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I. PURPOSE
The purpose of this administrative directive is:
A. To advise local districts that Department regulation
352.3(d) has been amended to establish two Statewide
shelter schedules for public assistance households who
participate in the Section 8 Certificate Certificate Rent Subsidy
program. One schedule (352.3(d)(2)(iii)) applies to
Section 8 Certificate Certificate households without earned income.
The second schedule (352.3(d)(2)(iv)) applies to Section 8
Certificate Certificate households with earned income. The amended
regulation provides that the allowance for tenants of
housing subsidized under the Section 8 Voucher Voucher Program and
other Section 8 subsidy programs remains rent as paid up to
the agency private rent maximum.
B. To notify local districts of the additional impact of this
regulatory change on Section 8 certificate households who
pay for heat and or water separate from their rent. Such
households will not be eligible for a public assistance
fuel for heating allowance or water allowance on or after
the effective date of this regulation.
C. To inform local districts that households whose shelter
type code is "08 - Subsidized Housing" must be recoded.
Those households identified as participating in the Section
8 Certificate Certificate subsidy program must be rebudgeted according
to the appropriate schedules set in 352.3(d)(2)(iii)
or (iv). Any associated food stamp case must also be
rebudgeted.
D. Shelter Type "08" does not distinguish Certificate Certificate Program
participants from other Section 8 tenants, such as Voucher Voucher
Program participants. Therefore public assistance
households that participate in these Programs must be
identified and recoded so that these households that
participate in a rent subsidy program other than the
Section 8 Certificate Program will not be affected.
Section IV-B of this Directive will detail the steps to be
taken in these cases.
E. To notify local districts of the necessity of a cooperative
effort by the Department, local social services districts,
the Public Housing Authorities (PHA) or other community
agency administering the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) Section 8 programs, and the public
assistance households participating in the Section 8
Certificate Certificate Program to ensure a smooth transition into the
new schedule for the affected households.
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