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For a household to be eligible for occupancy, the household not only has to qualify being at or below the applicable income limits, but the household also has to be student status eligible. Each affordable housing program has student rules. Sure, HOME follows the student rules for HUD’s Section 8 program but what about the tax credit program and Rural Development? Who do they follow if anyone at all?  When it comes to students, it’s time to be schooled. Learn the rules and maintain compliance.  Join E&A Team’s Gary Kirkman, Director of Compliance Training and Tari Bradley, Housing Compliance Trainer, for this 90-minute webinar session where they will review the student rules in detail while challenging attendees to understand the rules and pass the test! Topics will include:  Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Student Eligibility  HUD Section 8 Student Eligibility  HUD Non-Section 8 Student Eligibility  Rural Development (RD) Student Eligibility  HOME Program Student Eligibility     Read more

The Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system is a web-based computer platform that contains employment and other sources of income information for individuals that participate in HUD rental assistance programs. The use of EIV, an independent third-party income verification source, is intended to better ensure that the right benefits go to the right persons.  Since the use of EIV became mandatory, Owner/Agents are required to maintain access to the system and must use the EIV system in its entirety in their day-to-day operations.  HUD’s handbook, the 4350.3, Chapter 9, outlines the requirements of EIV and now, so will E&A Team.  In this 2-hour presentation, E&A Team's Housing Compliance Trainer, Tari Bradley, will help you navigate through Chapter 9 and the EIV system.  Trainees will have:  A better understanding of the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system.  A comprehensive desk manual with references.  Topics will include:  Introduction to Enterprise Income Verification  EIV Data Security Requirements  EIV Reports  As a general reminder, sharing information with government entities such as the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program and Rural Development is not permitted. Read more

Which is greater, the adjusted income or the gross? How do we factor those amounts into the household’s rent? Once management determines the annual income and factors in the adjusted gross income, now is the time to determine the household’s rent. Join Tari Bradley, Housing Compliance Trainer, in this 75-minute session as she reviews how to calculate rent according to the HUD Handbook 4350.3, Chapter 5. Topics to be discussed will include: Rent Terminology  Rent & Assistance Payment Formulas Additional Rent and Fee Requirements Gross Rent Changes Read more

In this 2 and a half hour presentation, E&A Team's Compliance Trainers, Gary Kirkman and Tari Bradley will help you Conquer Compliance by learning how to determine annual income. During the training session Gary will review and examine how to handle processing income types for multiple programs including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, HUD, Rural Development (RD) and HOME program. The presentation provides a comprehensive review of the wonderful world of income along with challenges throughout the session to provide extra guidance.    Topics will include: Determining Income Eligibility  Earned vs. Unearned Income  Sporadic, Seasonal or Zero Income  Income Inclusions & Exclusions based on the 24 CFR §5.609  Review of Earned Income Sources   Review of Unearned Income Sources Read more

Each year recertifications are completed. Sometimes the household income changes, and such changes could put the household over the 140% applicable federal income limit. So now what? Does management send the household a termination notice to move the household out or is the household permitted to stay in affordable housing? Are there special rules to be followed if the household goes over 140%?  In this 90-minute webinar, E&A Team’s Tari Bradley, Housing Compliance Trainer,  will review information pertaining to recertifications and how to proceed forward should the household exceed 140%.  Topics will include: Annual Recertifications Brief Overview of the Applicable Fraction  Next Available Unit Rule  Vacant Unit Rule  Transferring Units Read more

How well do you know your property? Do you know which IRS Form the owner uses to make the election on the number of units you have to rent to eligible low-income households? Do you know if your owner has a state set-aside election as a part of your property? Do you have any deep rent skewed units?  These are questions a property manager must know the answer to before truly understanding their property and how to rent units.  In this 90-minute webinar, E&A Team’s Housing Compliance Trainer, Tari Bradley, will review the federal set-aside, state and deep rent skewed elections and how they account for the number of units that must be tax credit eligible.  Topics will include:  Set-Aside Elections o Federal Set-Asides, including Average Income o State Set-Asides  Optional Set-Asides Deep Rent Skewing State Set-Asides Set-Aside Election Deadlines Read more