6108 INCOME LIMITS

6108.1 To be eligible for admission to public housing or the Housing Choice Voucher Program an applicant's annual income shall be within the limits of lower income families established by HUD, based on the family size.

6108.2 Income limits for lower income families and very low income families shall be as established and revised periodically by HUD. HUD establishes low income limits based on eighty percent (80%) of the area median income, very low income limits based on fifty percent (50%) of the area median income, and extremely low income limits based on thirty percent (30%) of the area median income.

6108.3 Income limits shall be applied at the time of eligibility determinations by the Client Placement Division.

6108.4 Based on HUD regulations, DCHA shall ensure that actual admission of eligible lower income families from waiting list is as follows: at least forty percent (40%) shall be families with extremely low incomes at the time of commencement of occupancy.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 45 DCR 4914, 4918 (July 24, 1998); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 603 (January 22, 1999), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 45 DCR 7913, 7914 (November 6, 1998); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 5739 (July 18, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 10351 (December 5, 2003).