
26045 Eaton County; Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area; Michigan 8.0% 5.2%
26051 Gladwin County, Michigan 6.8% 5.9%
26055 Grand Traverse County; Traverse City, MI Micro Area; Michigan 8.3% 5.0%
26061 Houghton County; Houghton, MI Micro Area; Michigan 4.4% 6.7%
26063 Huron County, Michigan 8.2% 6.7%
26067 Ionia County; Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metro Area; Michigan 6.3% 6.5%
26077 Kalamazoo County; Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area; Michigan 8.6% 6.8%
26081 Kent County; Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metro Area; Michigan 7.8% 6.2%
26087 Lapeer County; Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area; Michigan 7.2% 7.2%
26091 Lenawee County; Adrian, MI Micro Area; Michigan 6.8% 7.0%
Macomb County; Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Metro Area;
26099 Michigan 7.2% 5.1%
26111 Midland County; Midland, MI Micro Area; Michigan 6.0% 6.7%
26115 Monroe County; Monroe, MI Metro Area; Michigan 8.0% 6.6%
26119 Montmorency County, Michigan 4.2% 5.0%
Newaygo County; Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metro Area;
26123 Michigan 6.2% 6.4%
26129 Ogemaw County, Michigan 4.8% 4.5%
Saginaw County; Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI Metro
26145 Area; Michigan 8.7% 7.0%
26165 Wexford County; Cadillac, MI Micro Area; Michigan 5.4% 6.5%
Anoka County; Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro
27003 Area; Minnesota 7.6% 2.1%
27005 Becker County, Minnesota 1.7% 5.7%
27007 Beltrami County; Bemidji, MN Micro Area; Minnesota 6.2% 4.0%
Blue Earth County; Mankato-North Mankato, MN Metro Area;
27013 Minnesota 5.6% 3.4%
27017 Carlton County; Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area; Minnesota 2.5% 4.3%
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FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
Carver County; Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro
27019 Area; Minnesota 4.3% 2.8%
27021 Cass County; Brainerd, MN Micro Area; Minnesota 4.6% 4.1%
Chisago County; Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
27025 Metro Area; Minnesota 5.3% 2.2%
27029 Clearwater County, Minnesota 5.5% 5.3%
27031 Cook County, Minnesota 4.9% 6.3%
27035 Crow Wing County; Brainerd, MN Micro Area; Minnesota 4.6% 2.6%
Dakota County; Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro
27037 Area; Minnesota 8.2% 2.5%
27041 Douglas County; Alexandria, MN Micro Area; Minnesota 2.3% 6.5%
27049 Goodhue County; Red Wing, MN Micro Area; Minnesota 6.0% 4.7%
Hennepin County; Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
27053 Metro Area; Minnesota 6.5% 2.7%
Isanti County; Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro
27059 Area; Minnesota 8.7% 6.0%
27061 Itasca County, Minnesota 4.5% 4.2%
27065 Kanabec County, Minnesota 3.1% 5.0%
27087 Mahnomen County, Minnesota 5.9% 6.8%
27093 Meeker County, Minnesota 7.4% 4.3%
27095 Mille Lacs County, Minnesota 3.4% 3.3%
27097 Morrison County, Minnesota 3.0% 4.0%
27099 Mower County; Austin, MN Micro Area; Minnesota 5.1% 6.2%
Nicollet County; Mankato-North Mankato, MN Metro Area;
27103 Minnesota 2.3% 6.4%
27105 Nobles County; Worthington, MN Micro Area; Minnesota 2.4% 7.1%
27111 Otter Tail County; Fergus Falls, MN Micro Area; Minnesota 6.1% 6.0%
27115 Pine County, Minnesota 3.9% 4.2%
27121 Pope County, Minnesota 4.2% 4.0%
Ramsey County; Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
27123 Metro Area; Minnesota 6.6% 2.6%
27137 St. Louis County; Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area; Minnesota 5.2% 6.1%
Scott County; Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro
27139 Area; Minnesota 6.7% 4.7%
27143 Sibley County, Minnesota 7.9% 5.7%
27145 Stearns County; St. Cloud, MN Metro Area; Minnesota 6.8% 3.4%
27149 Stevens County, Minnesota 7.2% 6.8%
27157 Wabasha County; Rochester, MN Metro Area; Minnesota 7.4% 5.2%
27159 Wadena County, Minnesota 7.0% 6.4%
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ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
Washington County; Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
27163 Metro Area; Minnesota 6.7% 5.0%
27169 Winona County; Winona, MN Micro Area; Minnesota 4.8% 5.1%
Wright County; Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro
27171 Area; Minnesota 3.9% 2.5%
28005 Amite County; McComb, MS Micro Area; Mississippi 4.7% 4.0%
28011 Bolivar County; Cleveland, MS Micro Area; Mississippi 6.2% 6.5%
28013 Calhoun County, Mississippi 2.7% 6.5%
28021 Claiborne County, Mississippi 8.7% 7.1%
28027 Coahoma County; Clarksdale, MS Micro Area; Mississippi 5.9% 5.1%
28051 Holmes County, Mississippi 2.6% 4.7%
28053 Humphreys County, Mississippi N/A 3.5%
28061 Jasper County; Laurel, MS Micro Area; Mississippi 3.2% 4.5%
28069 Kemper County; Meridian, MS Micro Area; Mississippi 1.2% 2.4%
28089 Madison County; Jackson, MS Metro Area; Mississippi 6.8% 5.3%
28093 Marshall County; Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area; Mississippi 5.6% 7.0%
28103 Noxubee County, Mississippi 2.3% 7.2%
28119 Quitman County, Mississippi 8.2% 3.7%
28123 Scott County, Mississippi 6.8% 7.0%
28125 Sharkey County, Mississippi 6.5% 6.7%
28133 Sunflower County; Indianola, MS Micro Area; Mississippi 3.4% 6.3%
28135 Tallahatchie County, Mississippi 7.8% 4.0%
28137 Tate County; Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area; Mississippi 7.1% 4.6%
28145 Union County, Mississippi 7.6% 5.8%
28147 Walthall County, Mississippi 3.5% 4.9%
28155 Webster County, Mississippi 2.3% 4.4%
28157 Wilkinson County, Mississippi 2.2% 1.3%
29003 Andrew County; St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area; Missouri N/A 6.3%
29013 Bates County; Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area; Missouri 4.9% 6.3%
Bollinger County; Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL Metro Area;
29017 Missouri 5.9% 6.4%
29019 Boone County; Columbia, MO Metro Area; Missouri 6.6% 7.3%
29037 Cass County; Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area; Missouri 6.5% 7.1%
29045 Clark County; Fort Madison-Keokuk, IA-MO Micro Area; Missouri 6.3% 7.2%
29049 Clinton County; Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area; Missouri 6.2% 7.2%
29051 Cole County; Jefferson City, MO Metro Area; Missouri 6.0% 7.0%
29093 Iron County, Missouri 3.9% 7.1%
29183 St. Charles County; St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area; Missouri 6.8% 5.8%
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ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
29186 Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri 6.6% 5.8%
29189 St. Louis County; St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area; Missouri 6.7% 7.0%
29219 Warren County; St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area; Missouri 1.9% 6.7%
29227 Worth County, Missouri 8.6% 6.1%
30005 Blaine County, Montana 5.5% 7.0%
30013 Cascade County; Great Falls, MT Metro Area; Montana 5.3% 6.5%
30029 Flathead County; Kalispell, MT Micro Area; Montana 7.0% 6.3%
30031 Gallatin County; Bozeman, MT Micro Area; Montana 4.5% 6.0%
30049 Lewis and Clark County; Helena, MT Micro Area; Montana 5.3% 5.6%
30063 Missoula County; Missoula, MT Metro Area; Montana 6.0% 4.6%
30081 Ravalli County, Montana 8.1% 6.2%
30095 Stillwater County, Montana 3.4% 5.6%
30099 Teton County, Montana 1.5% 6.1%
30103 Treasure County, Montana 3.8% 6.9%
30105 Valley County, Montana 7.8% 7.3%
30111 Yellowstone County; Billings, MT Metro Area; Montana 4.0% 5.4%
31005 Arthur County, Nebraska N/A 5.3%
31007 Banner County; Scottsbluff, NE Micro Area; Nebraska 2.7% N/A
31019 Buffalo County; Kearney, NE Micro Area; Nebraska 7.2% 5.9%
31021 Burt County, Nebraska 5.0% 6.3%
31039 Cuming County, Nebraska 0.8% 5.3%
31051 Dixon County; Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area; Nebraska 5.6% 6.4%
31059 Fillmore County, Nebraska 1.4% 7.2%
31061 Franklin County, Nebraska 8.2% 5.6%
31109 Lancaster County; Lincoln, NE Metro Area; Nebraska 7.5% 6.6%
31117 McPherson County; North Platte, NE Micro Area; Nebraska 4.5% 6.2%
31121 Merrick County; Grand Island, NE Micro Area; Nebraska 4.6% 6.1%
31149 Rock County, Nebraska 6.7% 6.9%
31153 Sarpy County; Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area; Nebraska 6.9% 5.1%
31159 Seward County; Lincoln, NE Metro Area; Nebraska 5.3% 6.9%
31165 Sioux County, Nebraska 6.9% 5.7%
31167 Stanton County; Norfolk, NE Micro Area; Nebraska N/A 6.1%
31173 Thurston County, Nebraska 7.0% 4.1%
Washington County; Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area;
31177 Nebraska 5.8% 6.9%
31179 Wayne County, Nebraska 7.1% 6.0%
33001 Belknap County; Laconia, NH Micro Area; New Hampshire 4.7% 6.3%
33005 Cheshire County; Keene, NH Micro Area; New Hampshire 4.9% 3.4%
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ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
33009 Grafton County; Lebanon, NH-VT Micro Area; New Hampshire 7.6% 3.8%
Hillsborough County; Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area; New
33011 Hampshire 6.9% 2.5%
33013 Merrimack County; Concord, NH Micro Area; New Hampshire 4.5% 3.1%
Rockingham County; Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro
33015 Area; New Hampshire 7.4% 3.0%
Strafford County; Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro Area;
33017 New Hampshire 4.7% 2.6%
33019 Sullivan County; Claremont, NH Micro Area; New Hampshire 3.9% 6.5%
Bergen County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-
34003 NJ-PA Metro Area; New Jersey 3.8% 2.8%
Burlington County; Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-
34005 MD Metro Area; New Jersey 6.1% 5.9%
Camden County; Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
34007 Metro Area; New Jersey 5.5% 7.2%
Cumberland County; Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ Metro Area;
34011 New Jersey 8.1% 6.1%
Essex County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-
34013 PA Metro Area; New Jersey 7.1% 5.8%
Gloucester County; Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-
34015 MD Metro Area; New Jersey 7.7% 6.7%
Hudson County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-
34017 NJ-PA Metro Area; New Jersey 6.2% 3.5%
Hunterdon County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
34019 NY-NJ-PA Metro Area; New Jersey 2.2% 4.4%
34021 Mercer County; Trenton-Ewing, NJ Metro Area; New Jersey 7.7% 6.0%
Middlesex County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
34023 NY-NJ-PA Metro Area; New Jersey 5.3% 3.0%
Monmouth County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
34025 NY-NJ-PA Metro Area; New Jersey 5.6% 4.5%
Morris County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-
34027 NJ-PA Metro Area; New Jersey 6.0% 2.8%
Passaic County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-
34031 NJ-PA Metro Area; New Jersey 6.5% 3.1%
Sussex County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-
34037 NJ-PA Metro Area; New Jersey 3.5% 4.8%
Union County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-
34039 NJ-PA Metro Area; New Jersey 6.5% 3.9%
Warren County; Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area;
34041 New Jersey 7.0% 6.5%
35033 Mora County, New Mexico 7.1% 5.6%
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County
ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
Albany County; Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area; New
36001 York 4.8% 6.7%
Bronx County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-
36005 NJ-PA Metro Area; New York 3.7% 4.6%
36019 Clinton County; Plattsburgh, NY Micro Area; New York 5.3% 7.0%
36021 Columbia County; Hudson, NY Micro Area; New York 5.9% 5.6%
Dutchess County; Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY
36027 Metro Area; New York 6.0% 4.8%
Kings County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-
36047 PA Metro Area; New York 3.7% 3.8%
Nassau County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-
36059 NJ-PA Metro Area; New York 6.3% 2.2%
New York County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
36061 NY-NJ-PA Metro Area; New York 2.5% 3.9%
Orange County; Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Metro
36071 Area; New York 4.2% 4.7%
Putnam County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-
36079 NJ-PA Metro Area; New York 5.0% 2.7%
Queens County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-
36081 NJ-PA Metro Area; New York 3.3% 2.8%
Richmond County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
36085 NY-NJ-PA Metro Area; New York 8.2% 4.8%
Rockland County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
36087 NY-NJ-PA Metro Area; New York 4.2% 3.1%
Saratoga County; Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area; New
36091 York 6.0% 5.8%
Suffolk County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-
36103 NJ-PA Metro Area; New York 6.5% 3.7%
36109 Tompkins County; Ithaca, NY Metro Area; New York 3.3% 4.1%
36111 Ulster County; Kingston, NY Metro Area; New York 4.2% 5.6%
Westchester County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island,
36119 NY-NJ-PA Metro Area; New York 5.2% 3.5%
36121 Wyoming County, New York 5.2% 7.0%
37005 Alleghany County, North Carolina 2.1% 5.7%
37015 Bertie County, North Carolina 4.4% 6.9%
Burke County; Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area; North
37023 Carolina 8.5% 7.1%
37029 Camden County; Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area; North Carolina N/A 3.0%
37041 Chowan County, North Carolina 1.6% 6.8%
37043 Clay County, North Carolina 7.6% 5.1%
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ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
Davidson County; Thomasville-Lexington, NC Micro Area; North
37057 Carolina 6.1% 6.0%
37073 Gates County, North Carolina 2.0% 3.7%
37077 Granville County, North Carolina 3.6% 6.7%
37079 Greene County; Greenville, NC Metro Area; North Carolina 4.5% 6.7%
37083 Halifax County; Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area; North Carolina 6.0% 7.0%
37091 Hertford County, North Carolina 7.2% 5.6%
37109 Lincoln County; Lincolnton, NC Micro Area; North Carolina 4.5% 5.6%
37111 McDowell County, North Carolina 7.5% 5.8%
37117 Martin County, North Carolina 5.6% 5.7%
37121 Mitchell County, North Carolina 1.2% 6.6%
37123 Montgomery County, North Carolina 5.9% 5.3%
Northampton County; Roanoke Rapids, NC Micro Area; North
37131 Carolina 1.7% 4.9%
37143 Perquimans County; Elizabeth City, NC Micro Area; North Carolina 2.6% 5.3%
Person County; Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area; North
37145 Carolina 5.5% 5.8%
37169 Stokes County; Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area; North Carolina 7.0% 7.1%
37175 Transylvania County; Brevard, NC Micro Area; North Carolina 4.6% 5.6%
37177 Tyrrell County, North Carolina 3.7% 5.0%
Union County; Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC Metro Area;
37179 North Carolina 5.5% 3.6%
37181 Vance County; Henderson, NC Micro Area; North Carolina 6.4% 5.7%
37187 Washington County, North Carolina 4.4% 6.1%
37189 Watauga County; Boone, NC Micro Area; North Carolina 6.6% 7.0%
37195 Wilson County; Wilson, NC Micro Area; North Carolina 6.5% 5.2%
38015 Burleigh County; Bismarck, ND Metro Area; North Dakota 5.5% 5.3%
38017 Cass County; Fargo, ND-MN Metro Area; North Dakota 4.5% 5.0%
Grand Forks County; Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area; North
38035 Dakota 6.9% 6.2%
38079 Rolette County, North Dakota 7.8% 7.3%
38085 Sioux County, North Dakota 3.5% 3.3%
38091 Steele County, North Dakota 5.0% 5.2%
38101 Ward County; Minot, ND Micro Area; North Dakota 3.7% 5.3%
39001 Adams County, Ohio 8.6% 7.0%
39005 Ashland County; Ashland, OH Micro Area; Ohio 5.1% 6.5%
Brown County; Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metro Area;
39015 Ohio 6.3% 7.1%
39019 Carroll County; Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area; Ohio 2.9% 5.9%
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ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
39029 Columbiana County; East Liverpool-Salem, OH Micro Area; Ohio 6.2% 6.1%
39037 Darke County; Greenville, OH Micro Area; Ohio 3.9% 5.7%
39045 Fairfield County; Columbus, OH Metro Area; Ohio 5.8% 6.3%
39055 Geauga County; Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metro Area; Ohio 7.3% 5.9%
39057 Greene County; Dayton, OH Metro Area; Ohio 6.1% 7.2%
39067 Harrison County, Ohio 2.0% 7.2%
39069 Henry County, Ohio 5.9% 6.6%
39071 Highland County, Ohio 5.0% 7.1%
39073 Hocking County, Ohio 6.1% 4.3%
39075 Holmes County, Ohio 5.0% 5.7%
39077 Huron County; Norwalk, OH Micro Area; Ohio 7.9% 5.8%
39083 Knox County; Mount Vernon, OH Micro Area; Ohio 5.5% 6.4%
39085 Lake County; Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH Metro Area; Ohio 7.4% 6.3%
39089 Licking County; Columbus, OH Metro Area; Ohio 5.3% 6.5%
39091 Logan County; Bellefontaine, OH Micro Area; Ohio 2.5% 7.3%
39097 Madison County; Columbus, OH Metro Area; Ohio 4.3% 7.0%
39107 Mercer County; Celina, OH Micro Area; Ohio 5.4% 6.4%
39109 Miami County; Dayton, OH Metro Area; Ohio 8.1% 7.1%
39117 Morrow County; Columbus, OH Metro Area; Ohio 1.0% 4.6%
39121 Noble County, Ohio 5.5% 3.9%
39125 Paulding County, Ohio 8.6% 6.5%
39129 Pickaway County; Columbus, OH Metro Area; Ohio 6.9% 5.9%
39135 Preble County; Dayton, OH Metro Area; Ohio 1.7% 6.0%
39137 Putnam County, Ohio 8.1% 5.7%
39163 Vinton County, Ohio 4.8% 3.7%
39169 Wayne County; Wooster, OH Micro Area; Ohio 6.3% 7.0%
39171 Williams County, Ohio 6.5% 5.5%
39173 Wood County; Toledo, OH Metro Area; Ohio 7.5% 5.4%
41027 Hood River County; Hood River, OR Micro Area; Oregon 7.4% 2.1%
41029 Jackson County; Medford, OR Metro Area; Oregon 3.8% 5.7%
41033 Josephine County; Grants Pass, OR Micro Area; Oregon 4.0% 6.7%
41039 Lane County; Eugene-Springfield, OR Metro Area; Oregon 4.4% 6.4%
Multnomah County; Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA
41051 Metro Area; Oregon 5.1% 6.8%
41053 Polk County; Salem, OR Metro Area; Oregon 7.6% 7.1%
Washington County; Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA
41067 Metro Area; Oregon 5.7% 7.1%
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County
ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
Yamhill County; Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metro
41071 Area; Oregon 5.0% 5.5%
42001 Adams County; Gettysburg, PA Micro Area; Pennsylvania 1.7% 3.9%
42005 Armstrong County; Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area; Pennsylvania 4.0% 6.5%
42009 Bedford County, Pennsylvania 3.8% 6.7%
42011 Berks County; Reading, PA Metro Area; Pennsylvania 6.1% 6.7%
42013 Blair County; Altoona, PA Metro Area; Pennsylvania 5.8% 7.2%
Bucks County; Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
42017 Metro Area; Pennsylvania 8.2% 4.4%
42019 Butler County; Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area; Pennsylvania 5.6% 6.0%
42027 Centre County; State College, PA Metro Area; Pennsylvania 2.4% 3.4%
Chester County; Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
42029 Metro Area; Pennsylvania 5.4% 5.0%
42031 Clarion County, Pennsylvania 8.2% 6.6%
42033 Clearfield County; DuBois, PA Micro Area; Pennsylvania 5.5% 6.0%
42035 Clinton County; Lock Haven, PA Micro Area; Pennsylvania 2.4% 5.2%
Columbia County; Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area;
42037 Pennsylvania 5.5% 7.1%
Cumberland County; Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area;
42041 Pennsylvania 3.0% 6.7%
Delaware County; Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-
42045 MD Metro Area; Pennsylvania 7.3% 6.3%
42053 Forest County, Pennsylvania 3.3% 7.0%
42055 Franklin County; Chambersburg, PA Micro Area; Pennsylvania 4.5% 7.1%
42057 Fulton County, Pennsylvania 2.0% 6.9%
42061 Huntingdon County; Huntingdon, PA Micro Area; Pennsylvania 8.1% 6.9%
42065 Jefferson County, Pennsylvania 4.2% 6.3%
42067 Juniata County, Pennsylvania 2.4% 5.4%
42071 Lancaster County; Lancaster, PA Metro Area; Pennsylvania 4.2% 5.1%
42075 Lebanon County; Lebanon, PA Metro Area; Pennsylvania 3.6% 6.9%
Lehigh County; Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area;
42077 Pennsylvania 4.9% 7.1%
Mercer County; Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metro
42085 Area; Pennsylvania 7.9% 6.8%
42089 Monroe County; East Stroudsburg, PA Micro Area; Pennsylvania 4.9% 5.8%
Montgomery County; Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-
42091 DE-MD Metro Area; Pennsylvania 6.4% 5.9%
Northampton County; Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro
42095 Area; Pennsylvania 5.2% 6.2%
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ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
Pike County; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-
42103 PA Metro Area; Pennsylvania 5.8% 5.0%
42105 Potter County, Pennsylvania 5.7% 6.8%
42109 Snyder County; Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area; Pennsylvania 2.0% 5.1%
42111 Somerset County; Somerset, PA Micro Area; Pennsylvania 5.7% 7.1%
42115 Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania 2.7% 7.0%
42117 Tioga County, Pennsylvania 3.6% 6.2%
42119 Union County; Lewisburg, PA Micro Area; Pennsylvania 3.6% 6.4%
42121 Venango County; Oil City, PA Micro Area; Pennsylvania 3.7% 6.4%
42127 Wayne County, Pennsylvania 3.7% 7.1%
Wyoming County; Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area;
42131 Pennsylvania 1.0% 5.2%
Bristol County; Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA Metro
44001 Area; Rhode Island 2.8% 4.3%
Kent County; Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA Metro
44003 Area; Rhode Island 5.1% 4.8%
Newport County; Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA
44005 Metro Area; Rhode Island 6.4% 5.5%
Providence County; Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA
44007 Metro Area; Rhode Island 7.7% 5.1%
45005 Allendale County, South Carolina 7.4% 4.6%
45017 Calhoun County; Columbia, SC Metro Area; South Carolina 1.8% 4.8%
45039 Fairfield County; Columbia, SC Metro Area; South Carolina 7.5% 6.5%
45065 McCormick County, South Carolina 6.5% 7.0%
45081 Saluda County; Columbia, SC Metro Area; South Carolina 6.8% 5.5%
45089 Williamsburg County, South Carolina 2.9% 6.6%
46011 Brookings County; Brookings, SD Micro Area; South Dakota 4.8% 7.0%
46015 Brule County, South Dakota 2.7% 6.7%
46017 Buffalo County, South Dakota N/A 4.9%
46031 Corson County, South Dakota 3.5% 4.1%
46033 Custer County, South Dakota 8.2% 5.1%
46049 Faulk County, South Dakota 4.1% 5.7%
46059 Hand County, South Dakota 3.7% 5.1%
46067 Hutchinson County, South Dakota 6.0% 5.9%
46079 Lake County, South Dakota 5.8% 3.0%
46099 Minnehaha County; Sioux Falls, SD Metro Area; South Dakota 7.7% 5.0%
46103 Pennington County; Rapid City, SD Metro Area; South Dakota 6.7% 5.8%
46109 Roberts County, South Dakota 5.2% 5.7%
46111 Sanborn County, South Dakota 3.2% 6.3%
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ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
46113 Shannon County, South Dakota 1.1% 0.6%
46121 Todd County, South Dakota 8.1% 4.8%
47003 Bedford County; Shelbyville, TN Micro Area; Tennessee 4.7% 6.1%
Cheatham County; Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin,
47021 TN Metro Area; Tennessee 3.9% 6.6%
47047 Fayette County; Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area; Tennessee 6.4% 6.7%
47127 Moore County; Tullahoma, TN Micro Area; Tennessee 4.4% 3.5%
Robertson County; Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin,
47147 TN Metro Area; Tennessee 7.4% 5.2%
47171 Unicoi County; Johnson City, TN Metro Area; Tennessee 8.1% 6.4%
47175 Van Buren County, Tennessee 5.9% 6.4%
48013 Atascosa County; San Antonio, TX Metro Area; Texas 5.7% 5.7%
Austin County; Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metro Area;
48015 Texas 8.5% 3.6%
48033 Borden County, Texas N/A N/A
48035 Bosque County, Texas 7.0% 6.5%
48041 Brazos County; College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area; Texas 7.7% 6.6%
48053 Burnet County, Texas 4.9% 6.9%
48055 Caldwell County; Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area; Texas 3.8% 4.6%
48095 Concho County, Texas 1.7% 5.6%
48097 Cooke County; Gainesville, TX Micro Area; Texas 5.8% 6.0%
48119 Delta County; Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area; Texas 1.0% 6.1%
48123 DeWitt County, Texas 7.1% 7.1%
48137 Edwards County, Texas 2.7% 4.3%
48139 Ellis County; Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area; Texas 6.9% 6.8%
Fort Bend County; Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metro Area;
48157 Texas 7.3% 6.4%
48171 Gillespie County; Fredericksburg, TX Micro Area; Texas 1.5% 3.6%
48173 Glasscock County, Texas N/A 7.0%
48205 Hartley County, Texas 1.1% 6.8%
48209 Hays County; Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area; Texas 6.1% 4.6%
48225 Houston County, Texas 7.3% 7.1%
48247 Jim Hogg County, Texas 5.9% 4.8%
Johnson County; Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area;
48251 Texas 5.8% 6.8%
Kaufman County; Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area;
48257 Texas 6.7% 7.2%
48261 Kenedy County; Kingsville, TX Micro Area; Texas N/A N/A
48267 Kimble County, Texas 5.1% 5.9%
46
2009
County
ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
48269 King County, Texas N/A N/A
48293 Limestone County, Texas 6.0% 6.1%
48301 Loving County, Texas N/A N/A
48305 Lynn County, Texas N/A 7.3%
48307 McCulloch County, Texas 0.5% 5.8%
48327 Menard County, Texas 3.7% 6.5%
Rockwall County; Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area;
48397 Texas 3.0% 6.1%
48421 Sherman County, Texas 5.5% 6.5%
48425 Somervell County; Granbury, TX Micro Area; Texas N/A 6.6%
48453 Travis County; Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area; Texas 8.1% 3.2%
48467 Van Zandt County, Texas 4.2% 5.6%
48477 Washington County; Brenham, TX Micro Area; Texas 4.0% 6.6%
48479 Webb County; Laredo, TX Metro Area; Texas 6.4% 6.6%
48491 Williamson County; Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area; Texas 6.3% 3.8%
48495 Winkler County, Texas 0.8% 5.2%
49005 Cache County; Logan, UT-ID Metro Area; Utah 4.8% 4.7%
49009 Daggett County, Utah 3.7% 3.3%
49011 Davis County; Ogden-Clearfield, UT Metro Area; Utah 6.5% 6.2%
49021 Iron County; Cedar City, UT Micro Area; Utah 6.8% 7.0%
49023 Juab County; Provo-Orem, UT Metro Area; Utah 3.4% 2.3%
49027 Millard County, Utah 4.3% 6.9%
49031 Piute County, Utah N/A 4.3%
49035 Salt Lake County; Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area; Utah 5.9% 6.9%
49047 Uintah County; Vernal, UT Micro Area; Utah 5.3% 6.7%
49049 Utah County; Provo-Orem, UT Metro Area; Utah 5.3% 3.4%
50001 Addison County, Vermont 8.1% 3.4%
50003 Bennington County; Bennington, VT Micro Area; Vermont 2.2% 4.8%
50005 Caledonia County, Vermont 6.9% 6.3%
Chittenden County; Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area;
50007 Vermont 3.8% 1.8%
Franklin County; Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area;
50011 Vermont 5.4% 2.7%
Grand Isle County; Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area;
50013 Vermont 4.6% 5.6%
50015 Lamoille County, Vermont 4.5% 2.9%
50021 Rutland County; Rutland, VT Micro Area; Vermont 7.2% 4.7%
50023 Washington County; Barre, VT Micro Area; Vermont 6.1% 3.5%
50025 Windham County, Vermont 8.2% 5.1%
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2009
County
ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
50027 Windsor County; Lebanon, NH-VT Micro Area; Vermont 6.7% 5.0%
51003 Albemarle County; Charlottesville, VA Metro Area; Virginia 5.5% 3.9%
51005 Alleghany County, Virginia 3.1% 5.3%
51007 Amelia County; Richmond, VA Metro Area; Virginia N/A 4.9%
51009 Amherst County; Lynchburg, VA Metro Area; Virginia 2.3% 5.0%
Arlington County; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-
51013 WV Metro Area; Virginia 6.6% 2.3%
51015 Augusta County; Staunton-Waynesboro, VA Micro Area; Virginia 6.0% 5.4%
51017 Bath County, Virginia 5.6% 2.9%
51019 Bedford County; Lynchburg, VA Metro Area; Virginia 6.9% 6.3%
51021 Bland County, Virginia 3.8% 6.7%
51025 Brunswick County, Virginia 1.7% 1.8%
51029 Buckingham County, Virginia 3.5% 3.5%
51031 Campbell County; Lynchburg, VA Metro Area; Virginia 4.6% 6.9%
51033 Caroline County; Richmond, VA Metro Area; Virginia 8.1% 3.9%
Clarke County; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
51043 Metro Area; Virginia 7.1% 3.1%
51045 Craig County; Roanoke, VA Metro Area; Virginia 1.1% 3.9%
51047 Culpeper County; Culpeper, VA Micro Area; Virginia 7.4% 2.5%
51049 Cumberland County; Richmond, VA Metro Area; Virginia N/A 3.3%
51057 Essex County, Virginia 2.7% 3.0%
Fairfax County; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
51059 Metro Area; Virginia 5.0% 2.3%
51063 Floyd County, Virginia 7.8% 6.4%
51065 Fluvanna County; Charlottesville, VA Metro Area; Virginia 3.8% 4.0%
51067 Franklin County; Roanoke, VA Metro Area; Virginia 6.4% 5.8%
51069 Frederick County; Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area; Virginia 6.6% 5.5%
Gloucester County; Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
51073 Metro Area; Virginia 2.5% 4.9%
51075 Goochland County; Richmond, VA Metro Area; Virginia 6.0% 6.9%
51079 Greene County; Charlottesville, VA Metro Area; Virginia 1.4% 3.0%
51081 Greensville County, Virginia 5.7% 3.1%
51083 Halifax County, Virginia 8.4% 7.1%
51085 Hanover County; Richmond, VA Metro Area; Virginia 5.2% 5.7%
51087 Henrico County; Richmond, VA Metro Area; Virginia 6.8% 5.2%
Isle of Wight County; Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-
51093 NC Metro Area; Virginia 3.0% 5.1%
51097 King and Queen County; Richmond, VA Metro Area; Virginia 2.7% 2.6%
51101 King William County; Richmond, VA Metro Area; Virginia 3.2% 5.0%
48
2009
County
ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
51103 Lancaster County, Virginia 1.8% 7.0%
51109 Louisa County; Richmond, VA Metro Area; Virginia 3.9% 3.5%
51111 Lunenburg County, Virginia 7.4% 4.6%
51113 Madison County, Virginia 4.7% 3.4%
Mathews County; Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
51115 Metro Area; Virginia N/A 4.0%
51119 Middlesex County, Virginia 7.8% 4.9%
Montgomery County; Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
51121 Metro Area; Virginia 4.9% 3.5%
51125 Nelson County; Charlottesville, VA Metro Area; Virginia 7.6% 3.2%
51127 New Kent County; Richmond, VA Metro Area; Virginia N/A 2.1%
51131 Northampton County, Virginia 3.8% 4.6%
51133 Northumberland County, Virginia N/A 3.0%
51135 Nottoway County, Virginia 3.0% 4.8%
51139 Page County, Virginia 3.6% 4.2%
51149 Prince George County; Richmond, VA Metro Area; Virginia 4.8% 4.6%
Prince William County; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-
51153 MD-WV Metro Area; Virginia 8.3% 3.6%
Pulaski County; Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro
51155 Area; Virginia 6.3% 6.6%
51157 Rappahannock County, Virginia N/A 3.3%
51159 Richmond County, Virginia 2.1% 3.6%
51161 Roanoke County; Roanoke, VA Metro Area; Virginia 6.4% 5.6%
51165 Rockingham County; Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area; Virginia 2.3% 4.2%
51171 Shenandoah County, Virginia 6.3% 4.1%
51183 Sussex County; Richmond, VA Metro Area; Virginia 1.5% 4.4%
Warren County; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-
51187 WV Metro Area; Virginia 7.9% 3.7%
Washington County; Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area;
51191 Virginia 6.1% 6.9%
51193 Westmoreland County, Virginia 1.2% 4.2%
York County; Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro
51199 Area; Virginia 4.8% 3.7%
Alexandria city; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
51510 Metro Area; Virginia 5.6% 2.3%
51515 Bedford city; Lynchburg, VA Metro Area; Virginia N/A 6.2%
51530 Buena Vista city, Virginia 2.1% 3.6%
51540 Charlottesville city; Charlottesville, VA Metro Area; Virginia 6.1% 2.9%
Chesapeake city; Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
51550 Metro Area; Virginia 1.6% 4.9%
49
2009
County
ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
51595 Emporia city, Virginia 5.4% 6.4%
Fairfax city; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
51600 Metro Area; Virginia N/A 1.6%
Falls Church city; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-
51610 WV Metro Area; Virginia 4.6% 3.6%
Hampton city; Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
51650 Metro Area; Virginia 7.7% 6.7%
51660 Harrisonburg city; Harrisonburg, VA Metro Area; Virginia 4.0% 3.6%
51678 Lexington city, Virginia N/A 3.3%
Newport News city; Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
51700 Metro Area; Virginia 6.6% 6.6%
Poquoson city; Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
51735 Metro Area; Virginia 5.2% 0.8%
Portsmouth city; Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
51740 Metro Area; Virginia 4.6% 7.0%
Radford city; Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area;
51750 Virginia 2.5% 6.1%
51760 Richmond city; Richmond, VA Metro Area; Virginia 7.2% 6.4%
51770 Roanoke city; Roanoke, VA Metro Area; Virginia 5.4% 6.4%
Suffolk city; Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro
51800 Area; Virginia 5.0% 6.9%
Virginia Beach city; Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
51810 Metro Area; Virginia 5.2% 4.6%
51820 Waynesboro city; Staunton-Waynesboro, VA Micro Area; Virginia 6.5% 5.8%
Williamsburg city; Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
51830 Metro Area; Virginia 8.6% 2.8%
Chelan County; Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA Metro Area;
53007 Washington 7.3% 7.1%
Clark County; Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metro
53011 Area; Washington 5.3% 7.0%
53029 Island County; Oak Harbor, WA Micro Area; Washington 6.1% 4.4%
53031 Jefferson County, Washington 3.0% 5.3%
King County; Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area;
53033 Washington 4.8% 4.2%
Kitsap County; Bremerton-Silverdale, WA Metro Area;
53035 Washington 6.2% 6.9%
53037 Kittitas County; Ellensburg, WA Micro Area; Washington 3.7% 6.6%
53043 Lincoln County, Washington 1.5% 6.0%
53045 Mason County; Shelton, WA Micro Area; Washington 5.0% 6.5%
Pierce County; Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area;
53053 Washington 6.4% 6.8%
50
2009
County
ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
53055 San Juan County, Washington 5.8% 6.9%
Skagit County; Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area;
53057 Washington 4.2% 4.9%
Skamania County; Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA Metro
53059 Area; Washington 0.4% 7.1%
Snohomish County; Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area;
53061 Washington 4.7% 5.8%
53065 Stevens County, Washington 6.9% 6.4%
53067 Thurston County; Olympia, WA Metro Area; Washington 4.1% 6.3%
53069 Wahkiakum County, Washington N/A 5.1%
53073 Whatcom County; Bellingham, WA Metro Area; Washington 2.7% 6.0%
54001 Barbour County, West Virginia 5.1% 4.8%
Berkeley County; Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area;
54003 West Virginia 5.8% 7.0%
54013 Calhoun County, West Virginia 6.5% 6.9%
54017 Doddridge County; Clarksburg, WV Micro Area; West Virginia 0.9% 5.6%
Hampshire County; Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area; West
54027 Virginia 3.9% 6.7%
Jefferson County; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-
54037 WV Metro Area; West Virginia 7.1% 4.1%
54041 Lewis County, West Virginia 3.1% 7.2%
54043 Lincoln County; Charleston, WV Metro Area; West Virginia 1.9% 5.6%
54051 Marshall County; Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area; West Virginia 3.2% 5.1%
54071 Pendleton County, West Virginia 2.7% 5.9%
54083 Randolph County, West Virginia 6.4% 6.8%
54085 Ritchie County, West Virginia 6.0% 5.9%
54087 Roane County, West Virginia 2.1% 6.7%
54095 Tyler County, West Virginia 3.9% 7.2%
54101 Webster County, West Virginia 8.3% 6.9%
54109 Wyoming County, West Virginia 1.1% 6.3%
55001 Adams County, Wisconsin 5.7% 6.9%
55003 Ashland County, Wisconsin 8.0% 7.0%
55005 Barron County, Wisconsin 4.5% 4.6%
55007 Bayfield County, Wisconsin 5.0% 6.7%
55009 Brown County; Green Bay, WI Metro Area; Wisconsin 6.5% 4.1%
55013 Burnett County, Wisconsin 4.5% 5.2%
55017 Chippewa County; Eau Claire, WI Metro Area; Wisconsin 4.5% 5.2%
55019 Clark County, Wisconsin 7.1% 6.3%
55021 Columbia County; Madison, WI Metro Area; Wisconsin 8.2% 6.9%
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2009
County
ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
55025 Dane County; Madison, WI Metro Area; Wisconsin 7.0% 4.3%
55031 Douglas County; Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area; Wisconsin 7.5% 6.6%
55035 Eau Claire County; Eau Claire, WI Metro Area; Wisconsin 4.0% 3.6%
55037 Florence County; Iron Mountain, MI-WI Micro Area; Wisconsin 7.7% 5.3%
Jefferson County; Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Micro Area;
55055 Wisconsin 6.6% 6.0%
55061 Kewaunee County; Green Bay, WI Metro Area; Wisconsin 2.6% 6.2%
55063 La Crosse County; La Crosse, WI-MN Metro Area; Wisconsin 3.1% 4.8%
55077 Marquette County, Wisconsin 3.1% 6.8%
Milwaukee County; Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metro
55079 Area; Wisconsin 4.8% 5.8%
55081 Monroe County, Wisconsin 5.2% 6.7%
55083 Oconto County; Green Bay, WI Metro Area; Wisconsin 4.9% 5.8%
55087 Outagamie County; Appleton, WI Metro Area; Wisconsin 5.1% 5.0%
Ozaukee County; Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metro
55089 Area; Wisconsin 8.3% 5.0%
Pierce County; Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro
55093 Area; Wisconsin 3.5% 3.0%
55097 Portage County; Stevens Point, WI Micro Area; Wisconsin 4.3% 4.1%
55101 Racine County; Racine, WI Metro Area; Wisconsin 6.0% 7.1%
55107 Rusk County, Wisconsin 3.3% 6.0%
St. Croix County; Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
55109 Metro Area; Wisconsin 4.2% 3.3%
55113 Sawyer County, Wisconsin 1.6% 6.5%
55115 Shawano County, Wisconsin 5.9% 6.4%
55117 Sheboygan County; Sheboygan, WI Metro Area; Wisconsin 6.8% 5.6%
55119 Taylor County, Wisconsin 6.7% 4.9%
55123 Vernon County, Wisconsin 6.8% 6.8%
55127 Walworth County; Whitewater, WI Micro Area; Wisconsin 7.9% 4.9%
Washington County; Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metro
55131 Area; Wisconsin 3.8% 5.0%
Waukesha County; Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metro
55133 Area; Wisconsin 4.6% 5.4%
55137 Waushara County, Wisconsin 3.3% 6.3%
55139 Winnebago County; Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Metro Area; Wisconsin 7.5% 6.0%
Wood County; Marshfield-Wisconsin Rapids, WI Micro Area;
55141 Wisconsin 6.6% 6.0%
56001 Albany County; Laramie, WY Micro Area; Wyoming 7.4% 5.7%
56005 Campbell County; Gillette, WY Micro Area; Wyoming 5.3% 6.5%
56019 Johnson County, Wyoming 1.4% 5.0%
52
2009
County
ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
56033 Sheridan County; Sheridan, WY Micro Area; Wyoming 3.6% 5.2%
Aguada Municipio; Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián, PR Metro
72003 Area; Puerto Rico N/A 6.7%
Aguadilla Municipio; Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián, PR Metro
72005 Area; Puerto Rico 4.3% 6.5%
Aguas Buenas Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro
72007 Area; Puerto Rico 2.2% 6.5%
72015 Arroyo Municipio; Guayama, PR Metro Area; Puerto Rico 2.5% 3.7%
Barceloneta Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro
72017 Area; Puerto Rico 4.7% 5.0%
Barranquitas Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro
72019 Area; Puerto Rico 1.0% 6.9%
Caguas Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72025 Puerto Rico 2.5% 5.2%
Canovanas Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro
72029 Area; Puerto Rico 2.1% 6.4%
Carolina Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72031 Puerto Rico 4.4% 7.2%
Cataño Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72033 Puerto Rico 3.6% 5.2%
Cayey Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72035 Puerto Rico 4.1% 6.3%
72037 Ceiba Municipio; Fajardo, PR Metro Area; Puerto Rico 1.6% 6.9%
Ciales Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72039 Puerto Rico N/A 6.2%
Cidra Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72041 Puerto Rico N/A 5.6%
72043 Coamo Municipio; Coamo, PR Micro Area; Puerto Rico N/A 5.7%
Corozal Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72047 Puerto Rico 1.2% 4.8%
72057 Guayama Municipio; Guayama, PR Metro Area; Puerto Rico 3.9% 5.3%
72059 Guayanilla Municipio; Yauco, PR Metro Area; Puerto Rico 2.2% 5.4%
Guaynabo Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72061 Puerto Rico 2.0% 6.6%
Gurabo Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72063 Puerto Rico 6.7% 3.9%
Hatillo Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72065 Puerto Rico 6.0% 4.8%
Isabela Municipio; Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián, PR Metro
72071 Area; Puerto Rico 2.2% 6.8%
72073 Jayuya Municipio; Jayuya, PR Micro Area; Puerto Rico N/A 2.6%
72075 Juana Díaz Municipio; Ponce, PR Metro Area; Puerto Rico 1.9% 5.1%
53
2009
County
ACS 5 2000
FIPS County Name
Year Census
Code
Average
Juncos Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72077 Puerto Rico 4.6% 4.9%
Lofza Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72087 Puerto Rico 1.3% 4.4%
72093 Maricao Municipio, Puerto Rico N/A 4.5%
Maunabo Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72095 Puerto Rico N/A 1.7%
Morovis Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72101 Puerto Rico 2.3% 4.7%
Naguabo Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72103 Puerto Rico 6.4% 6.3%
Orocovis Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72107 Puerto Rico 0.6% 5.1%
72111 Peñuelas Municipio; Yauco, PR Metro Area; Puerto Rico 1.9% 5.0%
72113 Ponce Municipio; Ponce, PR Metro Area; Puerto Rico 2.6% 4.7%
Quebradillas Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro
72115 Area; Puerto Rico 2.4% 4.7%
Río Grande Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro
72119 Area; Puerto Rico 4.0% 6.5%
Sabana Grande Municipio; San Germán-Cabo Rojo, PR Metro
72121 Area; Puerto Rico 1.0% 5.1%
72123 Salinas Municipio; Coamo, PR Micro Area; Puerto Rico 1.8% 2.8%
San Germán Municipio; San Germán-Cabo Rojo, PR Metro Area;
72125 Puerto Rico 1.9% 6.0%
San Juan Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72127 Puerto Rico 4.5% 6.2%
72133 Santa Isabel Municipio; Santa Isabel, PR Micro Area; Puerto Rico N/A 1.6%
Vega Alta Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72143 Puerto Rico 5.0% 4.8%
72147 Vieques Municipio, Puerto Rico 8.4% 7.0%
72149 Villalba Municipio; Ponce, PR Metro Area; Puerto Rico 1.8% 4.4%
Yabucoa Municipio; San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Metro Area;
72151 Puerto Rico 3.8% 4.8%
72153 Yauco Municipio; Yauco, PR Metro Area; Puerto Rico 2.0% 6.1%
Note: A property meets the low-vacancy threshold if it is located in a county that was below the
national rental vacancy rate for units affordable to low-income households in 2000 (7.3%) and
was within the 80th percentile of low-income rental vacancy rates (8.7%) as measured by the
2009 5 year ACS (meaning that 80 percent of counties had a vacancy rate below 8.7 percent in
the 2009 5 year ACS).
54
Attachment B
Sample Format for Owners’ Requests for Assistance under this Notice:
Name of Owner:_______________________
Property Name: ________________________
Property Address:______________________
1. Date of the maturity of the mortgage, expiration of the rental assistance contract, or
expiration of the use agreement: ____________
2. I have attached a copy of all use agreement, rental assistance contract, and mortgage note
documents related to the expiring/expired mortgage, contract or use agreement.
3. I have attached a narrative statement explaining how the property meets the description
of Category 1, Category 2 or Category 3, as defined in this Notice.
4. I have attached documentation (such as a lease) showing that the households identified as
at risk and not at-risk (under sections 5 and 6 below) resided at the property at the time of
the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or use agreement expiration.
[Only applicable for properties where the mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract
expiration, or use agreement expiration happened before the owner submits the request
for assistance.]
5. I am seeking enhanced voucher (or project-based voucher) assistance.
6. I have attached a statement certifying that I am in compliance with the civil rights
threshold requirements set forth at section 4 (“Eligibility”) of this Notice.
7. Below is a list of unassisted units occupied by at-risk households, accompanied by a
calculation that demonstrates that each at-risk household has an annual income equal to
or less than HUD’s FY 2012 low income limit, and 40 percent of the household’s
adjusted monthly income is less than the applicable monthly rent for the unit.
Unit Household Size of the Household’s HUD’s FY Household’s 40% of Applicable
Number Name Household Annual 2012 Low Adjusted Household’s Monthly
(e.g., 4 Income income Monthly Adjusted Rent of
person Limit for a Income Monthly this Unit
household) Household Income
this Size
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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8. Below is a list of unassisted units occupied by households determined not to be at-risk,
accompanied by a calculation that demonstrates that each household has an annual
income greater than HUD’s FY 2012 low income limit, or 40 percent of the household’s
adjusted monthly income is equal to or more than the proposed monthly rent for the unit.
Unit Household Size of the Household’s HUD’s FY Household’s 40% of Applicable
Number Name Household Annual 2012 Low Adjusted Household’s Monthly
(e.g., 4 Income income Monthly Adjusted Rent of
person Limit for a Income Monthly this Unit
household) Household Income
this Size
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
9. Below is a list of unassisted units occupied by households that did not provide me with
income information.
Unit Household
Number Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Source: Legislative text reproduced verbatim
Plain English
PIH Notice 2012-39 establishes a process through which HUD makes up to $10 million in tenant-protection voucher funding available to assist low-income renters in low-vacancy areas who face rent burdens exceeding 40 percent of adjusted monthly income following a mortgage maturity, rental assistance contract expiration, or affordability use agreement expiration. Eligible properties must be located in counties meeting specific vacancy-rate thresholds, and assistance may be provided as either enhanced vouchers or project-based vouchers administered through local public housing agencies. HUD ranks applicants by the date of the triggering event, prioritizing households that have gone longest without affordability protections.
Written by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 · Reviewed on October 7, 2026
Plain English — not legal advice.
For Property Managers
Under PIH Notice 2012-39, property owners who believe their properties qualify submit a written request to the HUD Multifamily Hub or Program Center Director, including documentation of the triggering event, a civil rights compliance certification, and income calculations for each household. Compliant operators notify residents in writing at least 30 days before submitting a request and maintain documentation for households that decline to share income information. Owners should contact a local PHA before applying to understand likely rent levels under enhanced or project-based voucher assistance.
General guidance for property managers — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult an attorney for advice on your case.
For Tenants
PIH Notice 2012-39 is designed to protect low-income renters in tight rental markets whose housing affordability protections have expired or are expiring, by making housing choice vouchers available to eligible households. Tenants who disagree with an owner's income determination have the right to request that the administering PHA independently calculate their eligibility if the owner's application is selected for funding. Tenants seeking guidance on eligibility or the application process may contact HUD's Housing Voucher Management and Operations Division at (202) 708-0477 or reach out to a local tenant-rights organization.
General guidance for tenants — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult a tenant-rights organization or attorney for advice on your case.
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